An open lesson on the topic «Qualitative Characteristics of Oratory Speech».

As part of pedagogical practice for 2nd-year students of the Faculty of Philology at the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Master’s student Zhuparbek G., under the guidance of the course instructor and practice supervisor, acting Associate Professor, PhD Salikzhanova Sh.B., conducted an open lesson on the subject «Business Oratory» on the topic «Qualitative Characteristics of Oratory Speech».

The main objective of the practical session was to comprehensively explain the qualitative characteristics of oratory speech to the students, develop their skills in applying them in practice, and effectively organize the group peer-learning process using the «Jigsaw» method.

Modern interactive methods were widely utilized during the lesson. Specifically, at the beginning of the class, previous topics were reviewed via the Classroomscreen.com platform, successfully drawing the audience’s full attention to the new subject. Subsequently, group work was organized using the «Jigsaw» method, with students divided into 4 groups. During this stage, Group 1 provided a description of the types of oratory speech according to A. Baitursynuly; Group 2 analyzed the tolghau (philosophical poem) of Bukhar Zhirau based on 6 qualitative characteristics; Group 3 presented an engaging role-play based on «The Judgment of Tole Bi»; and Group 4 analyzed persuasive words in the poem of Abai Kunanbaiuly.

To engage students and refine their improvisational public speaking skills, a unique warm-up activity was conducted using the interactive platform http://speak.larannma.ru/. According to the task instructions, students prepared for a random topic generated by the website within 30 seconds and fluently presented their thoughts without hesitation for 1 minute. The students completed this task with great enthusiasm and demonstrated excellent results. Following this, opinions of world and Kazakh scholars were discussed in pairs, with each pair summarizing their ideas into a shared conclusion.

At the end of the lesson, feedback was collected via Google Forms. By closely combining theory and practice, this open lesson contributed to developing future specialists' skills in oral communication, critical thinking, improvisation, and collective responsibility.