Welcome to Informative Speaking! Sit with your 4-6 person group--the group you'll be in for Test 1.

1. Welcome to Informative Speaking! Sit with your 4-6 person group--the group you'll be in for Test 1. Feel free to move down front if it would help you learn. Lect 4W

2. The goal of this course Ten years from now, you will be giving great speeches and presentations. The goal of this unit Two weeks from now, you will be giving a good informative speech. Lect 4W

3. The informative speaker has three responsibilities: • To say something worth hearing (sound information). • To say something that can be heard (clear organization). • To say something that will be heard (audience engagement). Lect 4W

4. What we've begun learning • General & Specific Purpose • Central Idea • Invention, Organization, Style, Memory, Delivery • Speech introductions (CARRP) • Speech conclusions • Connectives Lect 4W

5. Schedule 4W: Lecture: Information TODAY 4F: Lecture: Organization 5M: Lecture: Engaging your audience Topic due on WebCT! 5W: Lab: Delivery experiments 5F: Test! 6M: Lab: Workshopping 6W-on: Speeches! Lect 4W

6. About Test 1 • Listen to a speech 2. Discuss in a group 3. Listen again 4. Answer 5 Analysis Questions Lect 4W

7. The 10 Analysis Questions What is the speaker's General Purpose? What is the speaker's Specific Purpose? What is the speaker's Central Idea? What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve each of the functions of a Speech Introduction? If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it? What are the speaker's Main Points? What Pattern of Organization is the speaker using? Give one example from the speech of each of three different kinds of Connectives (if possible). If the speaker fails to use a Connective between any of his/her Main Points, identify the gap and suggest how the speaker could have filled it. Identify three Sources which the speaker refers to (if possible). If the speaker neglects to cite orally the source of any quotation, statistic, or other technical information, identify the gap, and suggest how the speaker could have filled it. What functions does the speaker use his/her Visual Aid(s) to perform? Identify three different ways the speaker engages the audience in the body of the speech. What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve the functions of a Speech Conclusion? If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it? What is the one positive comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) What is the one negative comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) SEE THE STUDY GUIDE ONLINE! Lect 4W

8. The key skills for Test 1 Evaluating Analyzing Anderson & Krathwohl (eds.) A Taxonomy for Learning (2001) Lect 4W

9. We want you to succeed. If you need "special accomodations" for you to show us what you know and can do...........................ASK! -extended time -a low-distraction environment GOODWIN@IASTATE.EDU Lect 4W

10. Your first responsibility:Say something worth hearing. • Choose a great topic. • Find sound sources of information. • Develop that information fully. Lect 4W

11. 1. Choose a great topic. • What challenges does this topic create? • What could the speaker do to meet those challenges? Lect 4W

12. 2. Find sound sources of information. Common sense: • Someone's responsible! • They know their stuff. • They're not biased. Lect 4W

13. 2. Find sound sources of information. Don't just have good information--make that apparent to your audience by citing your sources. Lect 4W

14. ID source Who? When? Where? "According to Dr. Jane Smith, a biologist working at the Sandia National Laboratories,..." "Figures reported in the New York Times last month suggest..." "You can find her story on the National Cancer Society's website..." Lect 4W

15. Grow the whole tree Don't just pluck a few leaves 3. Develop that information fully. Lect 4W

16. Let's try it! Pull out your copy of the 10 Analysis Questions... Lect 4W

17. 2. What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve each of the functions of a Speech Introduction? If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it? 5. Identify three Sources which the speaker refers to (if possible). If the speaker neglects to cite orally the source of any quotation, statistic, or other technical information, identify the gap, and suggest how the speaker could have filled it. 8. What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve the functions of a Speech Conclusion? If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it? The 10 Analysis Questions • What is the speaker's General Purpose? What is the speaker's Specific Purpose? What is the speaker's Central Idea? • What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve each of the functions of a Speech Introduction? If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it? • What are the speaker's Main Points? What Pattern of Organization is the speaker using? • Give one example from the speech of each of three different kinds of Connectives (if possible). If the speaker fails to use a Connective between any of his/her Main Points, identify the gap and suggest how the speaker could have filled it. • Identify three Sources which the speaker refers to (if possible). If the speaker neglects to cite orally the source of any quotation, statistic, or other technical information, identify the gap, and suggest how the speaker could have filled it. • What functions does the speaker use his/her Visual Aid(s) to perform? • Identify three different ways the speaker engages the audience in the body of the speech. • What, if anything, does the speaker do to achieve the functions of a Speech Conclusion? If the speaker misses one, what could he/she have done to fulfill it? • What is the one positive comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) • What is the one negative comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) Lect 4W

18. What is the one positive comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) 10. What is the one negative comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) Lect 4W

19. Good analysis Applies the right concepts from the course To the right details in the speech Notices gaps--and fills them Lect 4W

20. 9. What is the one positive comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) 10. What is the one negative comment about the speech that this speaker most needs to hear now? (Not including delivery.) The "right concepts" Focus on the three responsibilities of the informative speaker: -to say something worth hearing (information) -to say something that can be heard (organization) -to say something that will be heard (engagement) Lect 4W

21. Next time: Your responsibility to be clear. • Organization: Why? • Patterns of organization • Outlining • Review of Central Idea • Review of Connectives Lect 4W