100 likes | 233 Views
Public speaking. 2012-2013. Building Background Knowledge. Speeches are given to: Persuade Inform Entertain Celebrate Can you think of some people who speak in such a way? *Class discussion*. See if you can identify Some of these key public speaking terms. General Terms Speaker
E N D
Public speaking 2012-2013
Building Background Knowledge • Speeches are given to: • Persuade • Inform • Entertain • Celebrate • Can you think of some people who speak in such a way? • *Class discussion*
See if you can identify Some of these key public speaking terms • General Terms • Speaker • Message • Audience • Feedback • Situation • Terms about Vocalization • Volume • Pitch • Pauses • Pronunciation • Articulation
General terms • Speaker - speech communication starts here • Message - whatever is communicated • Audience – person or group of people the speaker presents • Feedback – comes in many forms and must be understood • Situation – the time and place of occurrence
Vocalization • Volume – loudness or softness • adjust to the situation (electronically if necessary, don’t yell) • Pitch – highness or lowness of the voice • use inflections in your voice to avoid “monotone” • Pauses – momentary breaks in your speaking • takes experience to know when to pause, pause at the end of thought units • avoid vocalized pauses (“uh”, “er”, “um”...) • Pronunciation – use correct pronunciation of common words • genuine, arctic, theater, err, nuclear, February, library • Articulation – physical production of speech sounds • we habitually chop, slur and mumble, rather than enunciating • “ought to”, “didn’t”, “for”, “don’t know”, “ask”
Listening and Critical Thinking • There are four types of listening: • Appreciative • Listening for pleasure or enjoyment • Music, movies, comedy, plays… • Empathetic • Listening to provide emotional support for speaker • A psychologist listens to a patient; you listen to a friend’s rant • Comprehensive • Listening to understand the speakers message • Direction to a friend’s house; in a class or seminar • Critical • Listening to evaluate a message • A campaign speech; a peer’s research paper • Critical Thinking • Comprehensive and Critical Thinking require you to think and evaluate while listening, this helps develop Critical Thinking skills
Meanings of Words • Words have two kinds of meanings: • denotative • the literal or dictionary meaning of a word or phrase. • connotative • the meaning suggested by the associations or emotions triggered by a word or phrase • give words their intensity and emotional power • the same words may have completely different effects on different audiences
Class activity • What are the purposes of the following speeches? • We are going to watch various youtube clips and then discuss the purpose of each speech. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CskduIgUSHk- Pres.Obama • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSPtk6qJXQo&feature=relmfu- Pres. Obama • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKqs7j3iRxo&feature=related- Man vs. Food • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0zVPZBykSE- Bike Rider
Social acceptance What does it mean? Who do we give it to? Who deserves it? How does it relate to public speaking?
Homework • For homework tonight, you must post ONE video to my website, under Blog Assignment # 1. The video must be a shore, SCHOOL APPROPRIATE CLIP, one of the following speeches: • Informative • Persuasive • Entertaining • Celebratory • Under the clip, you must explain in 1 or 2 sentences, what the speech is about and what type of speech it is. • QUESTIONS??