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Bellwork Write Questions. 1.What do you think makes a good speech? List three qualities. 2. What do you think are your strong and weak points as a presenter? (2 each=total 4). Public Speaking 101. Importance of Public Speaking. 1.) Promotes critical thinking
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BellworkWrite Questions • 1.What do you think makes a good speech? List three qualities. • 2. What do you think are your strong and weak points as a presenter? (2 each=total 4)
Importance of Public Speaking • 1.) Promotes critical thinking • Make an informed judgment based on evidence • 2.) Advances career goals • 3.) Enables civic discourse • Conversation intended to enhance understanding • 4.) Provides a sense of empowerment • Feeling of the ability to attain goals
History of Public Speaking • Aristotle: Father of rhetoric • Purpose: to attain a goal using persuasive tactics • According to Aristotle • Evidence in persuasive messages is most effective in the source’s • Ethos: Ethics (Credibility) • Pathos: Emotions • Logos: Logic
Public Speaking • Public speaking is the art, process, or act of effectively addressing the public to inform, persuade or entertain
Types of Speeches • 1.) Informative Speech-speech to educate an audience about a topic • 2.) Persuasive Speech-speech that attempts to sway the attitudes, beliefs or values of an audience • 3.) Entertaining speech-speech making fun of people, institutions or events to solicit humorous feedback
Sample Outline • I. Introduction • Thesis • Should be memorable • II. Body • support arguments • III. Conclusion • review
Types of Communication • Verbal Communication • The practice of all varieties of speech and writing • Non-verbal communication • Facial expressions, body movements, gestures and appearance that take place during the transmission and reception of messages • Most communication, or as much as 65% of communication is non-verbal
Summary/Reflection • Write a 2-3 sentence summary (facts) and reflection (thoughts/feelings/learned) of the notes.
Bellwork: Write Questions • 1.) What is the primary purpose of an informative speech? • 2.) Define ethos, pathos, logos? • 3.) What are the two types of communication?
A Good Speech • clear, well reasoned, articulate, thoughtful, compelling, witty, touching, convincing, believable…
Fear of Public Speaking • Communication Apprehension-the fear of speaking to others • Communication anxiety is universal (common)
Fear of Public Speaking Manifested • Physical Symptom: dry throat, nausea, sweating, changing colors, shaking hands and/or legs, cold hand • Psychological Symptoms: avoid eye contact with audience, forgetting the speech, gazing at the floor, ceiling
Strategies to Reduce Fear • Know your audience • Prepare • research, outline • Know your speech • practice • Have Presence • Body language, positive attitude • Don’t Apologize for your apprehension • Concentrate on the message (not your fear)
Things You Shouldn’t Do • Read directly from notes • Read directly from screen • Turn back on audience • Slouch, hands in pockets • No um, ah, you know’s • No nervous gestures • Talk too fast, • Talk too quietly
Things You Should Do • Eye contact • Can glance at notes • Appropriate gestures • Rhetorical questions to involve audience
Public Speaking and Conversation • Conversation: oral communication with family, friends, co-workers • Similarities between public speaking and conversation • Are planned • Conversation: carefully choose your words • Public speaking: more planning than conversation (topic, research, delivery)
Differences • Most conversations are spur-of-the-moment • Conversations use informal language (slang); public speaking is more formal and structured • Proximity: physical closeness may be absent during public speaking • Back and forth exchange of messages in conversation is missing in public speaking
Multi-Cultural Environment • Ethnocentrism: belief in the superiority of one’s group or culture over all other groups or cultures • Problems of Ethnocentrism • Failure to take into account difference between self and audience • Failure to take steps to become more sensitive to cultural, ethnic and racial differences of your listener
Tips to Avoid Ethnocentrism • Use support material appropriate to a variety of listeners • Ex: Visual Aide • Help overcome cultural and language barriers • Pay attention to audience feedback