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Setting the Stage For Success: Saving Students from Themselves. Inherited Problems. Little time spent on oral communication instruction Presentational skills Discussion skills Small group communication skills Listening skills. Inherited Problems.
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Setting the Stage For Success: Saving Students from Themselves
Inherited Problems • Little time spent on oral communication instruction Presentational skills Discussion skills Small group communication skills Listening skills
Inherited Problems • Little time spent on oral communication instruction • Instructional time + practice + thoughtful evaluation + practice…repeat = Effectiveness + Perceived Importance “I think I should get a C for just standing up.”
Students don’t… • Take oral communication seriously • Know what effective oral communication looks or sounds like and why • Know how to prepare for it or why they should prepare for it
The Bottom Line In academic and professional communication, if the message is not attended to, understood, or remembered, the whole endeavor is a waste of time.
Similarities With Written Communication • Thesis and purpose
Similarities With Written Communication • Thesis and purpose • Organization • Introduction, body, conclusion • Clear relationship among main points and supporting material
Similarities With Written Communication • Thesis and purpose • Organization • Introduction, body, conclusion • Clear relationship among main points and supporting material • Supporting Material • Information limit • Enough accurate information from appropriate and credible sources to accomplish purpose • Need for citation
Similarities With Written Communication • Thesis and purpose • Organization • Introduction, body, conclusion • Clear relationship among main points and supporting material • Supporting Material • Information limit • Enough accurate information from appropriate and credible sources to accomplish purpose • Need for citation • Style • Clear • Engaged • Interesting • Appropriate for context and audience
Differences from Written Communication • Real Time Delivery • Must get and hold audience’s attention
Differences from Written Communication • Real Time Delivery • Must get and hold audience’s attention • Must be memorable
Differences from Written Communication • Real Time Delivery • Must get and hold audience’s attention • Must be memorable • Must be immediately understandable
Differences from Written Communication • Real Time Delivery • Must get and hold audience’s attention • Must be memorable • Must be immediately understandable • Must be organized explicitly and transparently
Differences from Written Communication: • Real Time Delivery • Must get and hold audience’s attention • Must be easy to remember • Must be immediately understandable • Must be organized explicitly and transparently • Limited amount of material can be presented
Differences from Written Communication: • Delivered with Voice and Body • Can distractand confuse attentionor aid in attention, clarity, and memory
Differences from Written Communication: • Delivered with Voice and Body • Can aid in attention, clarity, and memory or distract and confuse attention. • Can make a speaker seem competent, honest and attractive or incompetent, evasive, and awkward
Differences from Written Communication: • Delivered with Voice and Body • Can aid in attention, clarity, and memory or distract and confuse attention. • Can make a speaker seem competent, honest and attractive or incompetent, evasive, and awkward • Can only be developed through physical rehearsal
Differences from Written Communication: • Delivered with Voice and Body • Can aid in attention, clarity, and memory or distract and confuse attention. • Can make a speaker seem competent, honest and attractive or incompetent, evasive, and difficult to attend to • Can only be developed through physical rehearsal • Takes longer to develop
Differences from Written Communication: • Delivered with Voice and Body • Can aid in attention, clarity, and memory or distract and confuse attention. • Can make a speaker seem competent, honest and attractive or incompetent, evasive, and difficult to attend to • Can only be developed through physical rehearsal • Takes longer to develop • Can be profoundly affected by performance anxiety
Students Need To… • Understand the process • Be able to recognize an effective performance • Take the process seriously • Treat the process strategically • Prepare carefully and effectively over a period of time