Chapter 1: Fundamentals Of Speeche Communication Requirement

FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECHE COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENT-(CMST101) -Lecture Notes (2020) -Chapter 1 : -PRACTICALLY SPEAKING : 1.1 Short : Speech Technique Prepare and deliver a two-minute speech in which you : a. explain the role of public speaking in a particular proiession. b. tell the audience something about your attitudes and beliefs that may be at value in their understanding you as an audience member. c. identiiy what you like and what you dislike in listening to a public speaker. e. explain one important cultural artifact. f. explain one concept and how one culture defines it. 9. compare two cultures in their views of a particular concept. h. explain how one cultural belief influences your behavior. i. explain one similarity or one difference between any two cultural groups. 1.2. Creating Metaphors and Similes Try your hand at creating metaphors or simlles to help explain public speaking. Select an element from the Public Speaking Elements column and one from the Metaphoricol Fields and explain the element with a specific metaphor drawn from the field, pairing speaker and transportation might yield a metaphor such as "The effective speaker is like a locomotive ; it takes time to get up the steam for effective movement." Public Speaking Elements Speaker Speech Channel Audience Feedback Metapharical Fields Transportation Animals Environment Nature Sports Public Speaking Elements Context Noise Effect Ethics Delivery Metaphorical Fields Military Music Economic Artistic Communication 1.3 Examining Cultural Beliefs as Assumptions As discussed in this unit, different cultures hold widely different beliefs on religion, politics, education, family, sex, justice, and just about any topic you can think of. Further, because these beliefs will influence how an audience responds to you and to your speech, you need to take them into consideration as you prepare your speech. Assume that you're giving a speech to your public speaking class. Evaluate each of the cultural beliefs listed here in terms of how effective each would be if you Used it as a basic assumption in your speech. Use the following scale : A : the audience would favorably accept this assumption and would welcome a speaker, with this point of view B : the audience would listen fairly openly to the speaker C : some members would listen openly and others wauldn't D : the audience would not listen very openly to the speaker E : the audience Would definitely reject this assumption and would not welcome a Speaker with this point of view. 1. God is good and just. 2. A return to "traditional" values is the best hape for the world. 3. The welfare of the family must come first, even before your own. 4. The welfare of your country must come first, even before your own. 5. Sex outside of marriage is morally wrong and sinful. 6. Winning is all important ; it's not how you play the game, it's whether or not you win that matters. 7. Intercultural relationships are OK in business but should be discouraged when it comes to intimate or romantic relationships ; generally, the races should be kept "pure." 9. Money is good ; the quest for financial success is a perfectly respectable one. 10. US. immigration should be curtailed, at least until the current immigrants are assimilated. 11. In a heterosexual relationship, "a wife is to submitgraciously to the servant leadership other husband"[a directive of the Southern Baptist Convention, Woodward, Kenneth L. "Religion : Using the Bully Pulpit? Time (June 22, I998), p. 69.] 12. Keeping the United States militarily superior is the- best way to preserve world peace. What evidence do you have for your judgments ? Is your evidence from observation and experience ? From listening to or reading what others say ? What consequences Await the speaker who uses assumptions rated A ? What are the consequences of using assumptions rated E ?