NEW Ch1 Public Speaking

1. Did you find the textbook?
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2. Public speaking
Presenting is just one kind of communication

3. Why to study Public Speaking?
• Personal use (classes—job)
• Professional use (media, teachers, lawyers,
doctors, entertainers etc.
• Public use: active citizenship

4. MODELS: 1.Linear model
• Sender-channel-
receiver (as radio)

5. 2. Transaction in which speaker and
listener simultaneously send, receive, and
interpret messages

6. Encoding-decoding
• Encoding: Taking an idea or mental image
associating it with words and speaking
them to convey message (describe your
street)
• Decoding: Listening to words thinking
about them  and turning them into mental
images
(I do his if I want to find your street)

7. Encoding - Decoding
Describe
•your street
•your mother
•your lover
•your best national food
I hear you, understand you
But I decode only part of your message

8. components of the communication process
1. source: the person who originates the message
2. receiver: the individual or group that hears and listens to [M]
3. message: verbal
nonverbal movements, gestures, facial expressions,
vocal variations such as pitch and tone

9. components of the communication process
4. channel: the means of distributing your words
such as coaxial cable, fiber optics, microwave,
radio, video, or air that carries sound waves
5. feedback: verbal or nonverbal responses from
audience
6. situation: the time, place, and occasion
7. noise: any form of interference with the
message or obstacles of communication
Psychological, physical, cultural noise

10. 8. Word-view: the overall framework through
we see, think, interpret, interact
• Epistemology: how we know
• Ontology: what we believe
• Axiology: what are our values
• Cosmology: relationship with the universe
• Praxeology: everyday tasks

11. Context
• In which the speech takes place

12. Concrete-Abstract
• Abstract: ideas, concepts –removed from
material reality
(medication)
• Concrete: describes tangible objects that can
be perceived through senses
(Benadryl)
Can you recall other examples?

13. Latter of abstraction--Hayakawa

14. Speaking competencies
• to select a topic that is appropriate to the
audience and occasion
• to formulate an Intro:
o Attention getter
o Connect topic to audience
o Credibility
o Thesis
o Preview of main points

15. Speaking competencies
• to organize: use an effective org. pattern
– Time, space, topic
• to support your arguments

16. Speaking competencies
• to develop a conclusion
o review main points
o repeat thesis
o decisive closing
• clear, vivid language
• suitable vocal
• Corresponding non-verbalexpression—if there
is conflict between verbal & non-verbal,
people believe the nonverbal message

17. Types of speeches
• to inform
• to persuade
• to commemorate (entertain)

18. General purposes of these three speeches
1. To inform: increase audience’s understanding and
knowledge (What is democracy?)
2. To Persuade: to influence, reinforce and modify
audience’s feelings, attitudes, beliefs
(Why do we need universal healthcare?)
3. Special occasion speech: a presentation that
highlights a special event
(Celebrating an anniversary)

19. Specific purpose of a speech
• Includes your general purpose
• Your intended purpose
• And your special goal
MY AUDIENCE WILL LEARN…the voting procedures
MY AUDIENCE WILL CHANGE…their hair care product
MY AUDIENCE WILL CELEBRATE…my father’s birthday

20. Thesis Statement
One-sentence summary of the speech
(similar to topic sentence in written
composition)
Declarative
Complete statement, not a fragment
Descriptive, specific, not figurative vague
Democracy is a controversial concept.
Americans should have universal healthcare.
Today we are here to celebrate my parent’s
anniversary.

21. Analyzing Body Language

22. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

23. Kate Middleton and Prince William

24. For next class:
• Think of your “This I Believe Speech” topic
• For next class: Ch1 & Fast-read Ch2 first 5
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