Basic Public Speaking, 2nd Edition-   The Roadmap to Confident Communications 

Douglas Parker, M.Ed.

Evaluation and Assessment Tools

Each of these letters stands for an area of the speech evaluation, each being a critical part of a person's speech.  After each letter, you will award a written number on a 1 to 5 scale.  "1" is very poor.  "2" is okay.  "3" is average.  "4" is very good.  "5" excellent.  "D/A" means does not apply to the speech.

So, what do all of these letters stand for?

A= Analysis - how well does the speaker understand the topic?

R = Reasoning - is the speech reasonable?  Do you believe it?

E = Evidence - what was the quality of the support material offered?  Did it justify the claim made?

O = Organization - did the speech have a clear beginning, body, and ending.  Did it "flow?"

D = Delivery - overall, how was the delivery?

Dl = Relaxed - did the speaker seem relaxed?

D2 = Eye contact - was there sufficient eye contact?

D3 = Physical Relationship.  What was the physical relationship with the audience?  Did you feel comfortable with the speaker, or did he or she make you nervous?

D4 = Vocal quality - was the rate, tone, pitch and volume appropriate to the subject material?

C = Comment - just write down a one or two-sentence comment on anything that struck you as being important.

In the text, you will learn how to use simple paper-and-pen evaluations such as this, all the way up to formal performance assessment tools such as a speech rubric!

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