Basic Public Speaking, 2nd Edition- The
Roadmap to Confident Communications
Basic Public Speaking, 2nd Edition- The
Roadmap to Confident Communications
Douglas Parker, M.Ed.
Basic Public Speaking, 2nd Edition
- The Roadmap to Confident Communications
presents twenty-one developmentally sequenced speech activities, each
presenting pedagogically appropriate learning skills with topics including:
-Invaluable, first-hand tips
on Public Speaking
-Hands-on creation of your
speech using webbing techniques
-Making nervousness work for
you
-How to actively listen to a
speech
-Performance Assessment tools
for the presentation and text of the speech
-Brainstorming and group
tactics
-How and when to use audio
visuals including computer technologies
-Communication and language
skills
-Speech psychology and body
language
-Logic, persuasion, memory,
and sales skills
-Language Arts Standards and Benchmarks Strategies for schools and districts
Table
of Contents:
Introduction
It All Began with Demosthenes
Seven
Arts
Positive
Speech Conditioning
Delivery
Styles
Written
vs. Spoken Language
Speech
Assignments
Pre-Speech Lesson No. 1: The Group
Critiques
Roles
as a Listener
Roles
as an Evaluator
Experiential Learning and Processing
Exercise
- The Telephone Game
The
Group's Goals
Hidden
Agendas
Five
Ways to Discourage a Speaker
Open
Day Behavioral Terms - Respecting Each Other Using Self-Created Ground Rules
Pre-Speech Lesson No. 2: The Speaker
Exercise -
Terror at Ten Thousand Feet
Problem-Solving
Pre-Speech Lesson No. 3: Types of Speeches
School
District Information on Aligning Learning Standards
Pre-Speech
Lesson No. 4 - Writing Your Speech Using Hands-On Webbing Techniques
Writing
Your Speech
Arriving
at a Speech Focusing Statement
Process
Speech Writing Model
Buddy-Editing
Writing
Standards
Developing
a Rubric for Assessing Written Speeches
Speech No. 1 - The Speech to Introduce
Fight vs. Flight
Psychosomatic
Stress
Speech
Anxiety
Physical
Reactions to Speaking
Survival
Tactics
Self-Fulfilling
Prophecy
Example
Speech - "I'm Chris"
Reflecting
Messages
Speech No. 2 - The Impromptu
Kinesthesis, or Kinesics
Speaking
Checklist
Familiar
Ground
Example
Speech - "Skiing, What Fun!"
Clues
Malapropisms
Speech No. 3
- The Speech to Inform (No. 1)
Introduction
Speech
Body Styles and Construction
Conclusions
and End-Game
Finding
and Preparing Data
Final
Preparations
Recursive
Words and Amphiboles
Example
Speech - "The Jury."
Speech No. 4 - The Speech for a Personal Memory
Communication Skills
Interpersonal
Communication
Dressing
for the Part
Storytelling
Elements (Shifts, Denouements, Abstract and Concrete Language)
Cliches
Making
Your Speech Interesting: Variances and Humor
Audience
Participation
Dealing
With Distractions
Example
Speech - "What History Test?"
Speech No. 5 - The Speech to Inflect
Paralinguistics
Dropping
Voices and Words
Word
Meanings
Speech No. 6 - The Speech to Relate Issues
Outlining Skills
Phrase
Outline
Signature
Outline
The
Group's Needs
Increasing
Your Awareness
Example
Outline
Speech No. 7
- The Speech to Persuade (No. 1)
Elementary Persuasion Techniques
Key
Areas of Presentation
Appearing
Rational
Self-Control
Speech No. 8 - The Speech to Entertain
Tone and Figurative Language
Entertainment
Rules of Thumb
Dealing
With Laughter
Example:
Graduation Speech
Speech No. 9 - The Speech to Interpret Literature Orally
The Nervous Voice
Vocal
Warm Ups
Vocal
Ranges
Making
Nervousness Work for You
Last
Minute Nerves and Solutions
Active
Listening: Hidden Messages
Active
Listening Requirements
Example - Waiting On Love
Speech No. 10 - The Speech to Discuss
Primary
Discussion Steps
Roles
of the Discussion Leader
Requirements
of the Participants
Group
Interaction
Example
- How to Adopt a Hallway
Speech No. 11 - The Speech Not to Speak
Non-Verbal Communication
Proxemics
Mime
Factors
Classic
Mimed Movements
Classic
Body English Movements
Emoting
a Story
A
Body Language Drill
Speech No. 12 - The Speech to Present a Playwright's Newscast
Positive Mental Attitudes
Newscasters'
Formats
The
"Abominable Words"
Five
Communication Myths
Speech No. 13
- The Speech to Inform (No. 2) The Lecture/Demonstration
Various
Visual Aids
Answering
Questions
Addressing
Troublesome Questions
Audio-Visual
Impact
Performance
Assessments - Speech Rubric and Simple Paper/Pen
Rules
of Critiquing
Speech No. 14 - The "How-To" Speech
Multiple
Intelligences and How You Can Use Current Research to Your Advantage
Grammar for Speeches
Speech No. 15 -
The Speech to Persuade (No. 2)
How to Size Up an Audience
Aristotelian
Persuasion Techniques
Fair
Warnings
Example
Speech - "The Earth Is Flat!"
Assessment
Tools
Speech No. 16 - The Speech to Confuse
Logic Errors
Confusing
Tactics
Acting
vs. Public Speaking
Memorization
Advice
Exercise:
Show and Tell
Example
– "Going to the Dogs."
Subconscious
"Leaks"
Speech No. 17 - The Speech to Sell
Creating
a Need
Selling
Yourself
Sales
Objectives
Perks
The
A-B-C's of Sales
Speech No. 18 - The Chain Speech
Segues
Developing
a Character through Plot
Group
Cooperation
Speech No. 19 - The Speech to Speak Extemporaneously
Extemporaneous Procedures and Tactics
Hints
on Delivery
Exercise: The Nonsense Extemporaneous Speech
Nonsense Words
Keeping
a Straight Face
Value
of Extemporaneous Speaking
Exercise:
The Speech Showdown
Speech No. 20 - The Speech to Debate Values
Debate
Procedures
Value
Structures
Affirmative
Motives
Debaters’
Qualities
Value
Structures and Decision-Making
Persuasive
Rhetoric
Example Speech -
"Acid Rain vs. the
Economy."
Speech Number 21 - Role-Playing: The Fictional Mock Trial
Advanced
Role Playing
Rules
and Responsibilities of a Generic Fictional Mock Trial
Trial
Questions
Post-Speech Lesson
Cross-referenced speech-by-speech listing of the
criteria for developing your own school or district’s Language Arts benchmarks
and standards, with Order of Contents.
Appendix
-Audience Evaluation Form
-Contents & Definitions of Terms
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