Post 3 November 30, 2012

What are you going to take from this class that will be helpful to you in future endeavors?

I have learned so much from this class. I still am not the best at public speaking, but now I know the secret weapon to make my speech very interesting and how to reach the goal of my speech. This class has taught me to confident in my speaking ability, and as long as I share with something what I think, I should not worry what others think. I am still nervous before every speech but I feel so much more comfortable now, because I obtained different skills to attract attention of the audience and I really happy to realize that I have all knowledge for my next speeches. I will definitely keep my public speaking book at home as my direction and instruction for preparation my future speeches, because I understand  that I have to review this wonderful book again and again and sharp my skills. I think that this class was only the beginning of our education in this area and it's a good base for continuing developing our ability and quality of speaking. The book was really easy to read, and it was full of a lot of useful information. This class was my first class in the Sierra College, and it has made me so much more confident in my speaking abilities. The teacher was awesome and she helped me to see my weaknesses, and I will work on my time during the speech.    

Post 2 November 28

Which speech was your favorite and why?

My favorite speech was a tribute speech because I got A for this speech))) But if to be serious I like this type of speech because it is a good opportunity to honor somebody for something they've done, for who they are, for they've been in life. Such people who worthy of praise don't like to show off and cry out to everyone about their achievements but they need to hear that somebody sees their work, their passion and they are very useful for community. Through the speech of tribute I am able to give credit, respect, admiration or inspiration to a person who has accomplished something significant, lives in a way that deserves to be praised. If you don't have any opportunity to practice your public speech with tribute speech it's more easier because there are a lot of different events where everybody can practice their speech such as: weddings, anniversaries, retirements, even family birthday parties. I like a tribute speech because it's easy to be simple, to be oneself. The rules for giving an effective speech of tribute are flexible. You can give a tribute speech in different way, for example it can be written in manuscript form and read to the audience or it can be presented contemporaneously. We can sharp our skillfulness through the tribute speech.

Post 1 November 26

What concept or concepts from the class do you thing were the most helpful in preparing your speeches?

       I've read all chapters of the book and I think one concept about developing my purpose and topic from the class was the most helpful in preparing my speeches. When I talk with other people I usually have a goal, or purpose, in mind. We can try to make them understand an idea we have or to influence their opinion about a subject or motivate them to do something. I understand that having a well-defined purpose is especially important in pubic speaking. And four  key steps make up the early part of speech preparation is very helpful:

- first, you determine your general purpose.

- second, you evaluate and select your speech topic.

- third, you combine your general purpose and topic to identify your specific purpose.

- fourth, you phrase the thesis of your speech as you develop your topic. 

We have to define the general purpose of our speech. The general purpose refers to our overall goal and answers the questions, "what do I want my speech to do?". I have never thought about types of speech, but the general purpose of the speech typically corresponds to one of the most common types of speeches: informative, persuasive, or entertaining. When I understand what type of speech is mine I can make up my speech faster and easier. Keeping the general purpose in mind I can develop my speech.

Post 3 Chapter 15,16

Speech Buddy: Review the following Interactive Videos, 15.1, "Schooling: Pro" and "Schooling: Con" on the Interactive Video Website. Respond to the ideas in the videos. What did you learn that could be helpful in your speech? What types of appeals were used? How did the speaker connect with the audience?

       In Schooling: Pro, the speaker gives a persuasive speech about the pros of home schooling. She connects with her audience by starting with a narrative which appealed to our emotions, specifically, our need for safety. She established her credibility by stating that she had done extensive research, then she used a problem/solution method to persuade: the public system is failing, home schooling is the solution. Her three main points were that homeschooling avoids the violence of public schools, which again appeals to our need for safety; the flexibility of homeschooling; and how homeschooling builds strong family relations—the last two points appeal to our self-actualization needs. 

       I understand her point, but I think her emphasis that public schools aren't safe was a little over the top. Violence also happens in post offices and shopping malls! It did not seem like a validated argument—no statistics given to support the claim! 

       I like her acknowledgement of the opposition’s points, this is something I would like to use in my speech. She summarized with a review of her points and was really a good speaker. 

       In Schooling: con, I agree that I don’t feel like I would be qualified to teach my kids everything they need to know in every subject. Personally I don't have any experience in home school education and I know that my parent couldn't provide me enough time for my education, but I'm thankful to my parents that they have tracked the quality of my education, how I did my homework and how much time I've spent doing my homework. 

       Personally I'm for the school education, children have to do their homework at home. I don't know what will be in future, maybe I will change my mind because my kids are too small. But I think the best way to find the scholarship for education and enroll kids to the private christian school.

Post 2 Chapter 15, 16

Reflect on a recent discussion you've had in which you tried to persuade others to accept your point of view. What types of reasoning did you use? How well did your reasoning work?

Recently I have had discussion on the topic how cartoons effect children and my relatives wanted to impose me their point of view.

I have a firm position in this issues and I think I have used causal reasoning. I tries to use the causal reasoning in four ways: to explain why something happened, to identify who's responsible for something, to determine whether people can control an event, and to predict what might occur in the future. In all of these cases, I wanted to show the cause of something. We have argued that one action or event resulted in another. For example in the cartoon "Monsters vs. Aliens  children see funny captivated images of the characters but at night time in the dream they can cry because they can see these cartoon's image. We don't know how it works but our subconscious folds everything and after this we have different phobias.   

We can predict a future of these children. If they watch crucial or stupid cartoons without any sense they it can effect their view of life or make an influence on their character.

When I use causal reasoning, I think carefully about what the true causes of an event or action are. For example, does violence in cartoons cause children to disobey their parents? I'm not sure how well my reasoning worked because we are left with our opinions but I wasn't satisfied. I know that I can not prove anything but I feel like I was right. I think the time will show us who was right.  

Post 1 Chapter 15,16

Pick one concept from the reading this week and discuss it in detail.

I want to write about tribute speech from the chapter 16. 

What exactly is a Tribute Speech? 

Let's start be considering exactly what is a Tribute speech. A Tribute speech is written to provide interesting and useful information an expression of esteem, to show thanks or respect to a person or a group of people and increase the knowledge of your audience on the subject. The subject may be historical or modern, famous or unknown, dead or alive. The phrase "to pay tribute" often means "to praise or laud" and this type of speech should be written to create and encourage a deep sense of admiration and respect for the subject.

The Main Elements to Writing a Tribute Speech
The main elements to writing a successful and effective Tribute speech are to convey a sense of admiration and respect for the subject :
1. Knowledge of the subject - Establish credibility by demonstrating knowledge of the subject and conveying information and reasons as to why your subject is praiseworthy
2. Accomplishments of the subject - Make it clear what the subject has accomplished and the difference that the subject has made to others
3. Key Points - Repeat all the Key points and build interest by conveying the tribute with enthusiasm and including unusual facts, quotes or anecdotes about the subject
4. Conveying admiration and respect - Your objective is to ensure that at the end of your Tribute speech that your audience believes that the subject is praiseworthy
The Structure and Outline of a Tribute Speech
1. Your Opener - the opening, ice-breaker or attention grabber
2. Introduction - Tell them about who the the subject of your speech is and why you have chosen them
3. Knowledge - convey information and reasons as to why your subject is praiseworthy
4. Accomplishments - Make it clear what the subject has accomplished and the difference that the subject has made to others
5. Confirmation & Significance - Confirm and repeat the key points emphasizing the significance of the accomplishments
6. Conclusion - Try to end with a memorable punch line or positive statement as to why the subject is praiseworthy

Post 3 Chapter 14

     How are you immersed in a sea of persuasion? Give some examples of persuasive messages you've received in interpersonal, public speaking, and mass media contexts. What can you do to become a more critical consumer or persuasive messages? 

   

     Every day we encounter with people, mass media, news, movies who are trying to persuade us and change our point of view. In the church we can listen to the preaches about God and relationship with Him according with the Bible and we have to check the information based on the Holy Bible, not on the experience of someone. We have to be very careful because it touches our soul and spiritual life. Same thing with mass media we are surrounded by the different commercial and news who tries to influence on our mind or scary us and we want to buy something what will relieve the pain or satisfy our needs. We have to know what we really need and what is only the way of their approach of our consciousness  We like when we listen to people who is talking about liberty, safety for our children and offer different programs and we are ready to listen to this people and react as they want us to do it. I believe to become a critical consumer or persuasive messages we have to be aware about everything, to find our point of view and stand up for our opinion. Nobody has to impose me their reasoning and type of thinking. If this touch of my family I want to know what is good and bad for my family because I' m the cleaner of information and I have to separate clean from unclean because I'm responsible for this. And this world will definitely do everything to impose their system of values, they want me to enslave in their model of behavior and thinking.