Transcript The Speaking Situation - Willamette University

ECUST—CDEN
Workshop for Debate and
Public Speaking Teachers
June 3-5, 2016
Session 1: The Speaking Situation
Welcome & Introduction
Cindy Richards, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Willamette University
Paul McKean, M.A.
Instructor
University of Illinois
Participant Introduction
Please introduce yourself.
Why do you think it’s valuable to teach public
speaking, or why did you decide to attend the
public speaking workshop?
Workshop Overview
Enhance expertise by sharing best practices for
teaching public speaking.
• Essential principles for public speaking
• Effective classroom exercises and activities
• Developing assignments, evaluations, syllabi
• Sharing resources
Workshop Sessions
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Understanding and Engaging the Situation
Understanding and Engaging the Audience
Building Arguments and Evidence
Speech Organization and Delivery
Developing Assignments and Evaluations
Building and Sharing Resources for Teaching
Public Speaking
Understanding and Engaging
the Speaking Situation
• What speaking situations are our students
likely to engage?
• What understanding and skills do our students
need to develop in order to speak effectively
in those situations?
Speaking Situation
Argument (message)
Context
Audience
Speaker
Common Speaking Situations
Epideictic (Ceremonial) Speech
Purpose is to praise or blame a topic, to strengthen
community and shared values
• Examples: Wedding speech, graduation speech,
speech that argues teaching public speaking is
important because it builds cultural understanding.
Common Speaking Situations
Informative Speech
Purpose is to educate, develop understanding
1. Descriptive speech: Creates an accurate mental
picture in the mind of an audience regarding a
specific person, place, thing, or event. Example:
Differences between Salem and Shanghai.
2. Demonstrative speech: Describes how to perform
an action. Example: How to build a birdhouse.
3. Explanatory speech: Explains a topic. Example: The
causes of climate change.
Common Speaking Situations
Persuasive Speech
Purpose is to change an attitude, belief, or behavior. A
persuasive speech may advocate a specific solution to a
problem.
Examples:
• The United States must act now to address the
problem of climate change.
• [Problem-Solution] To address climate change, the
United States should change its energy policy.
Common Speaking Situations
Examples of situations your students will engage, in
these categories?
• Epideictic (Ceremonial) Speech
Purpose is to praise or blame a topic, to strengthen
community and shared values
• Informative Speech
Purpose is to educate, develop understanding
• Persuasive Speech
Purpose is to change an attitude, belief, or behavior
Activity: Adapt Topic to Situation
What would you say about the topic in each situation?
Write 1 sentence that expresses your main idea.
Topic: Basketball
• Epideictic (Ceremonial) Speech: Basketball is an
excellent sport because it builds teamwork.
• Informative Speech
Descriptive: What it’s like to play in the NBA.
Demonstrative: How to shoot a basketball.
Explanatory: International and NBA basketball games
differ in three important ways.
• Persuasive Speech: Yao Ming should be admitted to
the NBA Hall of Fame.
Class Activity:
Adapt the Topic to the Situation
What would you say about the topic in each situation?
Write 1 sentence that expresses your main idea.
Topic: China and the United States
1. Epideictic/Ceremonial [praise or blame to
communicate values, strengthen community]
2. Informational [to educate, inform]
Descriptive
Demonstrative
Explanatory
3. Persuasive [to change attitude or behavior]