Transcript Oral Communication - An

Oral Communication
MS. SUHA JAWABREH
LECTURE # 8 :PRACTICE
Speaking Activity #2: How would you describe
and analyze this cartoon ?
-A cartoon is a special kind of visual text. It usually
combines a drawing with a text.
-Cartoons often pick on one current news event and
criticize people, institutions or developments in society
and politics by making fun of them.
-The following devices are often used to achieve this aim:
exaggeration • irony • contrast between picture and text •
symbols.
-In analyzing a cartoon, you should consider its context
before you talk about what is being criticized.
Cartoon #1
Cartoon # 2
Cartoon # 3
Speaking Activity # 3 : Watching and Analyzing a
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLYECIjmnQs
Speaking Activity # 4: Create a Conversation!
Create a Conversation!
Each pair of students is required to create a one-minute conversation
between:
1. A father and a son.
2. Two students in their first class of the term.
3. You and a stranger at the coffeehouse.
Note: Incorporate Communication principles that you learned in this
class!
Speaking Activity # 5: Impromptu Speaking
Impromtu Speaking! (spontaneous speech)
A student is required to pick up a slip of paper
randomly . Each slip of paper has a topic that the
student is required to talk about in front of the class
for 1-2 minutes.