Selecting Topics for Speeches (590_W2)

What are the TWO stages of informative speech?

• PREPARING and DELIVERING

• DELIVERING and MONITORING

• PREPARING and OBSERVING

• OBSERVING and DELIVERING

Why do you need to analyze your AUDIENCE before giving a speech?

• Because they need to fill in the feedback form.

• Because they pay the tickets.

• Because you need to construct your speech based on their expectations.

• Just because.

What to consider when choosing a topic?

• Topic that is interesting and relevant.

• Topic that is general.

• Topic that you are not familiar with.

• An outdated topic.

Choose the most appropriate topic:

• 'English Class is Not Needed'

• 'Why Japanese Food are Expensive and the Remarkable Ingredients'

• 'The History of Russia'

• 'Starbucks: The Importance of Branding'

Again, choose the most appropriate topic:

• 'Parenting Skills'

• '21st Century Parenting Flaws and How to Combat Them'

• 'Parenting Skills in the 21st Century'

• 'Why Moms are Better than Dads'

Now choose the most INAPPROPRIATE topic:

• 'AI Tips for University Students'

• 'AI Skills in Completing Assignments'

• 'The Power of AI: Undergraduate Edition'

• 'AI: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Ways to Use Them Appropriately in Class'

Choose an effective title to talk about organic food:

• 'Organic Food: What and Why?'

• 'Organic Food'

• 'The Advantages and Disadvantages of Organic Food that People Should Acknowledge and Practice in the 21st Century'

• 'The Organic'

Why do you need to create a CATCHY/INTERESTING title for your speech?

• To make sure people buy your tickets.

• To attract audience.

• So that my friends are proud of me.

• To show how good I am in creating titles.

Where can you best gather information for your speech content? Select two.

• The Internet, library, and also my experience.

• I should ask my parents.

• My knowledgeable friends.

• From magazines and newspapers.

Today I learnt:

• How to create an interesting title for my speech.

• The need to analyze the audience before constructing my title and content.

• Where to get information for my speech content.

• Creating a title is a complicated routine, I no longer want to pursue this course.