Wow--what a pleasure to work with such dedicated and curious students! Thanks for everything you've taught me! As I reflect on a few of the highlights of our class this semester: you know, gulping down coffee together, numb limbs from sitting for so long, desperately passing the book back and forth in lieu of purchasing it-the dogs in the classroom, the free Red Bull (oh that's right, we haven't had one yet...) I find myself reviewing the fabulous, sophisticated and academically elevating topics we've explored: Making salad from bags, the Mayan apocalypse, bad fashion choices, great hair, crop circles, boiling eggs, how sitting can KILL you, oil changing, cutting class and making paper airplanes.... Well, we've really grown haven't we??!?? I mean what about here on our blog--who knew 'poo' could offer such a rich and helpful source for Toulmin reasoning? Seriously, you people are deep! Ummm...anyway...You all finish this class better than you were when you began, a testament to facing your fears and practice--Hope your public speaking skills help you in life! For this blog (20% of your final grade) Select a current event and a key concept from the text--Paraphrase the CAPITALIZED concept in your own words and site the page number. Also use the current event (or classroom example)as evidence of your concept. Do not repeat another person's concept. For instance:
ETHOS (p. 377) is characterized as speaker credibility or the amount of credence an audience will give to a speaker based on their 'expertise' and ethics--it's someone's 'character' and can make a good speaker effective in persuasion --A good example of this took place in our classroom when Lashonda taught Sandra the phrase "I look a hot mess"--both fashionable women had selected casual attire that day and now I want to use Toulmin in my example of ETHOS:
Claim: (so) Sandra desperately wants to remain 'hip' despite the aging process and
Warrant: (since) Lashonda is an authority in our class on professional and stylistic choices,
Data/evidence: (because) Lashonda shared the phrase: "I look a hot mess" with poor Sandra!
This is reasoning by authority by the way, the type of reasoning that most heavily relies on ETHOS! Ok--your turn--carefully read ALL previous entries--If you repeat another persons concept from the book you will recieve a zero on this part of the final!
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Coping Skills(pg 57), is a skill of using a technique or different techniques to help yourself cope with speech anxiety, or to control nervousness, and fear. Examples of these would be physically calming yourself down-breathing in and out slowly before and during speaking, jogging or singing loudly before a speech, and mentally positive self talking or 'acting' during your speech to be more confident, etc. Examples in the classroom would be of Zirah (not sure how to spell her name sorry!!) how she seemed more relaxed and confident in her last speech because she used the technique of humor which calms her down. Other examples were students breathing in and out slowly during their speeches, and personally for my speech I tried a little acting so i could be a more confident and louder speaker.
Am i supposed to make a Toulmin example??
-Mary Dang :]
TRANSITIONS (pg231) Transitions are important to help our audience follow our organization. Signposts are one type of transitional statement that bridges main points. They tell the audience where we have been adn where we are going. Tranitions help those who have become lost or inattentivce to pick up the thread of a speech. I have observed all of us using this technique in the classroom. I used the famous "now that I have told you about cooking eggs, let me sum up what we have learned today in my eggs-cellent egg speech. This was the transition to the conclusion of my speech.
JoAnn
CENTRAL BELIEFS (150) are difficult to change, unlike peripheral beliefs. They are authority beliefs, such as Buddhists should not cheat or steal. Many central beliefs come from one's religion or moral beliefs. An example of a central belief is from Ngoc's Speech last Friday. She believed that humans should not be cloned. Her belief is very strong and is difficult to change.
-Samantha Huynh
Nonverbal Behavior (pg 294) is one way of communicating with not just words but body language as well. Eye contact, gesture, posture, appearance and facial expressions are examples of nonverbal behavior. Nonverbal behavior can reveal how dedicated speakers are to their speeches, because it affects the delivery. I'd like to compliment Judith for her casual business style when she delivered her speech. She also made good eye contact with audiences; her posture was straight, upright as she did not lean on the podium. I noticed that when she talked about the pancreas pain or how to avoid obesity, her facial expression is serious and concerned. That drew my attention because they are health problems needs to be taken care of.
Here is my Toulmin [if required]: Since nonverbal behaviors affect the quality of a delivery, so speakers should not underestimate them and be expressionless because these behaviors help them get good grades.
My own example for nonverbal behavior is that when i talked about birth defect i did not smile. If i had smiled then it would have contradicted my attitude toward cloning.
This is the longest blog ever =]
-NGOC
BRANDING(pg 373),The process of creating a lasting impression about a name, company or product. Mostly we think of politicians or someone famous or some big corporation. Usually in a persuasive speech people want to leave a lasting impression since they are trying to get you to do something or change the way you think about something. I thought your speeches were interesting and quite a few were funny. Some of the things you said left a lasting impression on me. I'm sure it did on others too. This is the best classroom i have ever been a part of. Thankyou, Margaret
Ganas(pg.348),Spanish term that loosely transalates as the desire to succeed. I never imagined to see this term in a book for a speech class.I belive that each of us have the desired to succeed and we will. I think all the speeches that I heard show "ganas", and I have learned a lot from each one of them. I have personally learned that speech is not only a for of speaking but a way to express yourself and convincing an udience by applying "ganas" to it. Anothe key factor was to be enthusiastic about and be knowledgeable in order to get you point across and acquire the respect and credit for what you are presenting to your audience. I personally wanted to let you know a secret. This class was a challenge for me ,but thanks to your support I made it. Judith
CREDIBILITY-ENHANCING LANGUAGE (p.264) are words that emphasize rather than undermine audience perceptions of our competence. Credibility enhancing language emphasizes the importance of what we say in our speeches. Each and one of us in class used credibility enhancing language whether it was in our informative or persuasive speeches. This shows that we are the experts on the subject or person we are talking about in our speech. This language illustrates the fact, and requires us to do our homework. For example, for Julie's persuasive speech she talked about how we should all go fishing. Something she can say would be, "For the past few years I've been fishing every summer." This statement begins with a phrase that emphasizes Julie's credibility, known as credibility-enhancing language!
-Lisa Huynh
RHETORICAL QUESTION (pg. 235), A question asked without expecting a reply but is asked for emphasis or effect. My example is something I heard my Mother say growing up "How many times do I have to tell you to turn the light off?" And of course you might not want to give my Mother an answer to that question. =}
I am going to try Toulmin. I am going to use my example above.-- My siblings and I always left the lights on -- Claim: (So) My Mother wanted to keep the electric bill low, Warrant: (Since) My Mother was the authority who paid the electric bills, (Because) My Mother would know how much the bill was????
Not sure if this correct. But I have REALLY enjoyed the class.
--Lashanda
AUDIENCE DIVERSITY (pg. 135) is the meaning that the people who makes up your audience each come from different backgrounds, different ethnicities, race, views, and beliefs. Looking back to our classroom I can see that we definitely have that. When we started the blog and it was blog #2, we had to respond to Cultural Awareness I started to see that there were certain topics that we as a speaker should be careful about. Here are just a few examples of how diverse our class is. In the Vietnamese culture Tu said that is taboo if you talk about sex, Leilani and Ashleigh both agreed that religion can be a “touchy” topic to speak about, in Mexico family traditions are very important for Ziara, for Bassam in the Lebanon culture eye contact is view as a sign of respect while hand gestures are considered disrespectful, and as Jacquelyne said “It is also very important to have respect no matter what culture you are from.” There is so much that we all can learn from just being in a classroom full of people from different backgrounds, ethnicity, beliefs, and views.
--Julie--
These are totally great you guys--you are so smart!!!! Toulmin is optional, not required here,but fun to try:
Claim: Bassam loves Lebannon
Evidence/Data: Because he speaks of it fondly in our class.
Warrant: Affection is a sign of LOVE
Ta-dah--Won't you miss me doing this all the time? Where's the Redbull????????
LISTENING(P80--I used a old book!), is the process of receiving, attending to, and assigning meaning to aural as well as visual and tactile stimuli. Examples of listening would be when we listen some key words, we know what kinds of speech that the speaker is delivering. Like Sandra teach us when we hear the speaker said "we should", we know the speaker want to persuade us something. Then, we react the speaker and said "um.." (That we always do in class!!)
Ka Yi Leung
SPEECH ANXIETY: (pg. 54) the unpleasent thoughts and feelings aroused by the anticipation of a real or imagined speech in public. I know at the beginning of this class I was very nervous to get up in front of a group and make a speech. Im sure that many people in our class had this similar feeling. However, with more and more practice i have become more comfortable talking in front of groups and this has helped my emensely in various aspects of my daily life from my job to my other classes. After seeing more speeches done by others in our class I have noticed a similar result. By using helpful hints in preparing before our speeches and getting feedback from our peers, we have all improved so much! This class has been so fun and has helped me get over my speech anxiety!
Ashleigh Stayton
Word Power (Pg 254) demonstrates the very potent effects of how words shape people's perspective of the external world. The choice of words could alter an audience's way of seeing and understanding the topic that is being talked about.
Also, the type of language that a person speaks creates different thought patterns.
I noticed that the U.S news media tends to focus on shocking news that tend to be negative. The choice of words when describing the events tends to be exaggerated in order to boost the shock value. The United States statistically has a very high gun related incidences due to people buying weapons to defend themselves agaisnt the "perceived" high level of threat that the media portrays.
Eric
PATHOS(pg.358..I used an older edition), refers to the emotional states in an audience that a speaker can arouse and use to achieve persuasive goals. The emotions a speaker can affect the audience by include anger, fear, kindness, shame, pity, and envy. An example is if a person does a speech about euthanasia and says that if you let it happen to people, bad things will come to you. The speaker used your emotion of fear to persuade you to do something.
-Leila
Visual Imagery (pg 65) is the process of imagining yourself confidently doing your speech or any kind of performance. For example, you can imagine yourself running fast and finishing first place if you have a track meet in the morning or you can think about finishing an exam early and getting an A+ to put yourself in the mood to study. This will help you reduce anxiety and any uncertainty about the upcoming performance. This should be included into your speech or practice as a routine.
Cali
COMPREHENSION-[p.82 Old Book] is the act of understanding what has been communicated. Careful listeners make sure that they truly understand what a speaker means and do not hesitate to ask for clarification if the speaker's message is unclear.
To connect comprehension to current event, I would pick on Sandra as an example because according to her post she has learned a lot of our speechs.
Ethical Relativism (p. 79) is a philosophy based on the belief that there are no universal ethical principles. Ethics is a system of principles of right and wrong that govern human conduct. At the beginning of the semester, and in one of our first blogs, we aimed at asking each one about cultural diversity and its implications so we can avoid misunderstandings. This would be ethical as we aim to consider others cultures and beliefs.
cultural relativism asserts that any one person's ethical standards are as good as the next person's. the notion that the criteria for ethical behavior in one culture should not necessary be applied to other cultures.
This applies to communication in the sense that there are cultural differences in ethical standards governing communication. This could be related to how in different cultures, the degree to which you can be "brutally honest" differs. In some cultures they are brutally honest, and in others, they tend to stretch the truth.
If we look into our class im sure we will notice how this is put in place, especially after noticing that cultural diversity we have in the class.
wooo hooo, Sandra used me in her example :)
Bassam
Second-order data (pg 384)-Data that is from a expert testimony. Its like when a doctor goes up in front of a jury to testify in the case of DNA matching and the possibility that OJ did not do it because there is a one in a million chance someone else has his same DNA.
I think its also like when JoAnn told me that she like to gamble on her free time. So that means shes the worlds best right?
So just remember, OJ has 300 twins in America and one of them killed his ex wife and JoAnn is the one to talk to about slots :)
MEMORIZED DELEVERY (pg 45). We've almost been through a whole semester. We so far have learned lots of techniques and skills to inprove our speech days by days. One thing that I've noticed our classmates even myself failed to do till the last speech was the memorized delivery. This technique was mentioned in the very beginning of the chapter in the book and I just want to remind everyone about it. Memorized delivery is a mode of presentation where the speech is memorized or be written out on the note cards before the speaker presents to the audience without using notes. Using this technique will help enhancing more eye-contact with the audience, but it required you to put lots of efforts even it is a very short speech. Moreover, if you forgot your speech, you are now facing with either a very noticable silence(silence is not gold anymore) or "winging it". Memorized delivery is simply an oral essay without using any help of physical manuscripts.
Tu Nguyen
Goodwill (pg. 93), is the perception by audience members that the speaker cares about their needs and concerns. For example, Obama made speeches that won America's vote. He listen to the needs and concerns of America. Health Care, our economy, and the War in Iraq is probably a few. Obama did a great job in using Goodwill. I made a speech on a diet because i care about the health of others. They are concern about their health, so i told them the benefits of the diet. (is that goodwill too?)
charlie
EXTEMPORANEOUS DELIVERY (pg 46), is a mode of presentation best suited for beginners. This method utilizes preparation combined with spontaneous speaking. This is the method that Sandra taught us to strive for during this semester. Students in our class used brief notes to help achieve this delivery style. Using this method kept the speeches interesting, as it allowed interaction between the audience and speaker.
Jonah
Hi! i just like to thank Ngoc for her compliment, and good luck to all of you.
Judith
please accept this we had a family emergency last night...
FEEDBACK(Pg. N/A)Audience member responses both verbal and nonverbal, to a speaker. I loved getting all the positive feedback when we got our speeches back it made me get through this class alot easier than when we first started. Thank you for this oppurtunity i had a blast in this class.
Jacquelyne Berg
LISTENING(P80--I used a old book!), is the process of receiving, attending to, and assigning meaning to aural as well as visual and tactile stimuli. Examples of listening would be when we listen some key words, we know what kinds of speech that the speaker is delivering. Like Sandra teach us when we hear the speaker said "we should", we know the speaker want to persuade us something. Then, we react the speaker and said "um.." (That we always do in class!!) Ka Yi Leung
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