I once listened to a speech where ethics were involved that affected me as a listener. It was an informative speech cautioning smokers to smoke in designated areas only. Although I am not a smoker, there were times that the speaker alienated smokers. The speaker stated that for the second time in three months, this facility suffered a fire in close proximity to a building. The first fire was caused by the careless disposal of a cigarette butt and the second fire is still officially under investigation
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Measuring the English vocabulary size of Greek Students in Swansea University Introduction ● ● Vocabulary of Greek highschool students English tests in Greece {Proficiency(Michigan,Cambridge,Edexcel), IELTS} ● ● ● Behaviour of Greek students in the UK Vocabulary of Greek highschool students Y_Lex vocabulary test and the difference from X_Lex Aim of this study To see if Greek students in Swansea university are learning new words from the time they leave Greece until the time they graduate
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presentation, I’m usually able to handle myself and talk without too many distractions or other issue. Eye contact usually isn’t a problem for me, mainly because I know that it’s so important and I force myself to look at as many people as possible during my speech. Weakness I tend to get nervous
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listeners that I had intended. This video demonstrates some of the best ways to deliver an effective speech, and touches on some key points to not only captivate your audience, but to insure that the message that was intended be delivered , in fact is received by the audience. All of the subjects that were discussed in the video are key elements in delivering a powerful and effective speech. There is one key point though, that is most significant when trying to captivate your audience, and
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Research the subject and present it to the audience. Speech 2 — “Be In Earnest” This speech challenges you to convince the audience of your sincerity or conviction on a topic. I did my second speech on “Unfinished Business” — someone dear to me had just died and I realized how much we leave unsaid to those people closest to us. It was an emotional speech for me, and it helped the club members get to know me better. Other great topics for this speech are political issues, social causes, relationships
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Draw a blank during a speech? Recover is a good article. However, there is not a defined author on this article, it leads me to believe that I don’t know if the author is credible or just giving information based on experiences. The article seems to be taking snippets from other sources. The article seems to give insight where most people are looking for it, the article can help with articulating what you want to say and give you pointers on how to keep on track during a speech. But as it is not a
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Traditional On Campus Class Welcome to the Traditional On Campus version of Speech 103 Oral Communication! I look forward to getting to know each of you. Over the years, I have learned that many of you dread taking this class (don’t worry I felt the same way when I had to take this class) but I hope that you will find your worries to be unfounded. I work very hard to try to create a comfortable learning environment, primarily because I need you to participate in order
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speech’s success or failure? Five elements of the seven parts of the speech communication process speakers can choose from: is the type of speaker who is the person presenting the message to the listener. The speaker must also understand the message to communicate to someone else. By channeling the message the listener will understand the purpose of the presentation to provide feedback. The time and place of the speech should occur in a timely manner so listeners wont have interference or impeding
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Dear Mrs. Altland: In this letter, I will be completely honest. I am nervous to be in a class I never thought I’d be in. But I am more excited to be able to learn about the strategic way technical professionals recruit their employees. Brief questions that concern me are: Will this teach us problem solving by probing into life skills and study skills? Different learning styles, improving motivation and self-esteem, dealing with adversity and failure and creating life change is going to be the most
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Reading log The Rassias method The Rassias method suggests to the student the excitement. He believed languages must be spoken. However, the traditional class never allowed the student to speak no more than four times, “like learning mathematics without examples”. After he graduated, he decided to combine acting and teaching together, which exists as Rassias method nowadays. As he believed, the strategy was to maximize the number of times each student speaks aloud in new languages. Also, I
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