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Snarky bitchery in homework. AKA, this textbook is STUPID.
My Effective Speaking textbook is just... garbage.
It thinks geology majors know about the making of pearls. And that your roomate, when asking about how pearls are made, wants you to explaine it like an 80 year old professor talking to a room of grad students.
And that's just the tip of it...
We had to answer this.. .stupid ass questions at the end of the chapter...
So... usin the information in the textbook, I answered them. *grins*
1) Public speaking is likely to make a difference in my life by allowing me more easily speak in public.
2) Public speaking is similar to everyday conversation in the way that there are words and sentences and it requires the same skilled used in ordinary conversion, such as lying to make people feel better and using complicated words to make yourself look smart.
3) Public speaking is different from everyday conversation in the way that even though you're suppose to adapt your speech to your audience, you're expected to talk like a news anchor.
4) It is normal to be nervous before making a speech because of peer pressure and pressure of performance. It's seen as desirable by the textbook because the author has confused nervousness and adrenaline and thinks being afraid is a good thing.
5) You can control your nervousness and make it work for you in speeches by using the power of denial to make yourself think that your nervousness is just your excitement.
6) The seven elements of the speech communication process are the speaker, the message, the channel, the listener, feedback, interference and the situation. If you don't take each into account, you will be unable to make a speech that will move people to do anything but yell at you to shut up. [Fran note: THe textbook didn't actualy address the 2nd part of this question, so I fudged it. :D]
7) Ethnocentrism is the believe that everyone who doesn't think like you do is wrong. Public speakers need to avoid ethnocentrism because it's never a good idea to make a gesture for 'okay' and really be flipping the bird to the people you're trying to sweet talk. [Fran note: Based on the actual textbook example]
So.. yeah. I'm going to get fun looks tomrrow! :D And I haven't even done my 'How I plan to make a diffrence' speach yet! *Grins evily*
It thinks geology majors know about the making of pearls. And that your roomate, when asking about how pearls are made, wants you to explaine it like an 80 year old professor talking to a room of grad students.
And that's just the tip of it...
We had to answer this.. .stupid ass questions at the end of the chapter...
So... usin the information in the textbook, I answered them. *grins*
1) Public speaking is likely to make a difference in my life by allowing me more easily speak in public.
2) Public speaking is similar to everyday conversation in the way that there are words and sentences and it requires the same skilled used in ordinary conversion, such as lying to make people feel better and using complicated words to make yourself look smart.
3) Public speaking is different from everyday conversation in the way that even though you're suppose to adapt your speech to your audience, you're expected to talk like a news anchor.
4) It is normal to be nervous before making a speech because of peer pressure and pressure of performance. It's seen as desirable by the textbook because the author has confused nervousness and adrenaline and thinks being afraid is a good thing.
5) You can control your nervousness and make it work for you in speeches by using the power of denial to make yourself think that your nervousness is just your excitement.
6) The seven elements of the speech communication process are the speaker, the message, the channel, the listener, feedback, interference and the situation. If you don't take each into account, you will be unable to make a speech that will move people to do anything but yell at you to shut up. [Fran note: THe textbook didn't actualy address the 2nd part of this question, so I fudged it. :D]
7) Ethnocentrism is the believe that everyone who doesn't think like you do is wrong. Public speakers need to avoid ethnocentrism because it's never a good idea to make a gesture for 'okay' and really be flipping the bird to the people you're trying to sweet talk. [Fran note: Based on the actual textbook example]
So.. yeah. I'm going to get fun looks tomrrow! :D And I haven't even done my 'How I plan to make a diffrence' speach yet! *Grins evily*
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*in reality, is grinning in wicked amusement*
I love snarking in homework.