6.2 Discussion: The Speech Making Process

Overview

We use communication in our everyday lives without even thinking about it. We can, however, keep track of our daily communication techniques in order for us to build more effective communication skills in the future.

Your Task (2 Parts)

Part 1 Speech making is a process that you must learn and practice to achieve competence. The process begins with choosing a topic that satisfies the need of a specific audience.

This week, you will demonstrate what you learned from reading chapter nine by choosing an appropriate speech topic for this audience (your classmates).  Using terminology from the sections that focused on audience analysis, tell us why the topic you chose is a good topic for this audience. Then think about developing an informative speech on the topic and a persuasive speech on the same topic. Write a specific purpose statement for an informative speech on the topic and a specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on the topic.   Delivering a speech this semester is not required.

1.  Informative Speech Topic:

Specific purpose statement for an informative speech on your topic:

2.  Persuasive Speech Topic:

Specific purpose statement for a persuasive speech on your topic:

Part 2

Respond to two classmates’ posts.  Comment on their choice of topics.