Public speaking skills are used in every aspect of our lives. Please discuss THREE reasons why public speaking skills are important.
Identify the different types of speeches and provide two occasions or situations where the speeches may be given.
Briefly discuss your initial experience with public speaking and how you may use it in the future.
Include terminology from Chapter 1 to support your ideas.
*(Respond to at least two classmates’ initial posts with at least a one-paragraph SUBSTANTIVE response for each student.)*
TERMS:
-Public speaking
an organized, face-to-
face, prepared, inten-
tional (purposeful)
attempt to inform,
entertain, or persuade
a group of people
(usually five or more)
through words, phys-
ical delivery, and (at
times) visual or audio
aids.Exploring
-Glossophobia
a severe fear of public
speaking
-Communicaton
sharing meaning
between two or more people
-culture
the system of learned
and shared symbols,
language, values, and
norms that distinguish
one group of people
from another
-Channel
the means through
which a message gets
from sender to receiver
-Feedback
direct or indirect mes-
sages sent from an au-
dience (receivers) back
to the original sender
of the message
-Noise
anything that disrupts,
interrupts, or inter-
feres with the commu-
nication process
-Encode
the process of the
sender putting his/her
thoughts and feelings
into words or other
symbols
-Decode
the process of the
listener or receiver
understanding the
words and symbols of
a message and making
meaning of them
-Symbol
a word, icon, picture,
object, or number that
is used to stand for or
represent a concept,
thing, or experience
-Denotative
the objective or literal
meaning shared by
most people using the
word
-Connotative
the subjective or per-
sonal meaning the
word evokes in people
together or individu-ally
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