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LHS Mrs. Reardon English 10 Stage fright occurs in about 90% of people Topophobia is a fear of speaking Flushed white knuckles Rocking Fidgeting Sweating Shaking Be prepared and be confident Remember that the audience members are human too Don’t freak about little mistakes; smile and continue Your audience doesn’t see or hear every little mistake Remember to breath and pause for breathe An important part of communication! Hearing is being able to physically detect sounds Listening refers to getting meaning from sounds that are heard 75% of a 10 minute speech is out of your head within 48 hours This is why you take notes in school and why visual aides are important for remembering information Appreciative listening Listen because we enjoy the sound (music, nature, etc.) Discriminative listening Tuning out other sounds when we want to single out one noise in the environment (listening to a friend in a crowded room) Comprehensive listening Listening to understand Listening to instructions Therapeutic Listening to others who need to talk Hearing a friend’s sad story Critical listening listening Listening and thinking carefully about what we hear Judging what is said Thinking of what we want to say next instead of listening Short attention span Tuning out dull topics Faking attention Being distracted Judging the speaker’s appearance More than you ever wanted to know about communication! Oratory/Rhetoric: study of public speaking Communication is the process of sending and receiving messages to achieve understanding INTRApersonal Communication with yourself (self talk- helps you reason and plan what to say) INTERpersonal Communication between two or more people Sender Feedback Receiver reacts and provides feedback Sender wants to communicate something Message Receiver Take any element out and you have poor communication! Can be verbal, nonverbal Written Must be read Verbal Spoken communication Nonverbal Communication without words Symbols Anything that stands for an idea and is used for communication (flags, peace sign, stop sign) 55% of what people think of you is determined within the first 30 seconds—before you ever open you mouth (posture, clothing, behavior, etc) Nonverbal communication is huge!!! Ethics Promotes what’s right; knows right from wrong Responsibility Can be trusted; doesn’t lie, mislead, or plagiarize Pitch Highness or lowness of the sound you make Monotone: no variation in pitch Tone Emotion reflected in voice; sarcastic, angry, surprised, joyous, bored, questioning, etc. Exercise: Say “the grass is green” using the different tones Inflection Upward or downward glide of pitch as you speak Questions=upward Confident statements=downward Volume Loudness of voice Rate Speed of voice Nervousness will cause you to speed up More important than verbal! Gestures Hands, eyes, heads (nodding) Greetings Handshakes, bows, waving Appearance Grooming and clothes (man in suit vs. man in ripped jeans and dirty T-shirt) Good handshake Not so good handshake Positive body language Relaxed posture Good eye contact Nod in agreement Smile at humor Use gestures Negative body language Tension Arms folded Fidgeting yawning You will have a total of 50 listening points You will be evaluated as a listener after every speech. If you are not paying attention or are distracting the speaker, you will lose points. You will not be able to earn them back, so once they’re gone, they’re gone.