WestCoast SPCH142 2021 June Week 6 Assignment Latest

SPCH142 Oral Communication

Week 6 Assignment  

Informative Speech

Informing the Audience About an Object, Process, Concept, or Event: There are numerous ways to classify informative speeches. For instance, a speaker can inform an audience about an object, such as a historical structure. A speaker can also talk about a process, such as how to write an effective resume.

What is the goal of an informative speech?

Build an audience’s understanding and awareness by imparting knowledge.

Provide listeners with new information, new ideas, or new ways of thinking about a topic.

Topic:

You can choose any topic as long as it defines, describes, explains, or demonstrates something. While you might actually persuade your audience by providing information about a topic in an informative speech, the intent of your speech is to inform, not to change behavior or attitudes, which is the intent of a persuasive speech.

A few topics considered “off-limits” are listed here: how to perform CPR, how to make any sort of food, how blood donation works, and the dialysis process. Anything that you have studied for another class is off-limits. Check with your instructor if you are unsure about your topic choice.

Steps for Your Informative Speech

Choose a topic. Is your speech a definition, description, explanation, or demonstration?

Write a key phrase outline (you will submit this to the assignment dropbox this week when you submit your speech).

Purpose Statement: Include your General Purpose Statement, Specific Purpose Statement, and Central Idea Statement in your Outline.

Introduction with a thesis statement: Tell the audience your topic and a preview of what is to come.

Body with 2–3 main points: Here you will elaborate your main points and define, describe, explain, or demonstrate.

Conclusion: Summarize your thesis/main topic and give a brief review of what you said.

Practice! Practice by yourself, for your friends, or in the mirror—whatever works for you.

Make sure the speech is within the time limit—between 4 and 6 minutes.

Delivery: You may extemporaneously glance at your notes or speaking outline, but do not read.

Notes and Aids: A visual aid and an outline are required. Examples of a visual aid may include a hand-held object, chart, graph, or photo.

Recording, Uploading, and Submitting

Videos can be recorded using any software or tool, but all videos are required to be uploaded to My Panopto Videos for assignment submission.

You can also use the Panopto Desktop Recording tool to create your video.

For detailed instructions on using Panopto, see Getting Started with Panopto in the Course Resources module.