Communicating Effectively Worksheet

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Communicating Effectively Worksheet Answer the following questions, using information from this week’s readings. Respond to each question in 100 to 200 words. 1. Briefly explain the five choices speakers can make. How do these elements determine a speech’s success or failure? First you want to use invention to generate your material for your speech. You want to analyze the material and research it and determine your ideas carefully. Second is arrangement by structuring your ideas and material into your speech to organize it for each key point. Third is style you want to have a distinctive character that make your speech recognized and memorable. Fourth is delivery of your presentation of your speech. You want to deliver your speech in a effective way such as voice, gesture, facial expression, physical movement and visual aids. Fifth is Memory, you want to make sure you have the skill to memorize or outlive your speech such as keeping track of main ideas and phrasing them so listeners will remember them. 2. What role does the delivery method (e.g. online, video conferencing, face-to-face, conference room) play in constructing a presentation? These roles are important because it dictates what type of environment you will have to deliver your speech in and you can plan your speech accordingly to how you will have to deliver it whether it is face to face or video conferencing. This will help you on how you will have to plan your speech and deliver it. 3. What is the difference between hearing and listening? What are some strategies you could employ to improve your listening skills? What does it mean to listen critically? Hearing is a sensory process where the nerve endings in the ear receive sound waves and transmit them to the brain we then become conscious of sound this is a physiological process as compared to listening is a mental
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