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CHAPTER 3Listen and Analyze Speeches
3.1Listen Effectively
3.2Analyze and EvaluateSpeeches
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Lesson 3.1Listen Effectively
GOALS
Define listening.
Explain ways to listen effectively.
Discuss how to listen to understand andremember information.
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What Is Listening?
Receiving spoken communication fromanother person and making an effort tohear and understand what the person issaying
Hearing versus listening
Remembering
Learning to listen
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Ways to Listen Effectively
Gap between speaking and processingwords
Speaking rate—120 to 150 words per minute
Brain processing rate—400 to 800 words perminute
Attending
Attention span
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Be a Good Listener
Get physically and mentally ready to listen.
Suspend judgment while the speaker istalking.
Adjust to the listening goals of thesituation.
Identify with the speaker’s message
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Understand and RememberInformation
Understanding
Remembering
Active listening
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Active Listening Behaviors
Identify the organization of the speech
Ask yourself questions
Silently paraphrase key information
Watch nonverbal clues
Take good notes
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Lesson 3.2Analyze and Evaluate Speeches
GOALS
Explain how to critically analyze speeches.
Describe how to evaluate speeches andwrite a constructive critique.
Discuss how to receive a constructivecritique.
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Critically Analyze Speeches
Critical analysis
Things to consider
The speaker’s credibility, or ability to inspiretrust and belief
The quality of the content
The quality of the organization
The quality of the delivery
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The Speaker’s Credibility
How did the speaker gain experience onthe subject?
Does the speaker seem to know thesubject?
What did the speaker say or do that madeyou believe what was said?
Why should you trust this speaker?
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The Quality of the Content
Amount of information
Examples and other supporting details
Sources
Appropriate for the topic
Recent and varied
Distributed throughout the speech
Balanced treatment of controversial issue
Adequate support for controversial ideas
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The Quality of the Organization
Did you understand the point of the speech?
Did the speaker’s ideas follow logically from oneidea to the next?
Were important ideas missing that should havebeen included?
Did the speaker use clear, vivid, and compellingword choices and phrasing?
Did the speaker’s conclusion follow logicallyfrom the main ideas?
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The Quality of the Delivery
Did the speaker sound sincere, informed,and trustworthy?
Did the speaker use appropriate facialexpressions and gestures?
Did the speaker convey a confidentattitude?
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Evaluate Speeches
Critique
Constructive critique
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Guidelines for ConstructiveCritiques
Communicate specific observations
Begin with observations about what a speakerdid well before turning to observations aboutwhat the speaker could do better
Explain the how and why of the specific pointsyou made
Write critiques so that it is clear they reflect yourpersonal perceptions, and not absolute truth
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Constructive CritiqueComments
Content
Structure
Delivery
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Checklist for ProvidingConstructive Critiques
1.1. Did you offer specific comments?
2.2. Did you begin with positive comments?
3.3. Did you offer specific suggestions forimprovements?
4.4. Did you provide an explanation for eachcomment?
5.5. Did you use “I” language?
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Receive a Critique
Listen effectively
Do not take the constructive critique personallyor as the absolute truth
Ask questions to help you understand any pointsthat are not clear
Stay poised
Weight validity of specific observation
Tell your teacher about inappropriate critique