From Subjects to Specific Goal--Homework 1

應外三 易容羽 49582047 Emma Speech planning: A. Subject list and topics 1. Major or vocational interest: translating, teaching, interpreting 2. Hobby or activity: traveling, hiking, reading 3. Concern or issue: defective public facilities, sexual discrimination, single parent family B. Concept map summer vacation winter vacation travel brochures When is the high season? How can you plan a trip? Internet tour groups group low season monuments travel What are the tips to save money? Where can you travel? reservation scenic areas travelers shopping Who is involved in traveling? Why travel? eat restaurateurs hoteliers relax learn C. Analyze the audience 1. Summary description of key audience characteristics: I conclude that most audience members are similar to each other and to me. We are all students at National Taipei University. Most of us are around twenty years old, which suggest that we have a common generational view. There are more women than men in our class, and we are mostly middle-class Taiwanese. 2. Subject-Specific Data: a. The average audience member's knowledge of the subject is likely to be moderate limited because my audience mostly have the experience of traveling. b. The average audience member's interest in this subject is likely to be moderate because they don't have much money to travel. c. The average audience member's attitude toward my subject is likely to be positive because most people enjoy traveling. d. My initial credibility with the audience is likely to be low because most of them don't know that I like to travel. 3. Summary: Most audience members know some about traveling, so I should tell them more information. They have only a moderate interest in the subject, and it is not a controversial subject. Therefore, I only need to maintain my audience's interest during my entire speech. D. Selecting a topic 1. Write each of the topics that you checked in Activity 1A: a. Major or vocational interest: translating, teaching, interpreting b. Hobby or activity: traveling, hiking, reading c. Concern or issue: defective public facilities, sexual discrimination, single parent family 2. Using the information you compiled in Activity 1B, the audience analysis, compare each topic to your audience profile. Eliminate topics that seem less appropriate. a. Major or vocational interest: translating, teaching b. Hobby or activity: traveling, reading c. Concern or issue: defective public facilities, single parent family 3. Using the information you compiled in Activity 1C, your analysis of the setting for this speech, compare each of the remaining topics to your setting profile. Eliminate topics that seem less appropriate. a. Major or vocational interest: teaching b. Hobby or activity: traveling c. Concern or issue: single parent family 4. Each of the remaining topics is appropriate to your audience and setting; you can be confident that you can develop am appropriate speech from any of these. So, from the topics that remain, select the one that you are most excited about sharing with others. My topic will be traveling. E. Write a specific goal Type of speech: informative 1. Write a draft of your general speech goal using a complete sentence that specifies the type of response you want from the audience. → I want the audience to have the common sense of traveling. 2. Revise the infinitive to make it reflect the specific audience response you desire. → I want the audience to know more knowledge about traveling. 3. Check the number of ideas expressed in the statement. If the statement contains more than one idea, select one and rewrite the statement. → I want the audience to know how they can plan a trip. 4. Improve the statement so that it describes the precise focus of your speech as it relates to your intended audience. → I want the audience to know how they can plan an economy and well-organized trip. Write the final draft of the specific goal: I want the audience to know how they can plan an economy and well-organized trip.