Tuesday, October 14, 2008

speech planning (HW1)

49482052 應外4 初君珍

speech planning (HW1)

I. Subject list

A. Major or vocational interest: international trade, teaching English, translation

B. Hobby or activity: watching movies, traveling, dancing, cooking

C. Issue or concern: economy crisis, well-being, healthy diet, anti-aging skin care

II. Lists of Topics

A. Major or vocational interest: negotiation, economics, international trade market

B. Hobby or activity: good recipes, cookbook, ingredients

C. Concern or issue: protecting skin, eating healthy foods

III. Concept map

Idea: Anti-aging skin care

A. When is the best to start our anti-aging skin care?

1. Anyone at any age can begin to take precautions to help protect the skin

B. How does skin change with age?

1. Production of collagen and elastin begins to slow down.

2. Fat cells beneath the skin may begin to disappear.

C. What are good tips for anti-aging skin?

1. Minimize sun exposure

2. Eat healthy diets

D. Why is anti-aging skin care important?

1. Protect skin from future damage

2. Take precautious to help keep our skin looking healthy.

IV. Analyze the audience

A. Summary description of key audience characteristics

I conclude that most audience members are my classmates, we are similar to each other and to me. We are all in our 20's and most of us are female, I think most of young girls are interested in our appearance and skin care.

B. Subject-specific data

1. The average audience member's knowledge of the subject is likely to be moderate because they have already got some information from magazines or books.

2. The average audience member's interest in this subject is likely to be moderate because some girls will want to know how our skin can be healthier and shinier.

3. The average audience member's attitude toward my subject is likely to be positive because most of them want to have a healthy skin.

4. My initial credibility with the audience is likely to be low because most of them don't know that I am interested in skin care.

V. Selecting a topic

A. Write each of the topics that you checked in Activity 1A

1. Major or vocational interest: international trade, teaching English, translation

2. Hobby or activity: watching movies, traveling, dancing, cooking

3. Issue or concern: economy crisis, well-being, healthy diet, anti-aging skin care

B. Using the information you compiled in Activity 1B, the audience analysis, compare each topic to your audience profile. Eliminate topics that seem less appropriate.

1. Major or vocational interest: international trade, teaching English

2. Hobby or activity: watching movies, traveling, cooking

3. Issue or concern: well-being, healthy diet, anti-aging skin care

C. 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.

1. Major or vocational interest: international trade

2. Hobby or activity: cooking

3. Concern or issue: anti-aging skin care

D. 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 anti-aging skin care.

VI. Write a specific goal

Type of speech: informative

Most of us rarely think about our skin and the aging process, because some of us think that we are still young, for now we don't have to care about our skin, but aging process will one day affect the condition and appearance of our skin.

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