Speech Planing – H1
應外三 49582005 洪新皓 David
I. Brainstorming list of topics
A. Major or vocational interest: languages, translation, geography, tourism, diplomacy, international organization, marketing
B. Hobby or activity: traveling, cooking, listening to music, swimming, volley ball, table tennis, choir
C. Concern or issue: international affair, global warming, consumer electronics launch, economic recession, time management, sustainable development
II. Concept map
Main topic: sustainable development
A. What is sustainable development?
1. Environmental sustainability
2. Economic sustainability
3. Sociopolitical sustainability
B. Why should we place importance on it?
1. Global warming
2. Energy crisis
3. Overpopulation
4. Ecological crisis
C. What can we do for it?
1. Renewable Energy
2. Recycling
3. Water purification
4. Sewage treatment
5. Ecological management
D. Examples: zero carbon, zero waste cities
1. Masdar City
2. Chongming Island east coast
E. What are the consequences?
1. Energy efficiency
2. Ecological equilibrium
III. Analyze the audience
A. Summary description of key audience characteristics:
According to my understanding, 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-one years old, which implies that we have the same knowledge background and tend to share the common view. Since the audience is come from Department of Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics, there are more women than men in the class. To my observation, most of us are perhaps middle-class Taiwanese.
B. Subject-specific data
1. The average audience member's knowledge of the subject is likely to be moderate because this issue is more and more influential to our environmental problems nowadays. Most of us are Bachelor of Arts not Bachelor of Science, though.
2. The average audience member's interest in this subject is likely to be moderate because this is a serious topic, and people do not think it as a practical method. However, it is just a prevailing concept for the generations to solve the environmental difficulties.
3. The average audience member's attitude toward my subject is likely to be positive because we really need to solve the problems which are obviously facing us.
4. My initial credibility with the audience is likely to be low because I am not an environmental-savvy; however, I do pay attention to the field of sustainable development.
C. Summary:
Although my audience knows the term "sustainable development," they probably do not understand its core. I will give them some real examples to explain how to carry out the sustainable development and to develop my audience's interest during the speech.
IV. Selecting a topic
A. Write each of the topics that you checked in Activity 1A
1. Major or vocational interest: languages, translation, geography, tourism, diplomacy, international organization, marketing
2. Hobby or activity: traveling, cooking, listening to music, swimming, volley ball, table tennis, choir
3. Concern or issue: international affair, global warming, consumer electronics launch, economic recession, time management, sustainable development
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: translation, tourism, international organization
2. Hobby or activity: traveling, listening to music
3. Concern or issue: international affair, global warming, time management, sustainable development
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: tourism
2. Hobby or activity: listening to music
3. Concern or issue: time management, sustainable development
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 sustainable development.
V. Write a specific goal
Type of speech: informative
A. 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 understand what sustainable development is.
B. Revise the infinitive to make it reflect the specific audience response you desire.
I want the audience to understand the importance of sustainable development.
C. 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 understand the importance of environmental sustainable development.
D. 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 understand the importance of environmental sustainable development by two examples.
Write the final draft of the specific goal:
I want the audience to understand the importance of environmental sustainable development by two examples.
