From Subjects to Specific Goal—Homework 1
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Speech planning:
I. Subject list and topics
A. Major or vocational interest: arts, fashion, advertising.
B. Hobby and activity: dance, reading, design.
C. Concern or issue: time management, life and future occupation planning, leisure life.
II. Concept Map
Idea: Dance
A. Knowledge about dance
1. What is dance?
a. Rhythmical body movements.
b. Emotions and spirits involved.
2. Why do people learn to dance?
a. To improve body health.
b. Dance is one of the social activities.
B. Knowledge about choreography
1. What is choreography?
2. Why do people learn to choreograph?
C. Differences between dancers and choreographers
1. Dancers focus on themselves; improving individual skills and learning ability is important to them.
2. Choreographers focus not only on themselves but also on others; understand the audience's taste and the dancers' skill level are as important as their own ideas about dancing.
III Analyze the audience
A. Summary description of key audience characteristics:
Most of my audience share the same identity with me—students of National Taipei University. There are more female than male in the audience members, and they are all around 20 years old. Most of them are brought up in middle-class families and have similar points of view on life at the young adult stage.
B. Subject specific data
a. The average audience member's knowledge of the subject is likely to be moderate because most of them have participated in the group dance activities such as cheerleading.
b. The average audience member's interest in this subject is likely to be moderate because without they don't need to take the subject seriously for they are not professional in this field.
c. The average audience member's attitude toward my subject is like to be neutral because people have an appreciative attitude towards the subject but not every of them have enthusiasm towards it.
d. My initial credibility with the audience is likely to high because I have strong background and years of experiences related to this subject.
C. Summery:
Most of my audience only has the basic understanding of the subject, and the degree of their interest in it is moderate. Therefore, I will need to link the subject to the daily life of my audience, and provide as much information as possible, so that they become more familiar with it. My top priority is to make my speech fun and interesting in order to keep my audience's attention during the entire speech.
IV. Selecting a topic
A. Write each of the topics that you checked in Activity 1A.
a. Major or vocational interest: arts, fashion, advertising.
b. Hobby and activity: dance, reading, design.
c. Concern or issue: time management, life and future occupation planning, leisure life.
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.
a. Major or vocational interest: arts.
b. Hobby and activity: dance, design.
c. Concern or issue: time management, leisure life.
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.
a. Major or vocational interest: arts.
b. Hobby and activity: dance.
c. Concern or issue: leisure life.
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 dance.
V. Writing 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 my audience to understand how a dancer transforms into a choreographer.
B. Revise the infinitive to make it reflect the specific audience response you desire:
I want my audience to recognize how a dancer transforms into a choreographer.
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 my audience to recognize how a dancer transforms into a choreographer:
D. Improve the statement so that it describes the precise focus of your speech as it relates to your intended audience:
I want my audience to recognize three conditions for a dancer transforms into a choreographer.
Write the final draft of the specific goal:
I want my audience to recognize three conditions for a dancer transforms into a choreographer.
