HW3 – Thesis Statement and Outline

49582007 陳逸蘭 Stephenie General Goal I want to inform my audience. Specific Goal I would like the audience to understand rabbit's "body languages" when observing a rabbit. Thesis Statement For rabbit-keepers, there are some interesting signs showing their lovely pets' mood and needs—from the movement of or change in its ears, head, legs, and voice. Introduction You know what? Rabbits have so many body languages than you can imagine. They jump swiftly just like little elves, with their small nose jerking. It is so cute that three year ago I asked my father to buy me one. Today, I would like to tell you what interesting body languages that we can catch to know a rabbit's mood and needs. Body I. A rabbit shows its mood by some interesting behaviors. A. Standing up suddenly with two eyes open wide means it is cautious, detecting the environment around them. B. Rabbits, whether cave-dwelling or kept by human beings, stamp their foot on some situations. 1. Stamping foot to inform other companies that the danger is coming. 2. Stamping foot to make threats against enemies. 3. Stamping foot to express their discontent. C. A rabbit likes to lick its companies to express friendship and care. D. When a rabbit jumps actively, lingers around a place, and suddenly topples down in a flash, it means it feels relax and trustworthy about this place. E. Putting its ears low and nearly attaching the ears to the back means it is angry or afraid. F. Different voices it makes indicate its mood. 1. The squeak sound means it's in a painful or frightening situation. 2. The roar sound means it's angry and about to attack something. G. When it's happy and excited, it performs a "jump in the air." H. If a rabbit uses its head to push keepers' hand when the keepers want to touch it, it's telling the keepers to "go away." II. A rabbit shows its needs by some interesting behaviors. A. A rabbit has strong sense of domain over its own territory. 1. Male and female rabbits all have glands in their lower jaws, which can send out a special odor. And they tend to rub against something that belongs to their own territory. 2. Rabbits (male more often than female) spray their urine on something to mark that "this is my place." B. A rabbit licks itself, its companies and human beings. 1. To stay clean. 2. To get the salt it needs. C. A rabbit makes its ears turning to listen to the subtle sounds. D. A rabbit circles keeper's foot. 1. When it is in the oestrus period, it circles around its keeper. Experiments have shown that if you give your hand to a rabbit that is circling you, it will jump to your hand and do something surprises you! 2. When sensing that its keeper has something to eat, it will circle around its keeper. E. A rabbit eats its poo-poo to gain the nutrition it needs. F. A rabbits grinds its teeth in order to keep it at an appropriate length. Conclusion Now, let's watch this clip about a rabbit and test how many body languages you see in this clip. It very cute, so open your eyes as possible as you can. (show the following clip from internet) http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/rodents-and-rabbits/jackrabbit.html Sources Electronic article retrieved from database Han Han. "Han Han's 寵物窩." January 2008 <http://hanhan.xxking.com/> Book 橘子. 橘子養兔子(A Guidebook to Raise Your Rabbit). Taipei: 晨星出版社(Morning Star), 2005. Personal interview 邱建竹. Doctor at Congo Exotic Animal Hospital. Personal Interview. 18 November 2008.

My Strength & Weakness of Public Speaking

FLAL 49582007 陳逸蘭 Stephenie Strength: Suggestion Therapy Before going on the stage, I always tell myself "It's OK. Don't be afraid. I can get it through and do well." Though I don't know whether it will work or not, I still "set a reminder" as my suggestion therapy. Tuned Voice I know if I don't keep my voice clear and loud, the audience won't understand what I am talking about. So I don't use my original voice when speaking. But, I think it's a bit awkward to hear my pitch rising. Weakness: Uneasiness When there are many pairs of eyes focusing on me, I tend to feel nervous. Even I'm preparing my speech, I can't help but think about how the audience will evaluate me. That really makes me uneasy. Too Many Pauses I used to say "uh" and "um" during my speech. It troubles not only the audience but me because when I customarily pause, I become nervous again and forget what I should say next. Lack of Eye Contact I found that at the beginning of the speech, I keep my eye contact around my audience. But in the middle or last part of my speech I forget to look at my audience. Non-native Pronunciation It was as if my tongue got frozen when I want to articulate. I am weak at pronouncing "bedroom," "girl" and those kinds of words. Vocabulary Insufficiency I suffer much from this. Although I read a lot, I can't put those words in a proper occasion. Sometimes I suspect that whether I have learned the word or not! In other words, I need more practice to train my brain to use words effectively.

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From Subjects to Specific Goal--Homework 1 (HW1)

Speech Planning: FLAL 49582007陳逸蘭 1. Subject list A. Major or vocational interest: Applied Linguistics, English Literature, Spanish, news editing, teaching children English, tour guiding, diplomatic administration, international new reporting B. Hobby or activity: collecting stamps, keeping rabbits as pets, neurolinguistics, playing the piano, human psychology, reading martial arts novels, listening to music, watching drama performances C. Concern or issue: college tuition fees, generation gap, necessity of breakfast, competitiveness of university students between China and Taiwan, the legitimacy of homosexuality, pop culture influences on young people, euthanasia, betel beauty's image in Taiwan and American 2. Concept map Competitiveness of university students between China and Taiwan Why is the issue important? Why should we talk about that? 1. relate to career performance 2. relate to salary 3. recent policy b our government What are the differences between T & C university students in general? How is competitiveness being measured? What are the strikes if the policy is effective? 1. indicators from the data 2. teachers' experience (interview) 3. university rank (2008 released) 1. bilateral performance on academic 2. entrepreneurs' observations 3. a book written by a Chinese student 1. from education faculty's viewpoints 2. from the graduates' viewpoints 3. from the entrepreneurs' viewpoints 4. from the public's viewpoints 5. 3. Analyze the audience A. Summary description of key audience characteristics The target audience will be my classmates, which means they still have one year left before they graduate. Then that issue would be of great importance to them since they will either continue studying or finding a job. With a high unemployment rate now here in Taiwan, maybe some of them are anxious about their future career. Our educational background is similar. And most of us come from blue-collar or white-collar families. B. Subject-specific data The average audience member's knowledge of the subject is that they know about this issue but not too much into it. They might hear teachers or parents describing the university students there in China. But the exact situation and differences are still vague. The average audience member's interest in this subject is not known yet. However, it won't make them bored when somebody tells them about this issue. Thought this issue might be sort of serious for them, their interest on this topic is not low because it relates to their existence. The average audience member's attitude toward my subject is likely to be "worthy of listening." It will benefit them if they know more about this topic. My initial credibility with the audience is likely to be mediate because I have already heard something about China students from my high school teacher (who once taught math in China) and my professor Posen. 4. Selecting a topic A. Write each of the topics that you checked in Activity 1A a. Major or vocational interest: Applied Linguistics, English Literature, Spanish, news editing, teaching children English, tour guiding, diplomatic administration, international new reporting b. Hobby or activity: collecting stamps, keeping rabbits as pets, neurolinguistics, playing the piano, human psychology, reading martial arts novels, listening to music, watching drama performances c. Concern or issue: college tuition fees, generation gap, necessity of breakfast, competitiveness of university students between China and Taiwan, the legitimacy of homosexuality, pop culture influences on young people, euthanasia, betel beauty's image in Taiwan and American 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: English Literature, news editing, teaching children English, tour guiding, diplomatic administration b. Hobby or activity: collecting stamps, keeping rabbits as pets, playing the piano, listening to music, watching drama performances c. Concern or issue: college tuition fees, generation gap, competitiveness of university students between China and Taiwan, betel beauty's image in Taiwan and American 5. Write a specific goal Type of speech: informative Final draft of the specific goal: (tentative) To prepare my class for the challenge from China's university students, I hope to inform them the real faces of Chinese university students.

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