Ⅰ. Subject list
A. Major or vocational interest: English teaching, second language acquisition, elementary teaching, diplomat, public relations
B. Hobby or activity: piano playing, bike riding, basketball, badminton, swimming, travel, movie watching, reading
C. Concern or issue: global warming, recycle, tainted milk, economic recession, gender equity, media impact on society, college tuition
Ⅱ. Concept map
A. The causes of global warming
1. the increase emission of the greenhouse gas
a. carbon dioxide
b. methane
c. nitrous oxide
2. deforestation
B. The effects of global warming
1. rising of the sea level
a. loss of the costal land
b. great risk of flooding
2. shrinking of the glaciers
3. collapse of the ecosystem
a. loss of species diversity
4. increase the frequency, duration, and intensity of other extreme weather events
5. acidification
C. The solution to global warming
1. fuel efficient vehicles
2. turn off lights when not in use
3. take the mass transposition system more often
Ⅲ. Analyzing the audience
A. Summary description of key audience characteristics
Most audience members are my classmates who are the juniors in Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics department of National Taipei University. And most of them are about twenty years old, which means that they may have a common generational view. There are more girls than boys, and they are from the different areas.
B. Subject-specific data
1. The audience will have some rough concept and knowledge about global warming, because this issue has been discussed a lot in the recent years. However, I think some people do not have a fully realization, like the causes and effects, about global warming.
2. Most of the audience will be willing to know about this subject or maybe they are interested in this topic, because global warming has a lot to do with our living environment and the ecosystem. It is even viewed as an environmental crisis. We should have an understanding of its causes and effects; also, everyone should know how to tackle with this serious problem.
3. The averaged audience member's attitude toward my subject is likely to be positive, because they can gain some information and knowledge about the topic easily on the web set, newspaper, magazine and so on. Additionally, this issue is strongly related to everybody.
4. My initial credibility with the audience is likely to be medium, because it is my first speech in the class and they do not know I have already searched the information from the web site, newspaper, books, etc.
Ⅳ. Selecting a topic
A. Write each of the topics that you checked in Activity 1A
1. Major or vocational interest: English teaching, second language acquisition, elementary teaching, diplomat, public relations
2. Hobby or activity: piano playing, bike riding, basketball, badminton, swimming, travel, movie watching, reading
3. Concern or issue: global warming, recycle, tainted milk, economic recession, gender equity, media impact on society, college tuition
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: English teaching, second language acquisition
2. Hobby or activity: bike riding, travel, movie watching, reading
3. Concern or issue: global warming, recycle, tainted milk, gender equity, college tuition
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: English teaching
2. Hobby or activity: movie watching
3. Concern or issue: global warming
D. Each of the remaining topics is appropriate to your audience and setting; you can be confident that you can develop an 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 global warming.
Ⅴ. 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 the causes and effects of global warming.
B. Revise the infinitive to make it reflect the specific audience response you desire.
→ I want my audience to realize the causes and effects of global warming.
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 realize the effects of global warming
D. Improve the statement so that it describes the precise focus of your speech as it relates to your intended audience.
→ I would like my audience to realize the five main effects of global warming.
Write the final draft of the specific goal:
I want my audience to realize the five main effects of global warming.
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