Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Informative Speech Critique-Evening Section
Please post a critique of the student speaker that you were assigned in class today. The critiques should include two parts. First, two strengths and two improvements. Please choose criteria that has some depth to it. Stay away from superficial comments. Second, give the speaker some suggestions to make improvements for the next speech. Be positive and encouraging to each other! I am grading on your ability to be an effective listener and your understanding of what criteria is important in creating an effective and contagious message!
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I am critiquing Ann – Marie’s informative speech on her passion for music. In the beginning, I liked her attention getter with the Star Spangled Banner. I thought she had great main points but not great sub points. She had great eye contact with the class during her speech and you can tell in her voice that music is her passion. When she was presenting her passion she did not use “like” or “um and oh’s.” I think her citing on her PowerPoint and out loud could have been better. Throughout her speech she did not have transition words. I wish she had more research on the topic. Overall I think she did a great job with her speech.
I critiqued Erin's informative speech. Her passion was teaching. I think she had a great attention getter and was very informative. She used a lot of ums and you can tell in her expression that she was nervous. For the next time I would just suggest having a little more eye contact with the audience and less reading off the cards. Overall it was a great speech and I enjoyed listening to it.
I’m critiquing Kelly’s speech on using steroids in horses. Kelly had a lot of good information on horse doping, and I found her speech to be very informative. After listening to it I understood a lot about the topic and why it was a problem. Another strong thing about Kelly’s speech was her PowerPoint, it was easy to read and it stated her points very well. An improvement she could make is making her speech personal to her instead of talking about what horse doping is. Her speech was informative about horse doping , where it should of informed the audience on why she is passionate about the topic. Kelly could also improve on a conclusion because she really didn’t have one, her speech just kind of ended. To improve for her next speech Kelly could make sure her speech follows the guide lines of the assignment. Also maybe bring up note cards just to keep her on track throughout her speech.
I am critiquing Chelsea from class, one thing I really liked about her speech was that for every point she had she always brought how it related to her personally and it helped me stay interested in her. Another thing I really liked was that she had a lot of facts and that she brought into her speech in a very interesting way that helped you relate to her speech. One thing that she needed improvement on was her lack of enthusiasm didn’t really make you think she was passionate about her topic. The second improvement would be she was talking more to the slide than to the audience which meant that she really wasn’t doing a good job connecting with us if she would have looked at us it would have made me feel she was talking to me in a conversation. One suggestion I would give Chelsea would try and talk with confidence she will find if she does that it will help her not be so nervous when presenting. Another improvement would be when she is speaking about her reference point to find a better way of incorporating the citation in the fact itself not just say, said by so and so. Overall though she did very well for her first speech I am sure that the next speech she will feel more confident because the first one is over.
I'm critiquing Courtney's informative speech on becoming a teacher.I felt that your speech over all was very good. There were only a few points that you need to work on. Although your speech was pretty smooth I think the transitions could have been a little more prominent, to make the gaps between your main points flow better.Towards the middle of your speech you seemed to get a little lost I think that could be solved by “knowing your stuff” more. The last thing that your speech was lacking was comfortable eye contact, you made eye contact but it was not enough to fully connect with the audience.
Your speech also had its strong aspects, as soon as you started talking you were smiling and very enthusiastic making it easy for me to see how much becoming a teacher really means to you. Your power point was very well put together, I loved all the pictures you chose and everything was beautifully cited. Your memorable part of your conclusion was probably the best way for you to end your speech. It really showed how much you really can’t wait to teach children and to be an unforgettable role model.
I was critiquin Kendyl informative speech. Her passion was nature. Kendyl did a great job with her attention getter and getting the audience involved with starting off with a question. She had great main points which were back up with sources. She mad good eye contact and spke very clearly. However she seemed to read alot from her notcards and it wasnt very conversational. But all in all her speech was very good.
I am critiquing Rebbecca's speech on her passion of field hockey. It was a very good speech and I enjoyed it.
There were several things that she did very well. One was that she had a great introduction and showed a lot of enthusiasm, which got me hooked right away. She also brought in really good facts and compared them to herself- her comparison with the NFL player was very effective. I got a great sense of enthusiasm from her tone and mannerisms right off the bat and that was maintained throughout the speech. Also, her transitions were so good that I couldn't even tell where they were.
There were also things that she did that could have been improved. She wrote out complete sentences in her power point presentation, which is against the 6 x 6 rule. She did use her power point really well when illustrating the concept of cherry picking but did not use proper power point ettiquette with the first few slides. Another problem was that towards the end, she started using "um's" a lot. She was also lacking good eye contact. Now that she is aware of this though, she will hopefully be more concious of it during her next speech. Additionally, there were times when she spoke a little too quickly and her words jumbled together.
On the whole, though, I really did enjoy this speech and learned a lot of new information.
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