Practical
Topic of speech - How covid-19 affect university students life
Audience analysis
Place : A hall
Time : 12pm - 12:15pm (15 mins)
Size : Around 100 - 150 participants
Age : 18 to 24 years old
Gender : Male & Female
Educational background : University students
Religious beliefs : All religious
Speech
Hello everyone. Thank you for having me. My name is Lee Zi Qing and I am going to be speaking to you all today about how covid-19 affect university students life.
Before I start, I want to ask all of you. " Have you ever face problems through this pandemic on your study ? ", " Are you happy with your university life now ? ". Covid-19 has not just affects student's social lives but also their education. For most of the students, learning has been moved from physical class to online class. Lecturers and teaching staff have changed to zoom, webex, google classroom or Microsoft Teams .
For the new intake students, they are not able going to campus for registration, orientation week due to this pandemic. They not even have the chance to explore the campus, meet their friends and lecturer, used the facilities in campus. I am sure all of you was not expected to stay at home for your university life. I think most of you will missed the time that can meet everyone in class, outing with friends, playing sport in sport centre, study with friends in school library.
Anyone agree with me please give me an applause. Thank you for your applause.
Since this covid-19 outbreak had affect many field which include education. All of the physical class has been changed to online class, so the internet require for students will be needed. Some students may not afford to pay the fees of Wi-fi or data, this will affect those students are not able to attend online class. They will missed out many important information. Besides that, some students may feel that online class is actually quite boring. They will not paying attention for the class, they will loss their motivation to study. Thus, learning gains of students will definitely decrease.
Due to this pandemic, outdoor activities has been stop and sport centre also not allowed to operated. Students are only allow stay at home, mental health of students will be affected. Students cannot hang out with friends, having sport activities at sport centre. Moreover, family issues also will affected mental health of student. Due to this covid-19 pandemic, economic of the country has been affected and the unemployment rate are keep increasing. Some parents are unemployed, means there will be a financial issue in some family. Emotion of parents will become negative and this will also affect emotion of the students. More and more students are feeling stressed and anxious due to covid-19. They feel like a bird that has been trapped in a cage. I think most of you will missed the fresh air outside and missed the life before pandemic.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
There is no doubt that many of us are feeling overwhelmed by this global pandemic. We need to be grateful that our family and friends are still healthy in this pandemic. Although we must follow government guidelines by staying indoors and working from home, there are productive things we can be doing to stay positive. During these unprecedented times, here are some suggestions on how to stay positive. Always keep connected. Social distancing does not mean completely isolating yourself. Keep in touch with family and friends routinely through digital tools like video calls, social media, and WhatsApp. It is important to keep in regular contact with your family members and friends to keep everyone positive. You can also do some online bingo, play charades when you connect over a video call and having a lot of fun whilst doing it.
Besides that, we can also create a to-do-list. To give your day structure, make a list of what you plan to accomplish each day. This will help you use your time more effectively and give you a sense of fulfillment at the end of the day. Giving yourself tasks to complete helps you to feel in control during these unprecedented times. Don't beat yourself up if you don't complete everything on your to-do list, there's always tomorrow. Take every thing on your to-do list as a small accomplishment and celebrate it! Next, we can exercise to stay positive. Exercise regularly is one of the most important things you can do to improve your physical and mental health. Although we not allow to exercise outdoor but we can actually exercise in our house too. We can follow the workout exercise on YouTube, use this time inside to clear your mind.
Although this pandemic is not what we want, but we can be united to fight through this pandemic. We can protect our family by follow all the standard operating procedure (SOP) such as wear mask, wash our hands frequently, 3 meter social distancing in public. Not only that, we must get vaccine as soon as possible. Always keep a positive mind, don't let the negative emotion affect us. I believe if all of us follow the rules, keep a positive mind, this pandemic will end soon and every students are going back to campus to enjoy their university life. That's all from me, thank you.
Place : A hall
Time : 12pm - 12:15pm (15 mins)
Size : Around 100 - 150 participants
Age : 18 to 24 years old
Gender : Male & Female
Educational background : University students
Religious beliefs : All religious
Speech
Hello everyone. Thank you for having me. My name is Lee Zi Qing and I am going to be speaking to you all today about how covid-19 affect university students life.
Before I start, I want to ask all of you. " Have you ever face problems through this pandemic on your study ? ", " Are you happy with your university life now ? ". Covid-19 has not just affects student's social lives but also their education. For most of the students, learning has been moved from physical class to online class. Lecturers and teaching staff have changed to zoom, webex, google classroom or Microsoft Teams .
For the new intake students, they are not able going to campus for registration, orientation week due to this pandemic. They not even have the chance to explore the campus, meet their friends and lecturer, used the facilities in campus. I am sure all of you was not expected to stay at home for your university life. I think most of you will missed the time that can meet everyone in class, outing with friends, playing sport in sport centre, study with friends in school library.
Anyone agree with me please give me an applause. Thank you for your applause.
Since this covid-19 outbreak had affect many field which include education. All of the physical class has been changed to online class, so the internet require for students will be needed. Some students may not afford to pay the fees of Wi-fi or data, this will affect those students are not able to attend online class. They will missed out many important information. Besides that, some students may feel that online class is actually quite boring. They will not paying attention for the class, they will loss their motivation to study. Thus, learning gains of students will definitely decrease.
Due to this pandemic, outdoor activities has been stop and sport centre also not allowed to operated. Students are only allow stay at home, mental health of students will be affected. Students cannot hang out with friends, having sport activities at sport centre. Moreover, family issues also will affected mental health of student. Due to this covid-19 pandemic, economic of the country has been affected and the unemployment rate are keep increasing. Some parents are unemployed, means there will be a financial issue in some family. Emotion of parents will become negative and this will also affect emotion of the students. More and more students are feeling stressed and anxious due to covid-19. They feel like a bird that has been trapped in a cage. I think most of you will missed the fresh air outside and missed the life before pandemic.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
There is no doubt that many of us are feeling overwhelmed by this global pandemic. We need to be grateful that our family and friends are still healthy in this pandemic. Although we must follow government guidelines by staying indoors and working from home, there are productive things we can be doing to stay positive. During these unprecedented times, here are some suggestions on how to stay positive. Always keep connected. Social distancing does not mean completely isolating yourself. Keep in touch with family and friends routinely through digital tools like video calls, social media, and WhatsApp. It is important to keep in regular contact with your family members and friends to keep everyone positive. You can also do some online bingo, play charades when you connect over a video call and having a lot of fun whilst doing it.
Besides that, we can also create a to-do-list. To give your day structure, make a list of what you plan to accomplish each day. This will help you use your time more effectively and give you a sense of fulfillment at the end of the day. Giving yourself tasks to complete helps you to feel in control during these unprecedented times. Don't beat yourself up if you don't complete everything on your to-do list, there's always tomorrow. Take every thing on your to-do list as a small accomplishment and celebrate it! Next, we can exercise to stay positive. Exercise regularly is one of the most important things you can do to improve your physical and mental health. Although we not allow to exercise outdoor but we can actually exercise in our house too. We can follow the workout exercise on YouTube, use this time inside to clear your mind.
Although this pandemic is not what we want, but we can be united to fight through this pandemic. We can protect our family by follow all the standard operating procedure (SOP) such as wear mask, wash our hands frequently, 3 meter social distancing in public. Not only that, we must get vaccine as soon as possible. Always keep a positive mind, don't let the negative emotion affect us. I believe if all of us follow the rules, keep a positive mind, this pandemic will end soon and every students are going back to campus to enjoy their university life. That's all from me, thank you.
Reflection
16/10/2021
Good afternoon Madam. Today is the first class of co-curricular in third semester. I have chosen public speaking as my co-curricular. My feelings on taking co-curricular in this semester is excited because last two semester class was interesting and I am excited to learn more knowledge and improve my public speaking skill in this semester. I am glad that madam are still be our lecturer in this semester because I really enjoy with madam's teaching method, it was interesting and enjoyable. In today class, we are having an election by choosing the new official committee for this third semester. Students are require to nominate the names in this election and every students in the class will vote for the candidates. Although there are some issues in the election but thankfully the new official committee for semester A211 are successful been announced. Through this election, I learn that communication skills, problem solving skills and teamwork skills are very important. We must be united to solve our problem and communicate well and clearly with our teammates. Besides that, madam also discuss some assessment with us and give us two tasks to finish today. Overall, I feel pleasant about today's session.
However, I want to improve my communication skill in this semester. Usually, I am a shy and quite person. It's hard for me to communicate with stranger. In this semester, I will try to make new friend and train my communication skill. My weakness as a public speaker is I will get nervous easily. To solve this problem, I will take a three times deep breath before start the speech and I will encourage myself, telling myself that I Can Do it.
Good afternoon Madam. Today is the first class of co-curricular in third semester. I have chosen public speaking as my co-curricular. My feelings on taking co-curricular in this semester is excited because last two semester class was interesting and I am excited to learn more knowledge and improve my public speaking skill in this semester. I am glad that madam are still be our lecturer in this semester because I really enjoy with madam's teaching method, it was interesting and enjoyable. In today class, we are having an election by choosing the new official committee for this third semester. Students are require to nominate the names in this election and every students in the class will vote for the candidates. Although there are some issues in the election but thankfully the new official committee for semester A211 are successful been announced. Through this election, I learn that communication skills, problem solving skills and teamwork skills are very important. We must be united to solve our problem and communicate well and clearly with our teammates. Besides that, madam also discuss some assessment with us and give us two tasks to finish today. Overall, I feel pleasant about today's session.
However, I want to improve my communication skill in this semester. Usually, I am a shy and quite person. It's hard for me to communicate with stranger. In this semester, I will try to make new friend and train my communication skill. My weakness as a public speaker is I will get nervous easily. To solve this problem, I will take a three times deep breath before start the speech and I will encourage myself, telling myself that I Can Do it.
23/10/2021
In the beginning of today class, madam had giving us some times to share about last week task which is video summary. Some students are willing to share their opinions for the video summary. I think all of the opinions are great, their explanation are very clear and it did remind me some importance point of the video.
In today class, madam shared with us about event protocols & greetings and titles. For me, this is a very interesting topic because I am curious about this topic and I am willing to know more about this topic. Madam had showed us the checklist for event planning, key items to include in an invitation, which are approved logo, invitation line, request line, occasion line, date line, time line, location time, special instructions and reply or RSVP information. It is important that all units/persons named on an invitation approve the mock-up PRIOR to it being disseminated. Besides that, I also learn that image also important for us. The way we introduce ourselves or others, the way we shake hands, our posture, eye contact reflect our image. I also learn that how to improve my small talk ability and what can do & don't during small talk. There's also a interesting part about handshaking. I learn that the posture of handshaking, handshaking internationally and handshaking style around the world. Moreover, I also learn about addressing officials in conversation, business card protocol for addressing a person and formal & informal greetings.
In conclusion, I did learn many new knowledge in today class. Thank you madam for sharing this topic with us.
In the beginning of today class, madam had giving us some times to share about last week task which is video summary. Some students are willing to share their opinions for the video summary. I think all of the opinions are great, their explanation are very clear and it did remind me some importance point of the video.
In today class, madam shared with us about event protocols & greetings and titles. For me, this is a very interesting topic because I am curious about this topic and I am willing to know more about this topic. Madam had showed us the checklist for event planning, key items to include in an invitation, which are approved logo, invitation line, request line, occasion line, date line, time line, location time, special instructions and reply or RSVP information. It is important that all units/persons named on an invitation approve the mock-up PRIOR to it being disseminated. Besides that, I also learn that image also important for us. The way we introduce ourselves or others, the way we shake hands, our posture, eye contact reflect our image. I also learn that how to improve my small talk ability and what can do & don't during small talk. There's also a interesting part about handshaking. I learn that the posture of handshaking, handshaking internationally and handshaking style around the world. Moreover, I also learn about addressing officials in conversation, business card protocol for addressing a person and formal & informal greetings.
In conclusion, I did learn many new knowledge in today class. Thank you madam for sharing this topic with us.
30/10/2021
In today class, madam had giving us some individual task to do. The task is about writing a speech on weebly. We need to think a topic of our speech, the speech should be approximately 15 minutes. We also need to do an audience analysis for our speech.
I had choose " How covid-19 affect university students life" as my topic. I choose this topic because this topic is related to my condition now. I am now a university student which also been affected by covid-19. In this covid-19 pandemic, most of the student's life have been changed. We are now studying in a new norm and we need to accept it. Besides that, we also need to follow all the standard operating procedure (SOP), wear mask, wash our hands frequently, follow social distance in public and get vaccine as soon as possible.
I believe if all of us follow the rules, this pandemic will end soon. Madam also give us power point and a video about audience analysis to refer, so that we can have some ideas for our speech. Thank you Madam, really appreciate it.
I had choose " How covid-19 affect university students life" as my topic. I choose this topic because this topic is related to my condition now. I am now a university student which also been affected by covid-19. In this covid-19 pandemic, most of the student's life have been changed. We are now studying in a new norm and we need to accept it. Besides that, we also need to follow all the standard operating procedure (SOP), wear mask, wash our hands frequently, follow social distance in public and get vaccine as soon as possible.
I believe if all of us follow the rules, this pandemic will end soon. Madam also give us power point and a video about audience analysis to refer, so that we can have some ideas for our speech. Thank you Madam, really appreciate it.
6/11/2021
In today class, Madam had giving us some task for group and individual. For group task, each group are require to do a video presentation and create a poster regarding public speaking etiquette. For individual task, each of the students are require to write a reflection about their group dynamics, group member's behaviours and others on Weebly. Madam had explain to us the details of these task.
After that, Madam gave us some times to do a discussion with our group members. I was in group 4 and we use Whatsapp as our platform for discussion. We did list down all the parts of the video presentation and start distribute the task. We also set the internal due date for the video presentation. For the infographic, every group members will be researching for the contents to be put in the infographic. I think our group is productive as we finish our discussion early and completely. The group members in group 4 are very friendly and everyone are actively participated in the discussion and gave full cooperation. I am grateful that I have met them in my cocurricular journey. My favourite part of today's lesson was having a discussion with my group mates. We will encourage each others and the atmosphere in our group are positive and energetic.
In conclusion, I did learn some knowledge in today class. Hope we can finish all the task smoothly and I am excited for the upcoming lesson.
After that, Madam gave us some times to do a discussion with our group members. I was in group 4 and we use Whatsapp as our platform for discussion. We did list down all the parts of the video presentation and start distribute the task. We also set the internal due date for the video presentation. For the infographic, every group members will be researching for the contents to be put in the infographic. I think our group is productive as we finish our discussion early and completely. The group members in group 4 are very friendly and everyone are actively participated in the discussion and gave full cooperation. I am grateful that I have met them in my cocurricular journey. My favourite part of today's lesson was having a discussion with my group mates. We will encourage each others and the atmosphere in our group are positive and energetic.
In conclusion, I did learn some knowledge in today class. Hope we can finish all the task smoothly and I am excited for the upcoming lesson.
13/11/2021
In today class, Madam had explained to us about arranging information ideas to speech. For the basics of a speech, it must have intro, body and conclusion. After deciding which main points and sub-points, we must organize the styles or templates for the main points of a speech. There are six organizational styles for a speech which are chronological, topical, spatial, comparative, problem-solution and causal. For the chronological, it is sensible to engage the chronological organization style when you speak about events that are linked together by time. While, when the main points of a speech center on ideas that are more distinct from one another, a topical organization style may be engaged. Another way to organize the points of a speech is through a spatial speech, which arranges main points according to their physical and geographic relationships. Furthermore, when you need to discuss the similarities and differences between two or more things, a comparative organizational pattern can be employed. Sometimes it is necessary to share a problem and a solution with an audience. In cases like these, the problem-solving speech is an appropriate way to arrange the main points of a speech. Next, similar to a problem-solving speech, a causal speech informs audience members about causes and effects that have already happened. I did learn a lot form this topic, before learning this topic I have no idea about organizational styles for a speech.
Besides that, Madam also gives us some times to complete a task during class time. Madam had gave us a speech about childhood obesity and we need to identify the intro, body, conclusion, thesis statement and topic sentences from the speech. After learning this topic, I really can identify the ideas in just a short period of time. At the end of the class, there is a sharing session for us to share our experience for giving a speech. Some students did shared their experience and Madam had gave some suggestions for us to overcome nervous.
In conclusion, I did learn a lot from today's class. Thank you Madam for explained this topic for us, it was very benefits for us. The knowledge that we learn today will become a benefits for us in our future speech.
Besides that, Madam also gives us some times to complete a task during class time. Madam had gave us a speech about childhood obesity and we need to identify the intro, body, conclusion, thesis statement and topic sentences from the speech. After learning this topic, I really can identify the ideas in just a short period of time. At the end of the class, there is a sharing session for us to share our experience for giving a speech. Some students did shared their experience and Madam had gave some suggestions for us to overcome nervous.
In conclusion, I did learn a lot from today's class. Thank you Madam for explained this topic for us, it was very benefits for us. The knowledge that we learn today will become a benefits for us in our future speech.
20/11/2021
Today, wo don't have public speaking class and Madam did remind us for attend the Facebook Live which organize by Pusat Kokurikulum. The theme of the live is "UUM Menghargai Ibuayah (UMI) Melalui Seni : Kasih Keramat Sejati" and the duration time is about 2 hours. This is consider as our ONCE activity in this semester. There are many performance in this live show which include band concert, short videos, drama and poetry. The show is attractive and interesting. I found that the drama, short video and the poetry is very meaningful as they did brings out certain value that we must understand and appreciated by us. There is a sharing session that has give me a deep impression which the title is "Mereka Syurga Dunia" and I learn some values form this sharing session which are always respectful in whatever emotion, do not object when opinion is difference, do not raise up our voice and we must always care about our parents. All these values are useful for me and we must implement these values in our daily life. This live show remind us to appreciate and take care for our parents.
Although we did not have class today, but I did learn a lot from today's live show. This FB live show has deliver many values and principle to us. We must always appreciate and grateful to our parents, lecturers and friends. They has teach us and help us a lot. I am nobody without them. Thank you Pusat Kokurikulum for organizing such a meaningful FB live show.
Although we did not have class today, but I did learn a lot from today's live show. This FB live show has deliver many values and principle to us. We must always appreciate and grateful to our parents, lecturers and friends. They has teach us and help us a lot. I am nobody without them. Thank you Pusat Kokurikulum for organizing such a meaningful FB live show.
27/11/2021
Today is the last class for our kokurikulum. I am quite sad because I can't learn more new knowledge from Madam. As usual, we scan the attendance before the class start. We don't have any extra task today because Madam give us times to complete the previous task which are group video presentation, individual speech video and infographic. There are also some groups share their infographic to Madam which includes my group too. Madam are satisfied with our infographic and we are happy that our hard work has paid off. Besides that, Madam also let us suggest the up coming activities in next semester. I am very excited that we will having our physical class next semester. We can finally meet Madam and our classmates physically. We can conduct many activities during our physical class, students has suggest many activities which include picnic, class trip, Tedx, MOCK Debate and others. Group leader has send a google form for us to fill in the suggestion. I has choose class trip as the up coming physical activity. I am excited to having a class trip with Madam and my classmates which we can get to know each others more.
I did learn a lot through this seven classes of public speaking. I did learn many new knowledge from this semester and I did enhance my discussion skill, communication skill and public speaking skill. At the end of the class, Madam has shows her appreciation for our cooperation in this semester. I am glad that we have such a good and nice lecturer for teaching us. Although this semester for kokurikulum is ended but I am looking forward to meet Madam next semester in campus. Thank you Madam.
I did learn a lot through this seven classes of public speaking. I did learn many new knowledge from this semester and I did enhance my discussion skill, communication skill and public speaking skill. At the end of the class, Madam has shows her appreciation for our cooperation in this semester. I am glad that we have such a good and nice lecturer for teaching us. Although this semester for kokurikulum is ended but I am looking forward to meet Madam next semester in campus. Thank you Madam.
GROUP TASK REFLECTION
After Madam gave this task, our group had started our discussion. We had separate our own part based on the public speaking etiquette video presentation. We also discussed about the design of the infographic. I am glad that my group mates are all energetic and gave full cooperation in our group discussion. I am appreciate for their effort in completing this task.
Next, I want to discuss the behaviour of each group member. Each time we discuss, all the members actively gave their opinion and no one was keep quite. So, our progress was more effectively and we can finish our task early. The group leader of our group is Kai Sheng, he is excellent. As a leader, he has a outstanding leadership skill. He led us in the whole process of our task. He is a responsible leader, he will guide us in our discussion. Whenever we are confuse about the task, Kai Sheng will explain clearly to ensure all of us are understand about the task. When we disagree the point of each others, we will explain our arguments one by one, we will discuss together and at the end we will choose the best argument for our task. Under Kai Sheng's leadership, our group always have a positive vibe and we always finish our task on time. After that, Jing Lin is a hardworking person. She will record what Madam said in class and will shared with us in case we miss something in class. During our discussion, she also actively express her opinion and share the information with us that she found online. We always agree with her opinion because her opinion is very useful for our task. When I am not understanding about the task, she will explain to me patiently. Next is Carmen, she is nice and also actively in expressing her idea. She will express her unique idea during our group discussion. When she don't understand about the task, she will ask directly in our group until she is understand. She is also a considerate person, she always care about us. Carmen will cheer us up when we feel tired, she is such a good motivator in our group.
Besides that, Cecelia has a great understand ability. She always understand every task and will write the detail of each task. She will share with us the detail and explain to us if we are not understand about certain part. Cecelia can always realize the problems quickly and we will discuss the problem and find out the solution together. Similar with Jing Lin, she will share the information or details with us after class. Cecelia also a good listener, she will listen our opinion patiently and provide us the most suitable solution to helps us solve the problems. Last is Fatin, she is a helpful person. She always help Kai Sheng share the work of draft and the design of Weebly. She also helps us if anyone of us are having trouble in the task. Fatin also a person full with creative, she helps in design the infographic and provide the idea for the infographic. She has provide many creative idea and content for the infographic, so that at the end our infographic looks creative and informative.
Next, I want to discuss about the discussion skills, understanding and responsibility. Our group has developed a great discussion skill that facilitate our group progress. When we have different agreement during our group discussion, Kai Sheng will stand out and deal with the problem. He will let each of us explain our opinion and the reason why we disagree with others. Then, he will conclude all our opinion and discuss with us the most suitable method for our task. At the end, we all agree the method that Kai Sheng advise. I am satisfied with this way of handling problem because this can prevent the conflict between group members. It can helps us improve our discussion skills. Besides that, each of us is paying attention during the class. Whenever I have any question, I will ask in our group chat and other members will actively answer my question. We usually use WhatsApp and Google Meet as the media for our group discussion and we have opened the camera to make our communication smoother.
Finally, without the effort and cooperation of each group members, our task will not complete so smoothly. Teamwork is very important in group task, if one of the member does not cooperate, our task definitely cannot complete smoothly. I am grateful to having such a active and cooperate group mates!
Next, I want to discuss the behaviour of each group member. Each time we discuss, all the members actively gave their opinion and no one was keep quite. So, our progress was more effectively and we can finish our task early. The group leader of our group is Kai Sheng, he is excellent. As a leader, he has a outstanding leadership skill. He led us in the whole process of our task. He is a responsible leader, he will guide us in our discussion. Whenever we are confuse about the task, Kai Sheng will explain clearly to ensure all of us are understand about the task. When we disagree the point of each others, we will explain our arguments one by one, we will discuss together and at the end we will choose the best argument for our task. Under Kai Sheng's leadership, our group always have a positive vibe and we always finish our task on time. After that, Jing Lin is a hardworking person. She will record what Madam said in class and will shared with us in case we miss something in class. During our discussion, she also actively express her opinion and share the information with us that she found online. We always agree with her opinion because her opinion is very useful for our task. When I am not understanding about the task, she will explain to me patiently. Next is Carmen, she is nice and also actively in expressing her idea. She will express her unique idea during our group discussion. When she don't understand about the task, she will ask directly in our group until she is understand. She is also a considerate person, she always care about us. Carmen will cheer us up when we feel tired, she is such a good motivator in our group.
Besides that, Cecelia has a great understand ability. She always understand every task and will write the detail of each task. She will share with us the detail and explain to us if we are not understand about certain part. Cecelia can always realize the problems quickly and we will discuss the problem and find out the solution together. Similar with Jing Lin, she will share the information or details with us after class. Cecelia also a good listener, she will listen our opinion patiently and provide us the most suitable solution to helps us solve the problems. Last is Fatin, she is a helpful person. She always help Kai Sheng share the work of draft and the design of Weebly. She also helps us if anyone of us are having trouble in the task. Fatin also a person full with creative, she helps in design the infographic and provide the idea for the infographic. She has provide many creative idea and content for the infographic, so that at the end our infographic looks creative and informative.
Next, I want to discuss about the discussion skills, understanding and responsibility. Our group has developed a great discussion skill that facilitate our group progress. When we have different agreement during our group discussion, Kai Sheng will stand out and deal with the problem. He will let each of us explain our opinion and the reason why we disagree with others. Then, he will conclude all our opinion and discuss with us the most suitable method for our task. At the end, we all agree the method that Kai Sheng advise. I am satisfied with this way of handling problem because this can prevent the conflict between group members. It can helps us improve our discussion skills. Besides that, each of us is paying attention during the class. Whenever I have any question, I will ask in our group chat and other members will actively answer my question. We usually use WhatsApp and Google Meet as the media for our group discussion and we have opened the camera to make our communication smoother.
Finally, without the effort and cooperation of each group members, our task will not complete so smoothly. Teamwork is very important in group task, if one of the member does not cooperate, our task definitely cannot complete smoothly. I am grateful to having such a active and cooperate group mates!
Task & Activities
Video Summary - Audience Analysis (16/10/2021)
This video is giving a brief tutorial on conducting and applying information from audience for public speaking. Topics include the importance and types of audience analysis, as well as methods for gathering information for audience analysis. Audience analysis shows the audience that speaker had them in mind throughout the entire preparation process. There are several different types of audience analysis, the most basic is demographic analysis. Some common categories of demographic analysis are age, gender, ethic and cultural background. A basic understanding of the makeup of audience can be quite helpful. Demographic analysis will give speaker some basic surface information, but also want to conduct an attitudinal analysis of the audience. Speaker need to know as much as possible about the audience's attitudes, beliefs, values, feelings and opinions about their topic. Besides that, the last type of audience analysis that will serve a speaker well as a speaker is situational analysis. In a situational analysis, the speaker carefully considers the setting and context of their speech. This might include things like the size of the audience, the size of the room, time of day the speech will be delivered and the technologies that will be available. Knowing these things in advance will help speaker to be better prepared.
Next, three common methods for gathering information for audience analysis are observation, sampling and general research. Observation is a qualitative method of information gathering. In the simplest terms, it involves getting speaker own eyeballs on the audience and the environment. Another type of information gathering that can be useful in audience analysis is sampling. Sampling involves surveying the audience, either formally or informally. Before speech, speaker can ask the audience to answer questions about the topic. These could be closed-ended questions or open-ended questions. Finally, a speaker can conduct a little general research to find out more about their audience and the situation. A quick search of published sources or conduct interviews with people who will be a part of the audience. This may yield some information about a particular group. Public speaking is not about just you. It's your job as a speaker to figure out how a speaker can best connect the ideas, language and other aspects of your speech to your audience.
This video is giving a brief tutorial on conducting and applying information from audience for public speaking. Topics include the importance and types of audience analysis, as well as methods for gathering information for audience analysis. Audience analysis shows the audience that speaker had them in mind throughout the entire preparation process. There are several different types of audience analysis, the most basic is demographic analysis. Some common categories of demographic analysis are age, gender, ethic and cultural background. A basic understanding of the makeup of audience can be quite helpful. Demographic analysis will give speaker some basic surface information, but also want to conduct an attitudinal analysis of the audience. Speaker need to know as much as possible about the audience's attitudes, beliefs, values, feelings and opinions about their topic. Besides that, the last type of audience analysis that will serve a speaker well as a speaker is situational analysis. In a situational analysis, the speaker carefully considers the setting and context of their speech. This might include things like the size of the audience, the size of the room, time of day the speech will be delivered and the technologies that will be available. Knowing these things in advance will help speaker to be better prepared.
Next, three common methods for gathering information for audience analysis are observation, sampling and general research. Observation is a qualitative method of information gathering. In the simplest terms, it involves getting speaker own eyeballs on the audience and the environment. Another type of information gathering that can be useful in audience analysis is sampling. Sampling involves surveying the audience, either formally or informally. Before speech, speaker can ask the audience to answer questions about the topic. These could be closed-ended questions or open-ended questions. Finally, a speaker can conduct a little general research to find out more about their audience and the situation. A quick search of published sources or conduct interviews with people who will be a part of the audience. This may yield some information about a particular group. Public speaking is not about just you. It's your job as a speaker to figure out how a speaker can best connect the ideas, language and other aspects of your speech to your audience.