Effective Vocal Delivery and Bodily Actions

Question 1

Evaluate your own effectiveness as a speaker. What do you do well and what do you need to improve on? Cover both your vocal delivery (volume, rate, articulation, pronunciation, and pauses) and your physical presentation (eye contact, posture, facial expressions, gestures, and use of movement).

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Answers will vary. Students should include an evaluation of their speaking skills using terminology from the lesson. volume, rate, articulation, pronunciation, and pauses eye contact, posture, facial expressions, gestures, and use of movement

Question 2

Analyze the speaker in the image above. What does Sandra's slouching posture signal to the audience?

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She is unsure of herself.

Question 3

Analyze the speaker in the image above. How might the audience react to her lack of eye contact?

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The audience would feel distracted.

Question 4

________________ is the degree of sound intensity or audibility.

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Volume

Question 5

_________________ is important to a speaker’s credibility.

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Articulation

Question 6

Choose the speaker that is using effective eye contact, posture, gestures and movement in order to command the attention of the audience. a. b. c. d. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

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A

Question 7

I. II. Analyze the two speakers in the images above. Describe each speaker’s use of eye contact, facial expressions, posture, movements and gestures. Discuss which speaker you think is more effective and why.

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Answers will vary. Speaker I: student might discuss pleasant facial expressions, strong eye-contact, confident posture, gesture for emphasis, etc. Speaker II: student might discuss negative facial expression, tense gripping of podium, posture is straight but seems tense, etc. Students should choose one speaker and explain why that speaker is more effective using terminology like eye contact, facial expressions, posture, movements and gestures.

Question 8

Using vocal filled pauses (umm, ahh and like) sends all of the following messages to the audience except?

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you don’t want to go too fast for your audience

Question 9

If you have a question about ______________ the best place to find the answer is in the dictionary.

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pronunciation

Question 10

The ______________ refers to the degree of speed you use when speaking.

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rate

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