GE 4 - Purposive Communication Midterm Review Guide PDF

GE 4 – Purposive Communication MIDTERM (Review Guide) Sir Ry  MODULE 4: Public Speaking Public Speaking is: - The idea of conversing with people in public areas, particularly talking about a particular topic. - Speakin...

GE 4 – Purposive Communication MIDTERM (Review Guide) Sir Ry  MODULE 4: Public Speaking Public Speaking is: - The idea of conversing with people in public areas, particularly talking about a particular topic. - Speaking in front of people who are not your usual people. - Talking in a stage, in front of a number of audience while discussing a certain issue or relevant topics. - It is the expression of one’s subjective truth in front of a huge audience. People who are considered pillars of Public Speaking 1. Protagoras – the father of Debate, he lived through the Greco-Roman (Greco = Greek, Roman = Roman Empire) era. He was considered as the Father of Debate for arguing things the Greek Government and Roman Empire were doing that were not for the good of the people. 2. Aristotle – the father of Modern Communication, a linear communication model proponent who introduced the idea of “The Rhetoric” wherein this piece of writing contained the “Logos” (Logic), “Pathos” (Emotion)”, and “Ethos” (Character and Credibility). 3. Balagtas (Francisco Baltazar/Francisco Balagtas) – known as the Father of Filipino Poetry, he started the  poetic debate called “Balagtasan” which was named after him. PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SPEAKING ACTIVITIES (Mainly those during the Spanish Colonial Period) 1. KARAGATAN – it is a form of debate, but not poetic, wherein the focus is criticizing or knowing a suitor or a partner, the audience here could either be the family of the person being suited or courted, the friends and relatives of the courted, and the neighbors of the courted. 2. JUEGO DE PRENDA – this is the equivalent of our “Eulogy” or “Eulogy Rites”. This public speaking activity discusses the life of the dead, unlike Eulogy which can be selective and blissful or happy, Juego de Prenda follows a formal tone and delivery. 3. BALAGTASAN – a form of poetic debate, which follows poetical elements such as rhyme, meter, and structure. This debate is done so that two people or groups of people can resolve a particular issue or concern. BEST PRACTICES IN PUBLIC SPEAKING: 1. Introduction – your speech should have a clear direction and should have an impactful beginning. 2. Performance – always remember that anything done on stage is considered a performance and public speaking is also such. 3. Plan – always make sure that you think of ideas that are relevant and that will help you with your speech, make sure also how you will manage your time. 4. Eye Contact – this will help you make your audience feel connected and make them feel that your speech is genuine, sincere, and honest. 5. Speaking Style – make sure that your delivery is suited for the location, audience, and message of your speech. 6. Hand Gestures – this will help you communicate your message well, as actions speak on their own. 7. Recording – to see and know if there were errors or minor mistakes you did, practice recording your speech. 8. Peer Evaluation and Feedback – make sure you get the feedback and suggestions of your audience so that you can take these as your key points to improvement. 9. Appearance and Good Grooming – dress according to the occasion or activity, make sure that you look presentable and think that whatever the audience sees in front will always be remembered.  10. Visual Aids and Handouts – this helps people especially those who are going to discuss long topics or topics that require the use of visual language. 11. Conclusion – pickup where you begun, make sure that how impactful your introduction is should be the same as how you will end your speech, leave your audience with something they will surely remember. Public Speaking is: Practice Understanding Boost Laudable Interesting Constructive/Construction Systemic/Systematic/System Pondering Enlightening/Enlightenment Adjustment Knowledge Instigation/Instigating Noble Graceful  MODULE 5: Communicating using English (Effective Communication and Euphemisms) 7 Points to Effective Communication 1. Directness and Politeness – it is all right to be straightforward and frank, but make sure you can communicate something without or making the person less hurt or less uncomfortable. 2. Precise and Appropriate – stay on point and once you introduce your topic make sure that it is all aligned with the audience, location, and your overall message. 3. Avoid Technical and Specialized Terms – do not use terms that are specific for some field or discipline, not all will understand this as your audience is random, you can use such only if the audience is targeted and specific. 4. Simple and Direct – avoid being too arrogant with your words, do not use words that even you cannot understand. Be simple in your choice of words make sure your audience will understand it. 5. Delete the obvious – do not state what your audience can also know on their own, what they already know, or what the can understand by themselves.  6. Intensify the least obvious – make use of your opinions and views about the topic your talking about, this is the least obvious things about your topic. 7. Practice – always make time to practice for your speech. Your stance, posture, and gestures matter so practice them too. STANDARD vs NON-STANDARD Standard – formal and words or phrases mean the same in general usage of in any area or set of audience. This is also considered as General English or General language. Non-standard – informal or casual, yet the meaning of words or phrases may vary from location or set of audience. This is also considered as Casual or Colloquial language. EUPHEMISM/S - These are words or phrases that are use in place or to replace words and expressions that may be offensive or inappropriate. - Its goal is to lessen the weight of the message and make the message easily understood and acceptable. - These will not make the situation or the context of your message better but it will help lessening the impact and weight of it.  MODULE 6: Multimodal Texts Creating - the development and/or production of spoken, written or multimodal texts in print or digital forms and is an embedded literacy expectation across all disciplines. Multimodal – multi means more than one or multiple while modal means mode or modes. the strategic use of two or more communication modes to make meaning, for example, image, gesture, music, spoken language, and written language. KINDS OF MULTIMODAL TEXTS: 1. Paper or piece of writing 2. Digital 3. Live or Actual 4. Transmedia or Multimedia TYPES OF MULTIMODAL TEXTS: 1. Print-based – any text with one communication mode paired with writing or printing making it multimodal. Anything seen in a paper. Examples: Comics, Picture Storybooks, Graphic Novels, Posters, Brochures, Newspapers 2. Digital – any text with one communication mode paired with digital communication modes making it multimodal. Anything that is seen on screen or delivered to you immediately. Examples: Slide Presentations, Animations, Book Trailers, Digital Storytelling, Live-action film making, Music videos, Web texts or Social Media.