Friday, October 7, 2011

Demonstration Speech

Hello Dear Students,
    Today we will be presenting our introductory speeches and we will start writing a demonstrative speech. 
What is a demonstrative speech.  Well, here is a link to a wonderful explanation from Mr. McLaughin's blog:
http://mclaughlinsclass.blogspot.com/2007/10/demonstration-speech-topic-selection.html

How to select a demonstration topic:


Videos of demonstrative speeches:

More information will be added too.

See you in class,
Prof. Eva

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Writing an Introductory Speech

Hello Students,
    This week will be working on writing an introductory speech.   In order to help you with this task, I am copying a couple of useful links and inserting some videos.  Remember that you need to follow the format provided in class.

Useful articles:
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Write-an-Introductory-Speech&id=978439
http://ezinearticles.com/?5-Tips-For-Writing-an-Introductory-Speech&id=3140359
http://www.ehow.com/how_4893285_give-introduction-speech-guest-speaker.html

Videos:
1. What Are Introduction Speeches?
2. Introduction Speech Information 

3. Biographical Information in Introduction Speeches

3.  Praise in Introduction Speeches

4. Introduction Speech Time Limits
5. Introduction Speech Structures

6. Practicing Introduction Speeches



7. Introduction Speech Sample
Now it's time to start working on your own introduction speech.

If you have any doubt or need help writing your speech, please let me know.

Regards,
Prof. Eva