NFORMATIVE SPEECH №1. EVALUATION

Hello, everybody!

We have started to perform our Informative Speeches with our Professor.

However, due to the lockdown, we’ve got to work from home. So we may present our speeches live on Zoom or share the script and Power point presentation on the professors’ site. 

After each performance we evaluate the speech with the help of a chart from our Professor’s book (С. П. Хорошилова "Уроки ораторского мастерства")

So the first was my groupmate Polina. She presented a Speech called: “Stage Fright". She decided not to use the video platform, but to share the text of her speech and the presentation.

So here is my evaluation of the performance:

№		Very effective (10, 9, 8)	Average (7, 6, 5)	Not effective  (4, 3,2, 1)	Max points	My points
I.	Introduction				10	5
	What technique(s) was used in the introduction?	It was hard to define any technique in Polina’s introduction. She only announced the name of the speech and underlined that the topic was familiar to us as the listeners. There were not any attention-getters in the introduction.
	Any link-element?	The only link-element I noticed was Polina’s referring to the topic she was going to talk about further.
	Was the thesis statement given?	As it seemed to me, only the name of the topic was given, but the thesis statement was missing.
	How effective was the introduction?	It was not effective or attention-catching
II.	Body				10	7
	How well structured was the information presented?	The speech was well-structured. Each part conveyed a certain idea. Their succession was logical.
	What organizational structure was used in the body of the speech?	Outlining and organizational patterns were used.
	How understandable was the information (was it clearly explained)?	The information was clearly explained. It was understandable, except for some moments in the speech that made me confused, probably due some grammatical and lexical mistakes.
	Quality of point-support (appropriateness, completeness, variety)	As far as I noticed, the point-support in Polina’s speech was appropriate and suitable as she kept on developing the main thought.
	Use of facts, illustrations, examples, stories.	There were facts and illustrations used in Polina’s speech to support the topic.
	Was it coherent?	To my mind, it was quite coherent. The parts of the text succeeded each other logically, they were linked with each one.
III.	Conclusion				10	4
	What technique(s) was used in the conclusion?	I wouldn’t say there were any techniques used in the conclusion. To be honest, it was hard for me to recognize where actually the conclusion started. It was not complete
	Were all the steps followed (summary, action, emotional appeal?)	No summary, action or emotional appeal. In the conclusion Polina gave us a piece of advice on how to overcome the stage fright.
	How effective was the conclusion?	It was not very effective.
	Total points				30	16

Polina was the first, I can imagine how difficult it was for her. Nevertheless, her performance was not bad, however though, it needs some improvement.

I really like the idea of evaluating speeches of other people, because this way you become critical to yourself. When you see the general weak points of the group, you pay more attention to that, while preparing your own speech.