INFORMATIVE SPEECH #9, 10, 11. EVALUATION

Hello, everyone!

This week I'm going to evaluate the speech of my groupmates: Marina, Nastya and  Sasha .

Marina spoke about Prosodic component and Effective Speech Delivery. 

And here's my evaluation of her speech:

№		Very effective (10, 9, 8)	Average (7, 6, 5)	Not effective  (4, 3,2, 1)	Max points	My points
I.	Introduction				10	10
	What technique(s) was used in the introduction?	Marina started her speech with a set of rhetorical questions:  “Why do I sound so different? Where has my confidence gone? Should I raise my voice and start yelling? It feels like nobody hears me. Why do I have no breath to end a sentence? I mispronounced it again. Why is it getting harder to articulate such simple words? The audience is getting less interested…what should I do?” I think the questions were quite appropriate. They served as attention-getters. Moreover, these questions were relevant to us, as, to my mind, most of us think of them before giving a speech. This contributed to provoking the audience's interest in the further speech. To make her introduction more effective, Marina made a reference to the audience: "If you’ve ever asked yourself such questions while giving a speech and after, you probably have some troubles with the delivery of the speech or to be more exact with its prosodic component".
	Any link-element?	"So vocal delivery is crucial for getting your message across and I will tell you how you can work on it."
	Was the thesis statement given?	"No matter how well-prepared and engaging your content is, if you are not able to deliver your speech effectively, it may lose its interest or even importance for the audience."
	How effective was the introduction?	It was very effective.
II.	Body				10	9
	How well structured was the information presented?	The information was well-structured, divided into 3 parts, according to the 3 aspects of the prosodic component.
	What organizational structure was used in the body of the speech?	Outlining was used.
	How understandable was the information (was it clearly explained)?	The information was clearly explained.
	Quality of point-support (appropriateness, completeness, variety)	The quality of point-support was appropriate, complete and various.
	Use of facts, illustrations, examples, stories.	Facts and illustrations supported speech.
	Was it coherent?	It was coherent.
III.	Conclusion				10	8
	What technique(s) was used in the conclusion?	Marina used reference to the audience in her conclusion.
	Were all the steps followed (summary, action, emotional appeal?)	There was no summary, but Marina gave a piece of useful advice.
	How effective was the conclusion?	It was quite effective.
	Total points				30	27

To my mind, Marina's informative speech was effective. I believe, her future persuasive speech is going to be close to perfection. 

The next, Nastya's performance.

№		Very effective (10, 9, 8)	Average (7, 6, 5)	Not effective  (4, 3,2, 1)	Max points	My points
I.	Introduction				10	7
	What technique(s) was used in the introduction?	Nastya used a quotation in the introduction.
	Any link-element?	It was given
	Was the thesis statement given?	"We can say visual perception is leading. So, kinesic component of speech delivery is difficult to overestimate."
	How effective was the introduction?	It was quite effective.
II.	Body				10	9
	How well structured was the information presented?	The speech was well-structured. Each part logically succeeded the other.
	What organizational structure was used in the body of the speech?	The body was built according to the outlining structure.
	How understandable was the information (was it clearly explained)?	Everything was clearly explained.
	Quality of point-support (appropriateness, completeness, variety)	The speech had a good level of point-support. It was appropriate and complete.
	Use of facts, illustrations, examples, stories.	The speech was well-illustrated.
	Was it coherent?	It was coherent.
III.	Conclusion				10	9
	What technique(s) was used in the conclusion?	In the conclusion Nastya mentioned the aspects she covered, summarizing her speech.
	Were all the steps followed (summary, action, emotional appeal?)	All steps were followed.
	How effective was the conclusion?	It was effective.
	Total points				30	25

And the last for today, Sasha's performance.

№		Very effective (10, 9, 8)	Average (7, 6, 5)	Not effective  (4, 3,2, 1)	Max points	My points
I.	Introduction				10	10
	What technique(s) was used in the introduction?	Sasha started her speech with a quotation. And included rhetoric questions in the introduction.
	Any link-element?	The link-element was given
	Was the thesis statement given?	"Today we are going to talk about Approaching the speaker’s platform; Maintaining eye contact; Good posture."
	How effective was the introduction?	The introduction was effective.
II.	Body				10	9
	How well structured was the information presented?	The speech was well-structured and highly organized.
	What organizational structure was used in the body of the speech?	The body was built according to the outlining structure.
	How understandable was the information (was it clearly explained)?	Everything was clearly explained.
	Quality of point-support (appropriateness, completeness, variety)	The speech had a good level of point-support. It was appropriate, complete and various.
	Use of facts, illustrations, examples, stories.	The speech was well-illustrated.
	Was it coherent?	It was coherent.
III.	Conclusion				10	9
	What technique(s) was used in the conclusion?	The "quotation technique" was used.
	Were all the steps followed (summary, action, emotional appeal?)	All steps were followed.
	How effective was the conclusion?	It was effective.
	Total points				30	28

To conclude, I liked all 3 speeches. Girls did a good job preparing the speech.