Class Reflection for February 9, 2009
Hey class,
On Monday we went over chapters 2 and 14. Chapter 2 is all about listening.
We learned the following facts about listening
- It is important skill to master
- Most people are poor listeners
- After 24 hours we remember only 10% of the original message
- By being a good listener you can improve your speaking skills
We also talked about how there is four different types of listening . The first type is empathetic. Empathetic listening is listening to provide emotional support for the speaker. The next one we talked about is appreciative listening. What this is is just listening for pleasure. The third type of listening is comprehensive listening. This is listening to understand the message of the speaker, such as listening to directions. The final type of listening is critical. When critically listening we listen to evaluate a message for the purpose of accepting or rejecting the information.
Next the class talked about what was in chapter 14 and that is informative speech. What an informative speech does is it is designed to convey knowledge and understanding. When giving an informative speech we can talk about different types of topics such as objects, processes, events, and concepts. Some ideas the speaker should take note upon for their audience is to not underestimate what the audience knows, to relate the subject directly to the audience, do not be too technical towards the audience, and finally personalize your ideas.
We then did an activity at the end of class. We all picked groups and were given a topic to inform the class about. The topic my group was given on how to meet new people. I felt that we did a good job informing people how to be outgoing, be friendly, and to join organizations to meet new people.
The last thing we did in class was watch a six minute clip of a man giving an informative speech on peppers. This gave us a good visual on how to be able to give an informative speech.
see ya in class
Brandon