Subject
Year
: G-1342 Research Seminar
: 2008/2009
Research Proposal Seminar:
CRITICISM AND INPUT
Meeting 7
CRITICISM
• Criticism: feedback offered for the purpose
of improving a speaker’s presentation or
speech.
• All criticism contains three parts:
1. Judgments
2. Reasons
3. Norms
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• Judgments: critics’ opinions about the
relative merits of a presentation or speech;
the most common and superficial level of
speech criticism.
• Reasons: statements that justify a critic’s
judgments.
• Norms: the values a critic believes
necessary to make any speech or
presentation good, effective, or desirable.
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A MODEL OF CRITICISM
Judgments:
Statements of approval or disapproval, like or dislike
Reasons:
Justifications offered for judgments
Norms:
Standards of relative worth or goodness
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9 GUIDELINES FOR CRITIQUING
PRESENTATIONS OR SPEECHES:
1. Begin with a positive statement.
2. Be specific.
3. Be honest but tactful.
4. Personalize your comments.
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5. Reinforce the positive.
6. Problem solve the negative.
7. Organize your comments.
8. Provide the speaker with a plan of
action.
9. End positively.
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10 TIPS ON HOW TO SPEAK
EFFECTIVELY IN PUBLIC:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
We should look our best
should know how to stress our point
We should be humble
should develop a clean sense of humor
We should talk to the listeners not just with
our lips but our eyes too
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6. We should use our gestures well
7. We should use appropriate language
8. We should connect to our listeners
9. We should believe in what we are saying
10. We should be able to inspire our
listeners to take action
(from http://englishtrainer.blogspot.com/search/label/English%20tips)
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