Speech Analysis #1: How to Study and Critique a Speech
[2023-09-08 07:24:48]
Learning other speakers is an important skill and is one of 25 basic skills of general speakers. The ability to analyze speech accelerates the growth of every speaker
The Speech Analysis series is a series of articles to examine various aspects of expression analysis. You learn how to learn how to speak and how to provide effective speech assessment. In the following article, I will discuss the Toastmasters Assessment Competition, Presentation Evaluation Table, and Resources.
The first article in this series outlines the questions you have to ask yourself when evaluating a presentation. Please ask these questions regardless of whether you are participating in a presentation, watching a video, or reading voice text. These questions also apply when you self-evaluate your own speech.
Understanding the speaker's goal is important to analyze the presentation and will definitely affect the way you learn it.
Speakers will need to use different techniques to reach 1,500 spectators in place of 15 spectators. Likewise, communication with young people uses different technologies, not communication with business leaders.
What are the main demographic characteristics of the audience? technology? Are you a student? old? athlete? Business leader?
Besides the audience, is there an external target audience? (Internet, mass media, etc.)
In order to achieve the main purpose of the presentation, you need to select and organize the content of the presentation. Focus is important - irrelevant information can weaken other valid arguments
Introduction, will the audience decide at this time why should listen to speakers on this topic?
What kind of body language did they show when the speaker approached the speech area? The body language at the present time often shows the level of confidence
For the main effect, the words at the beginning of the speech, body language, and vision are very important to the success of the speech.
Is it effective to attract viewers to your speech? Or it is the best when the speaker is on. "It is wonderful to be here today."
Does your speech start with a story? joke? Is it a wonderful statistic? A controversial statement? Powerful vision?
What is the focus of the speech? Are all discussions, stories, and anecdotes relevant to the main purpose?
As with the opening, all words included in the conclusion of speech, body language, and vision are important for the success of the speech. This is due to recent influences
Delivery skills are like huge toolboxes - the best speakers know when to use each tool and what purpose to use.
From time to time, technically sound voices may still miss the markup. Likewise, you can overcome technical flaws and create a must-see presentation. You can not list intangible assets, but there are some issues to consider here.
Next article in this series - Provides evaluation skills - Finds the best way to use voice evaluation skills as an educational tool
Voice analysis is the process of analyzing human voice and voice patterns. Several speech analysis methods focus on understanding speech recognition - speech content. The other way is to focus on the audio rhythm - to understand the "melody" or pronunciation pattern of the speech, which usually analyzes aspects of tones, rhythms, stress, and emphasized speech. The prosody of speech is closely related to the physiology of speech and speech, including vocal cords, breathing, tones, loudness, airflow patterns, and other acoustic features. Rhythm is used to express the attitude of a speaker, such as a serious, relaxed, dramatic, warm, childish, ironic, emergency, similar to a facial expression. Based on physiology focused on attitude rather than content, word rhythm is usually language independent
Voice analysis is an evaluation of various aspects of speech expression. Learning to do presentations and to provide effective presentations is an important skill. This is one of the things indispensable