Instruction
Chapter 2 Managing Nervousness (Gregory)
1. Name five personal benefits of a public speaking course. Which of these benefits do you believe will be most applicable to you?
2. What are the 7 elements of the speech communication process? Describe them and how you use the processes in your daily life.
3. What are three different possible types of interference that a speaker may encounter? How can they avoid these and if they cannot avoid them, how can they overcome them?
4. Why are fear and nervousness beneficial to the public speaker? How can you apply this to your public speaking?
5. Why is delivering a speech from memory a bad method?
Chapter Three: Listening
Upon reading Chapter 3 Listening (Gregory), please provide the academic definition and an original example for each of the terms below and answer the following questions.
1. What is the difference between the terms Hearing and Listening?
2. List three advantages of taking notes during a speech.
3. Name at least four problems caused by ineffective listening in business? How would you solve these problems?