Description: Compose and post a brief speech on speech anxiety, using 2 of the 4 references listed here: M11 Sources for Oral Citation Speech (Speech #2)
PLEASE USE ONLY THE REFERENCES THE INSTRUCTOR PROVIDED. Be sure to present the complete oral citation for both of your sources/references.
Topic: Oral Citations
Time Limit: no limit
Purpose: Practice presenting complete oral citations. This will help with the Informative Speech.
Oral Citation Format for Different Types of Sources
Goal
As you start to prepare for your Informative speech, you need to also start practicing reciting oral citations. You need to present 3 oral citations in your Informative Speech and 5 oral citations in your Persuasive Speech. This exercise will give you some practice.
Different Types of Sources
Here is more specific information on oral citations for different types of sources:
Oral Citations for Articles (Journal or Newspaper)
Articles – if you are orally citing information from a magazine, newspaper or journal article provide the author’s credentials (if relevant), the full date and title of the source.
Sample Oral Citations for Articles:
According to Reginald Johnson, a sports columnist for the Chicago Sun Times, in an article from May 31, 2022…
Newsweek magazine of June 1, 2017, lists bankruptcy as the…
The Minneapolis Star Tribune of January 31, 2018, quotes Chris Nowinski, cofounder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, on the dangers of youth tackle football. “Children,” he says, “were never intended to be hit in the head five hundred times in three months every year while their brain is going through incredible development.”
Oral Citations for Books
Books – if you are citing information from a book, provide the full title of the book, year of publication, and a brief mention of the author’s credentials.
Sample Oral Citations for Books:
In her 2017 book, The Difficult Child, Erin Cooper, a child psychologist, notes children….
In his 2022 book, How to Really Play Dominoes, Jeremiah Johnson, two-time domino tournament winner, recalls….
Oral Citations for Webpages (Companies, Organizations, etc.)
Websites/Webpages – if you are citing a website you need to establish the credibility of the site. Please do not use Wikipedia, ask Jeeves, or other non-credible websites. If you are citing a website, be sure you mention the following information in your oral citation:
The title of the website
The author(s)/sponsoring organization supports the site
Check the credentials of the site. Look for links like “About Us” or “Our Mission” to determine the credibility of the site.
The last date the article or information was updated, if known (sometimes at
the bottom of a content page you can find this date) OR The date you accessed the website/webpage
If you cannot find this information on a website/webpage, you may want to consider
finding a different source. The credibility of this information is in question.
Oral Citations for Websites
In an oral citation of a website, you do not need to give the URL.
Sample Oral Citations for Websites:
One of the most active developers of neurotechnology, Cyberkinetics.com, claims on their website, last updated on March 24, 2006, that…
From the website maintained by the Wisconsin Council of Dairy Farmers entitled “Dairy Products and Your Diet”, as of January 10, 2007, yogurt proves to be…OR
From the website maintained by the Wisconsin Council of Dairy Farmers entitled “Dairy Products and Your Diet”, I accessed on January 3rd of this year, yogurt proves to be…
Please remember an oral citation should give the listener enough information to find the source. Therefore, just stating the newspaper title or the author is not enough information.
Compose and post/upload a brief speech, using 2 of the 4 references listed on the following content page: M11 Sources for Oral Citation Speech (Speech #2)
Be sure to present the complete oral citation for both of your sources/references.
Review the following content page for more information on what information must be included in a complete oral citation: M11: Oral Citation Format for Different Types of Sources
