Speech Goals
To develop delivery and organization skills
To enhance public speaking skills
To explore a broad definition of culture
To introduce oneself and to begin creating a classroom culture
To begin using visual aids in formal presentations
Prompt
In the special interest speech, you are to choose a culture that you identify with or belong to and teach us a little about it. You will bring an object/artifact that represents this culture, and you will also discuss how this culture has influenced you.
For the purpose of this assignment, culture can be your ethnic background or a sub-culture that you identify with. If you choose to go the ethnic background route, get specific and focus on a specific part of your culture such as a holiday, tradition, custom, event, etc. If you do not identify with your ethnicity, you can choose to do your speech on a sub-culture. A sub-culture can be any group, organization, sport, hobby, etc. that you may identify with.
The three main sections of the body of your speech are as follows:
Main Point 1-Discuss the culture/sub-culture and the specific part of it that you are focusing on. Provide basic information such as history, origin, background, interesting facts, etc. Conduct some basic research to get accurate information. Remember that you are teaching us about your culture.
Main Point 2-Explain your object/artifact-what is it, where you got it from, what does it look like, basic background information about it (this requires doing some research), why it’s important to your culture or to a specific part of your culture, etc…
Main Point 3-Explain how the culture or the specific part of it discussed above has impacted your identity, made a difference in your life, and why it’s important to you?
