The self-evaluation should be sure to answer the following questions:
1. What have you learned about the role of “good research” in building a speech’s content?
2. What have you learned about the importance of appropriately structuring a speech?
3. How have you improved in these two areas (Questions 1 & 2) over the course of the
semester?
4. What does good speech delivery look like? Why does good speech delivery matter?
5. How did your delivery improve over the course of the semester?
6. How did speaking to a specific audience influence selection of meaningful content in
constructing speeches? How did it affect language and oral presentation tactics to
effectively convey meaning and nuance to the specific audiences?
7. What are your speech goals (content, structure, and delivery) as you leave this class?
Format
The essay should be 1-2 double-spaced pages (the minimum is 1 page; the maximum is 2 pages),
12 point Times New Roman, Calibri, or Arial font, 1-inch margins. This should be written in
essay format with an introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions. In other words, you will not
write numbers of questions and then answer them. It should be a flowing, seamless essay that
integrates the above ideas. If you use excerpts from the book, be sure you cite it and include a
Reference page.
Purpose
Students will demonstrate their comprehension of course materials related to the context and
rhetorical purpose of oral presentation in the form of a written self-evaluation. In their
evaluation, students should demonstrate knowledge of how effective public speaking uses
appropriate, meaningful content to effectively convey meaning and nuance to the specific
audiences targeted by the speeches they were assigned in class. The essay should identify what
areas of strength and improvement the student feels their performance in the course have
