The Personal Coat-of-Arms Speech: Application in the Basic Course.
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| Title: | The Personal Coat-of-Arms Speech: Application in the Basic Course. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Matula, Theodore |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 1995 |
| Document Type: | Speeches/Meeting Papers Guides - Classroom - Teacher |
| Descriptors: | Class Activities, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Introductory Courses, Public Speaking, Speech Instruction, Teacher Developed Materials |
| Abstract: | The personal coat-of-arms speech provides students with specific directions in constructing a speech of introduction and has been used with success at Illinois State University, Daley College (Chicago), St. Xavier University (Chicago), and Ohio State University. The personal coat-of-arms speech gives students concrete experience on which to draw as they study aspects of speech, such as working with a visual aid, practicing delivery technique, brainstorming ideas, and learning about the relationship of language to values. The assignment requires students to prepare a visual aid with images representing 2 things they do well, something they fear, someone/something they love, how they would spend a $10 million lottery prize, and what they see themselves doing in the future. They must also invent or appropriate a motto which represents a value that guides the way they live. When students present their coat-of-arms, they are not allowed to speak from notes, instead they are encouraged to use their visual aid as a memory clue, elaborating on the images to explain what they represent to the individual. Adopted by a number of instructors who teach presentational speaking, this speech assignment has met with much positive response. (A two-page assignment criteria is appended.) (CR) |
| Entry Date: | 1996 |
| Accession Number: | ED393130 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The personal coat-of-arms speech provides students with specific directions in constructing a speech of introduction and has been used with success at Illinois State University, Daley College (Chicago), St. Xavier University (Chicago), and Ohio State University. The personal coat-of-arms speech gives students concrete experience on which to draw as they study aspects of speech, such as working with a visual aid, practicing delivery technique, brainstorming ideas, and learning about the relationship of language to values. The assignment requires students to prepare a visual aid with images representing 2 things they do well, something they fear, someone/something they love, how they would spend a $10 million lottery prize, and what they see themselves doing in the future. They must also invent or appropriate a motto which represents a value that guides the way they live. When students present their coat-of-arms, they are not allowed to speak from notes, instead they are encouraged to use their visual aid as a memory clue, elaborating on the images to explain what they represent to the individual. Adopted by a number of instructors who teach presentational speaking, this speech assignment has met with much positive response. (A two-page assignment criteria is appended.) (CR) |
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