TASK The objective of this task is to confidently deliver an Informative speech….

TASK The objective of this task is to confidently deliver an Informative speech.This is an individual task. Choose ONE of the specific purposes below and prepare a speech on the topic: NATURE. a. Explanation OR b. Reporting Delivering an effective speech is a skill that needs to be developed especially for those with job tasks involving speeches like teachers, sales person, lawyers and many others. The most important thing to do first is to research a good topic that will be of interest to your audience. The followings are task specifications in preparing the video: a. Start by
TASK The objective of this task is to confidently deliver an Informative speech.This is an individual task. Choose ONE of the specific purposes below and prepare a speech on the topic: NATURE. a. Explanation OR b. Reporting Delivering an effective speech is a skill that needs to be developed especially for those with job tasks involving speeches like teachers, sales person, lawyers and many others. The most important thing to do first is to research a good topic that will be of interest to your audience. The followings are task specifications in preparing the video: a. Start by brainstorming the topic: NATURE and find one aspect to start planning your speech text. b. Plan and write your speech text either in short notes or the complete text. Your introduction should state your name, ID, Course, and the purpose of the speech with the title. c. You can refer to various resources or use your personal observations, experience, and knowledge for creating the content, but make sure that the content of the speech is appropriate to your targeted audience. d. You will need to decide: the producer, your targeted audience, the surroundings (background, lighting, soundproof area), and other aspects to consider even though you are not going to mention it verbally in the presentation. e. Plan visual aids. You are encouraged to use creativity and innovation in producing the video by catering both brains visual and auditory systems, body language, facial expressions, imagery and music, etc.You might want to use applications to further exemplify the speech text like PowerPoint Presentation, iMovie, Funimate, Adobe and many others. However, remember that this video is a speech presentation NOT a video presentation. f. Record your 8 – 12minutes speech. Marks will be deducted for speeches that are lesser that 8 minutes or more that 13 minutes. Adhere to these: i. Look confident and professional ii. Make sure that you have an introduction iii. The purpose of the speech must either be to explanation or to reporting. iv. The video screen must capture the top half of your body so that your hand gestures and facial expressions are visible- at least half of the recording duration. v. Your speech must be engaging and interesting. vi. You must offer an ending (conclusion) in the video. g. Make sure the recording of your speech is authentic, clear and organised. Remember, you are the script writer, the speaker and maybe even, the producer!. Your aim is to deliver a speech that is engaging and interesting to your audience. TASK IMPORTANT:This task is a continuation of your video presentation: Explanation or Reporting Speech on the topic: NATURE. Write a 4-5 pages reflection on the process of carrying out the speech presentation. Your reflection essay MUST include the following FIVE criteria and each criterion should be about 500 words: i) Reflection on the process; the planning stage of the video, during the recording of the video and after the video has been recorded. Reflect on the challenges and what you did to overcome these challenges. Share your thoughts on the language process too vocabulary and grammar in writing and delivering the speech. ii) The timeline of completing the recording of the video and the preparation of visual aids. How long did you plan and record etc? How important is creativity and innovation in this task? Why do you say so? iii) Reflection of the content (the topic/ issue) and rationalise how things could have been done in a better way. Is this topic/ issue familiar with you or vice versa? Describe well. During the process of the video, there might be some instances where you realised your idea could have been improved in another way. Describe this situation too. iv) Show the video to ONE person and inquire if the speech is explanation/reporting. If he/she believe the video is neither, ask for other suggestions that might help improve the speech or the speaker. Share this persons thoughts in your reflective essay. v) Your personal thoughts of completing this task (the video presentation). How do you feel about it? Describe too, what are the advantages/disadvantages of recording this video? If you feel the video recording is not advisable, what would be a better alternative? Explain your rationale.