Communicating Effectively Worksheet
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Communicating Effectively Worksheet
Answer the following questions, using information from this week’s readings. Respond to each question in 100 to 200 words.
1. Briefly explain the seven elements of the speech communication process. How do these elements determine a speech’s success or failure?
2. What is the difference between hearing and listening? What are some techniques you could employ to improve your listening skills?
3. Compare the four methods of delivering oral presentations. What are the benefits and drawbacks of each?
4. What are some ways to use your voice and body effectively when giving an oral presentation? In which areas do you need to improve?
Writing Assignment #2: Cause-Effect Analysis
Writing assignment #2 will be an essay in which you analyze either causes or effects. You have six choices for this essay. For all six choices, you are required to integrate two sources into your essay to support your argument.
1. Analyze the impact a particular technological development on nutrition or eating habits.
For this topic, you might want to use the article by Michael Pollan, “The Cooking Animal,” in chapter 27 of The Bedford Guide for College Writers as one of your sources.
You might analyze any one of the following. These are just examples. Many approaches are possible for this topic.
a) The impact of factory farming or industrial farms on nutrition
b) The impact of food processing technology on cooking habits or eating habits
c) The impact of the “buy local” movement
d) Trends in cooking habits over several decades and their impact on society
You must use at least two sources to support your points in this essay. You will cite your sources in APA style, using both in-text citations and a “Works Cited” page at the end of the essay.
If you choose this topic, you may write on the same topic for writing assignment #3, the research-supported essay. If you write on this topic for both writing assignment #2 and writing assignment #3, you will be expanding on your argument and finding more sources for the essay for writing assignment #3.
2. Analyze the impact of a particular trend in technology on education.
For this topic, you might want to use one of the articles in chapter 28 of The Bedford Guide for College Writers as one of your sources.
You might analyze any one of the following. These are just examples. Many approaches are possible for this topic.
a) The impact of online courses on education. You might focus on a particular field of study for this choice.
b) The impact of digital media on online courses.
c) The impact of the computer on writing courses or courses in other disciplines
d) The impact of certain forms of technology on reading skills or reading habits
e) Whether video games should be introduced into schools and used to help educate students
You must use at least two s.