Outside Interview Speech

Dates:  

 

Assignment: Deliver an informative speech of at least 4-6 minutes based on an interview with an adult having expertise in an interesting career, sport, hobby, or activity.

 

Preparation: Follow these directions for a successful interview.

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Determine whom you will interview and the subject of your interview, based on that person’s expertise. Refer to pages 127-134.

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Make an appointment by calling or talking to the person you want to interview. The interview must be held face-to-face, not over the telephone or by e-mail.  Conduct interview no later than Nov. 30.

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Develop interview questions (due Nov. 18 in class) based on pp. 127-134 and notes given in class on Chapter 6. You must have at least twelve good interview questions, including some open-ended questions and some possible follow-up questions.

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Prepare to conduct the interview by confirming your appointment a day or two before, arranging to record the interview if possible, and conducting yourself appropriately during the interview. See pp. 127-134 for more strategies.

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Procedure during interview:
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Introduction: Introduce yourself to interviewee, reminding him/her the purpose of your interview, and asking your first question.

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Body: conduct interview for at least 30 minutes, asking several types of questions. Summarize when necessary.  

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Conclusion: Finish with a broad question and thank your interviewee.

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Send a follow-up thank-you note to the person you interviewed. Make sure you get the person’s full name and address during the interview for this purpose.

 

Presentation for the Speech

Using the information gained from your interview, develop an interesting speech on that topic.

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Introduction: tell about the person you interviewed, why you chose to interview him/her, and give a list of the main ideas of your speech.

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Body: have at least three main ideas based on the interview. Develop each in detail from the interview. You may also include detail from other sources, such as yourself and books, but the majority of the information must come from the interview.

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Conclusion: give your impression of the interviewee, the subject you discussed, and the success of the interview itself.

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Grading: Your speech will be evaluated in these areas--

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Introduction & Conclusion: Introduction with 4 components (attention-getter, link, thesis, preview); conclusion appropriate, with 2 components: summary of main ideas & clincher

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Body: 3 to 5 balanced main ideas, supporting thesis directly; organizational pattern(s) clear & easy to follow; transition statements after intro. & each main idea (except last one)

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Overall Coverage: depth of detail and length; length at least 4 minutes; source acknowledged, information for interview smoothly incorporated into main ideas

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Voice: voice (volume, rate, pitch), articulation, pronunciation, energy in voice

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Delivery: posture, gestures, eye contact, enthusiasm

 

Procedure:

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Decide on interviewee and write interview questions (at least 12 questions)  

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Finish interview questions (at least 12) by putting them on cards

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Conduct interview and take notes on cards

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Notes from interview due

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Organize ideas and write detailed outline 

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Work on notecards; develop introduction and conclusion

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Practice & time speech in class

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Present speeches in class

 

Speech 8 Analysis

Study the comments on your evaluation sheet and the videotape of your speech. On your own paper, copy and answer the following questions in 2-4 complete sentences each.

Return your answers with your videotape.

  1. What are your strengths in this speech?

  2. What are your weaknesses?

  3. In your opinion, what improvements could have been made on this speech?

  4. Name at least two areas that you can work on for your next speech.