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Communicating Effectively!
- Grade 8
- English
- Oral and Oral-Visual Communication
Description
In this activity, students consider the characteristics and nuances of human speech. They explore speaking strategies such as appropriate tone, varied pace, and clear enunciation while watching examples of newscasts, and are asked to think critically about how these strategies can be employed to communicate a message effectively. To conclude, they employ these strategies while delivering a short speech.
Learning goals
- During my short presentation (or speech), I use a variety of strategies of effective speaking.
Vocabulary
- strategies of effective speaking
- short presentation
- tone
- pace
- enunciation
- dynamic
- engaging
- research presentation
- debate
