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This week our online lecture is all about informative speech, types of informative speeches, and outlining and sharing an informative speech.

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Have you ever given any presentation which focused on passing information? How did you feel? Write comments expressing your feelings.

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These are the most common synonyms of information. Do you think all of these synonyms express exactly something about information? Find out the words that are most similar in meaning.

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Have you ever heard about the term 'informative speech'? We have a guest speaker, Harry Pickup, to say something about informative speech. listen to the speech.

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Did you find it difficult to understand the accent of Harry Pickup in the previous recording? What can be the reason for it?

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Do you think that there are different types of informative speech? Comment in the box to express your opinion?

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While-listening Task: Types of Informative Speeches

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While-listening Task: Types of Informative Speeches

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Listen to the audio lecture about different types of informative speeches that Stephen E Lucas suggested in his book- The Art of Public Speaking.

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According to the audio recording, how many types of informative presentations are there?

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As you have listened to the audio lecture on different types of informative speeches, can you share some audio or video clips that present different types of informative speeches? You can search google or youtube for different types of informative speeches. Please listen yourself first and then share the content only if the content seems sharable for the discussion. Along with the video, also define the type of informative speech it contains.

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Based on the previous audio lectures and your knowledge of informative speech after listening to other audio and video clips from the internet, what can be some of the strategies of giving a good informative speech? Share your ideas in the comment box.

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Listening Task: Strategies for Giving Informative Speech 

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Listening Task: Strategies for Giving Informative Speech 

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The audio lecture, given by our guest speaker Harry Pickup, gives some strategies about giving a good informative speech. Listen to the lecture and express your opinion about the lecture in the comment box.

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strategies for giving an informative speech

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strategies for giving an informative speech

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What are the strategies that Henry has suggested? Write the responses in brief in the comment box.

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As you now know about informative speech, different types of informative speeches, and strategies for giving a good informative speech, choose a topic for giving an informative speech. Apply the strategies and share your outlines or draft in the comment box. If you find anything problematic, share that too.

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Please share the recordings of your informative presentations in the comment box. You can use Vokaroo.com for preparing a presentation and share with your peers. Based on the feedback, edit your speech and present in the class.

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You are supposed to write a reflective post in your blog after giving presentation. Please share the links of your blog posts in the comment box.

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I want you to give an informative speech in the next class. Therefore, be prepared!
Best of Luck!

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How to speak so that people want to listen- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIho2S0ZahI
The skill of self-confidence- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-HYZv6HzAs