ELC590

INFORMATIVE SPEECH DESCRIPTORS

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Excellent Good Average Fair Poor
INTRODUCTION
Introduced Greeted the Greeted the Greeted the Failed to either Failed to both
topic audience and audience and audience and greet or greet and
introduced the gave a basic just stated the introduce the introduce the
topic in an introduction of topic. topic. topic.
interesting the topic.
manner.
Established Credibility Credibility Credibility Credibility not Speaker did
credibility clearly clearly established but clearly not establish
established, established not relevant to established credibility.
well elaborated and relevant to the topic. and not
and relevant to the topic. relevant to the
the topic. topic.
Background Background of Background of Background of Background of No
to topic clearly topic explained topic not well topic explained background of
presentation explained and and elaborated. explained or and elaborated topic
well elaborated. too briefly. provided.
elaborated.
BODY
Introduced Introduced a Introduced a Introduced a Introduced a Did not
charts and/ or comprehensive somewhat comprehensive somewhat introduce the
graphs and overview of comprehensive overview of comprehensive charts and/or
described charts and/ or overview of charts and/or overview of graphs.
data (facts graphs by charts and/or graphs by charts and/or
and figures) using own graphs by reading the graphs by
words. using own title of the attempting to
words. visual aid. read the title of
the visual aid.

All important Most of the Some of the Nearly all of All of the
data important data important data the important important data
described. described. described. data not not described.
described.

Analysed All salient Most salient Some salient Most salient All salient
data (facts features of the features of the features of the features of the features of the
and figures) data analysed. data analysed. data analysed. data not data not
anlysed. analysed.

Data well Most data Some data Most data not Data not
supported by supported by supported by supported by supported by
other other other other other
supporting supporting supporting supporting supporting
information. information. information. information. information.
CONCLUSION
Conclusion Brought Brought Brought Attempted to Did not
speech to a speech to a speech to a bring the conclude the
close clearly close clearly. close. speech to a speech.
and effectively. close but with No real exit.

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Recommenda Included Included Included some Included a few Did not make
-tions recommendati- recommendati- recommendati- acceptable any
on(s) that are on(s) that are on(s) that are recommendatio acceptable
acceptable and generally acceptable -n(s) that are recommendati
related to the acceptable and related to related to the -ons.
charts and/or and related to the charts charts and/or
graphs. the charts and/or graphs. graphs.
and/or graphs.
VISUAL AIDS
Appropriate Charts and/or Charts and/or Charts and/or Charts and/or Charts and/or
charts and/or graphs very graphs mostly graphs graphs only graphs not
graphs appropriate to appropriate to generally slightly appropriate to
the topic. the topic. appropriate to appropriate to the topic.
the topic. the topic.

Charts and/or Charts and/or Charts and/or Charts and/or Charts and/or
graphs showed graphs mostly graphs graphs graphs did not
clear trends showed clear generally showed a few show any
and stages of trends and showed some clear trends trends and
data. stages of data. clear trends and stages of stages of data.
and stages of data.
data.
Slides used All aspects of Most aspects Some aspects Only a few Visual aids did
effectively visual aids of visual aids of visual aids aspects of not show care
showed care showed care showed care visual aids for audience.
for audience for audience. for audience. showed care
(eg: readibility, (eg: readibility, (eg: readibility, for audience.
colour scheme, colour colour (eg: readibility,
etc.). scheme, etc.). scheme, etc.). colour
scheme, etc.).

Speaker Speaker used Some minor Speaker Speaker talked

successfully visual aids to technical attempted to to visual aids
used visual supplement difficulties, use visual aids instead of the
aids to presentation slightly hasty but not audience.
enhance clarity (e.g. a few preparation of successfully
and interest glitches in otherwise (e.g. slides not
(e.g. timing of strong visual shown at the
appropriate slides, etc.). aids (e.g. does right time,
number of not use visual sound effects
slides, aids to very
excellent enhance clarity distracting,
timing of or to etc.).
slides, etc). supplement
presentation).

LANGUAGE
Grammatical Free of errors. Free of errors. Modest control Free of major Poor control of
accuracy Very confident Satisfactory of the errors but the language.
with language. control of the language. needed Major errors.
language. A few minor improvement.
errors. Some minor
errors.
Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Hardly any
choice of choice of choice of choice of choice of appropriate
words and words and words and words and words and choice of
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terminology terminology terminology terminology terminology words and
used used. used. sometimes terminology
consistently. used. used.

Language Language Language Language Language

choice choice choice correct choice choice often
consistent with increased but unexciting. sometimes incorrect and
the topic and interest. incorrect and unexciting.
the situation; unexciting.
appropriate for
the specific
audience;
increased
interest.
Appropriate Showed Showed good Showed some Showed Made no effort
sentence excellent use use of good use of limited use of to convert
structure of sentences, sentences, sentences, sentences, written to
typical of typical of typical of typical of spoken
persuasive persuasive persuasive persuasive language.
speech. speech. speech. speech.
Needed
improvement.
Connectives Very proficient Good use of Moderate use Limited use of Minimum use
used use of and signposts. of transitions transitions of transitions
effectively transitions and and signposts. and signposts. and signposts.
signposts.
DELIVERY
Maintained Established Established Established Established Manuscript-
eye contact strong, direct eye contact eye contact eye contact bound, hence,
eye contact with most of with a few with only one no evidence of
with each the audience. members of or two eye contact to
member of the the audience. members of hold audience
audience. the audience. attention.
Vocal variety Volume, rate, Volume, rate, Slight problem Some Needed a lot
(Rate, pitch, pitch, pauses, pitch, pauses, with volume, problems with of work on
pauses, articulation and articulation rate, pitch, volume, rate, volume, rate,
volume, & enunciation and pauses, pitch, pauses, pitch, pauses,
enunciation) appropriate enunciation articulation articulation articulation
and allowed and and and
conversational; speaker to be enunciation. enunciation. enunciation.
enhancing the clearly Needed
message. understood. improvement.

Fluency Speech Speech Speech Speech lacked Speech

delivered in a delivered delivered fluency. delivery was
fluent, polished smoothly with smoothly with haphazard.
manner absence of some Speech had no
strengthening vocalised vocalised impact.
the impact of pauses. pauses.
the speakers
speech.

Verbal fillers A few verbal Some verbal Verbal fillers Verbal fillers
avoided. fillers. fillers. sometimes interfered with
interfered with understanding.
understanding.
Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate Slightly stiff or Very stiff or
non-verbal gestures and gestures and gestures and closed body closed body
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communicati- posture that posture that posture that language. language.
on (gesture, complemented complemented complemented Needed to
posture, message message most message most work on
facial throughout the of the time. of the time but gestures and
expression) speech. with some posture.
distracting
body
language.
Time Effective Appropriately Met the time Inappropriate Did not meet
management division of time met the time limit but time spent on time limit; over
for limit for the ineffective the or under time
introduction, introduction, division of time introduction, allotted.
body and body and for the the body and
conclusion. conclusion. introduction, the conclusion.
body and
conclusion.
Presented Solid Extemporaneo Extemporaneo Somewhat The whole
without extemporaneo- -us delivery. -us delivery. extemporaneo- speech is
reading from us delivery. us delivery. read.
text
Presented Subtly used A few Major parts of
without reading notes for references speech read.
at all. specific made to the
details. notes.

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