Your textbook provides several suggestions for analyzing and evaluating speeches, as well as for evaluating your own performances. In an in-depth essay, first discuss the important role that feedback and evaluation play in the development of one's speaking skills. Then discuss two of the guidelines for evaluating others' presentations and two for evaluating your own speaking abilities

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Feedback and evaluation allow a speaker to learn the value and appropriateness of their speech and helps them to improve through understanding what message they are conveying to an audience and enhancing their own self-critiquing skills.
Guidelines for giving others feedback include being descriptive, being specific, being positive, being constructive, being sensitive, and being realistic.
Guidelines for giving feedback to yourself include looking for and reinforcing your skills and speaking abilities, evaluating your effectiveness based on your specific speaking situation and audience, and identifying one or two areas for improvement.

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