1. Connects with the audience through SPEAKING ON ONES FEET L2 Shows some understanding of development in speaking ability, based on same criteria | Alverno College Communication Department CRITERIA FOR EFFECTIVE SPEAKING/MEDIA In a given speech, the student should show the following abilities to the level indicated: Preliminary: Follows directions: yes_ no_ 1. Connects with the audience through SPEAKING ON ONE’S FEET L1 Speaks to an audience for at least a minute with little reliance on scripted or memorized input L2 Communicates to an audience, long enough to suggest the speaker has internalized her message, with little reliance on scripted or memorized input L3 Communicates with the audience, giving the impression of both thinking and speaking spontaneously without reliance on scripted or memorized input L4 Gives a consistent impression of communicating with the audience without reliance on scripted or memorized input 2. Connects with audience through ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING CONTEXT (clarifying, in a manner appropriate to a specified audience, limits of the situation and sources of thinking) L1 Gives audience some sense of focus and purpose (What am I telling whom and why?) L2 Gives audience full sense of purpose and focus, distinguishing her own thoughts from those of others L3 Throughout a presentation, shows how others’ ideas related to her own thinking L4 Throughout a presentation, clearly articulates relationships between ideas/concepts out of an academic framework and those out of her own thinking 3. Connects with audience through VERBAL EXPRESSION (word choice/style/tone—reflecting awareness of the audience’s degree of knowledge, values, need for clarity, right to an opinion, and expectation of interest) L1 Uses language that shows some awareness of appropriate word choice/style/tone L2 Uses language that shows general awareness of appropriate word choice/style/tone—avoiding vague, empty, and condescending expression L3 Uses language that consistently shows awareness of appropriate word choice/style/tone L4 Uses language that reflects a refines awareness of the audience 4. Connects with the
