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PSA621S - PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ARGUMENTATION - 1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2023 |
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nAm I B IIA u navE RSITY
OF SCI En CE Ano TECH n OLOGY
FACULTYOF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCEAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF COMMUNICATION
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BCMM
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: PSA 621S
COURSE: PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ARGUMENTATION
SESSION: NOVEMBER, 2023
DURATION: THREE HOURS
PAPER: (PAPER 1)
MARKS: 100
EXAMINER
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
DR C PEEL
MODERATOR DR. M MHENE
INSTRUCTIONS
1.Answer ONE question from Section A, and TWO QUESTIONS from Section B.
2.Read all the questions carefully before answering them.
3. Indicate whether you are a FT, PT, or DE student.
THIS EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF_ 4_PAGES (Including this front page)
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SECTION A:
Section A consists of one compulsory question. ALL CANDIDATES MUST ATTEMPT THIS
QUESTION. You may NOT substitute this question with a question of your choice.
Question 1
{PSA)
50 marks
(a) Critically review risks the four types of plagiarism present to public speakers.
(4x5 marks)= 20 marks
(b) Craft a personal statement attesting to your own credibility as a public speaker.
Your statement should explore precautions you would take to avoid each of the
four types of plagiarism you have identified in Question l(a) [4x5 marks] =
20 marks
(c) Name two examples of famous people who were publicly shamed for plagiarising
the speeches of others. Describe the occasions in which the two offenders used
the plagiarised speeches, and identify the original speech givers ............5 marks
(d) Evaluate the case made by some lecturers and students that non-English First
Language speakers should be allowed to copy and paste content from other
sources, without appropriately citing the content originators ................5 marks
SECTION B: ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS ONLY
Question 2
25 marks
The speech writer and author on public speaking skills, Contavespi, wrote: "All of us are
called upon from time to time to give a talk. Most of us flop".
(a) Identify the six components of lnventio and explain how each lays a solid basis for a
successful speech. Illustrate how you would use each component to optimise your
preparation for the speech .....................................................................(.6+6 = 12 marks)
(b) Explore five common reasons why a spee'ch may "flop", and suggest ways of
avoiding each of them .................................1...............................................
(5+5= 10 marks)
(c) Reflect on a person you either know dired1y (e.g. a Pastor, teacher, leader,
neighbour) or that you have experienced indirectly (e.g. politicians on radio/television)
that you recall as being good at speaking to people. What did the person say, and more
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importantly, how did he or she do it (their style of talking, their initial statements or
gestures, etc.)? What was so special about their way of speaking that attracted you?
{3 marks)
Question 3
25 marks
Summarise and give examples of five key factors to consider and implement in avoiding
reputational harm to others in your speech.
[SxS marks]
Question 4
25 marks
Gregory's textbook on public speaking recommends seven standards for testing the
reliability of information.
(a) Apply each of these standards to a speech you gave during this course, illustrating
the usefulness of the standards in ensuring the speech's integrity ................14 marks
{b) List and interrogate five critical thinking skills highlighted as necessary in Gregory's
guidance on how public speakers should seek integrity .........................................11 marks
Question 5
25 marks
A common mistake of public speakers is to cram too many points into a speech. They do
this because they are approaching the speech from their own viewpoint and not from
the viewpoint of the listeners. Yet audiences simply cannot absorb too much new
information.
1. Justify how many main points you would include in a 10-minute speech ....2 marks
2. Give a justification of the number of main points you would include in a speech
longer than 10 minutes ........................................................................................2. marks
3. You have been invited to address the Student Representative Council at NUST.
(i)Devise a central idea for the speech, and list three key assertions you would
advance in develqping the central idea. (ii)ln your own words, comment on the
contribution
of yo.ur main
,.
points
to
the
central
idea of the
speech .......,.,._...9 marks
4. Based on the outli'ne you have prepared in response to (3) above, develop a full
10-minute speech which you would deliver to the NUST SRC....................10 marks
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5. Explain, in two sentences, whether your speech strikes the right balance of
presenting the main points, but not too many of them so as to create
information overload for your audience. Demonstrate how and where
in your speech you have struck that balance .................................................2. marks
End of Examination Question Paper
Total: 100 marks
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