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The document is a practice task for a student named Nguyen Tran Lien Nhi, focusing on public speaking concepts. It includes similarities and differences between public speaking and conversation, the effects of adrenaline on stage fright, and techniques to reduce nervousness. Additionally, it covers communication channels, listener feedback, and the concept of ethnocentrism.

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Chapter 1_Questions

The document is a practice task for a student named Nguyen Tran Lien Nhi, focusing on public speaking concepts. It includes similarities and differences between public speaking and conversation, the effects of adrenaline on stage fright, and techniques to reduce nervousness. Additionally, it covers communication channels, listener feedback, and the concept of ethnocentrism.

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Practice Tasks: Reinforcing Chapter 1

STUDENT NAME: Nguyen Tran Lien Nhi


STUDENT INDEX: 2212255033
Short-Answer Review (Self-Check or Partner Practice)
1. List 4 similarities between public speaking and conversation.
- Organizing your thoughts logically
- Tailoring your message to your audience
- Telling a story for maximum impact
- Adapting to listener feedback
2. List 3 differences.
- Public speaking is more highly structured
- Public speaking requires more formal language
- Public speaking requires a different method of delivery
3. What hormone causes stage fright?
Adrenaline causes stage fright. The body is responding as it would
to any stressful situation by producing extra adrenaline.
4. What is it called when you picture yourself succeeding?
Visualization is creating a vivid mental blueprint in which you see
yourself succeeding in your speech.
5. List 5 ways to reduce nervousness.
- Be at your best physically and mentally by getting enough rest
- Quietly tighten and relax your leg muscles, or squeeze your hands
together and then release them as you are waiting to speak
- Take a couple of slow, deep breaths before you start to speak
- Make eye contact with members of your audience
- Use visual aids
6. What is the 'channel' in communication?
The channel is the means by which a message is communicated.
When you pick up the phone to call a friend, the telephone is the
channel. Public speakers may use one or more of several channels,
each of which will affect the message received by the audience.
7. Why can the listener's meaning be different from the speaker’
s?
Because a listener’s frame of reference can never be exactly the
same as a speaker’s, the meaning of a message will never be exactly
the same to a listener as to a speaker. The frame of reference is the
sum of a person’s knowledge, experience, goals, values, and
attitudes. No two people can have exactly the same frame of
reference.
8. What are messages sent from listener to speaker?
Messages sent from listener to speaker are feedback.
9. What helps a speaker understand how the message is received?
There is plenty of feedback to let the speaker know how your
message is being received.
10. Distractions like noise or stress are called what?
Distractions like noise or stress are interference.
11. The time and place of speech delivery is called the...?
The time and place of speech delivery is called the situation.
12. The belief that one’s culture is superior is called...?
Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s culture is superior to all
other groups or cultures.

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