Introductory Speech Assignment

INTRODUCTORY/INTERVIEW SPEECH

Description:

You will be invited to interview another member of your class and give a brief speech about an interesting fact of their life. After getting acquainted with your interviewee’s basic background information, choose one area/topic and build the rest of your interview around that central theme or idea. This is not to be a “this is your life” speech...give us something meaningful to remember about your interviewee. This assignment provides a great way to get to know others in your class, and also provide you with a non-threatening speaking experience early in the semester.

Requirements:

            · Speech should be no less than 3 and no more than 5 minutes 


            · No specific structure is required, but the more experienced speaker may use an outline if 
desired 


            · Try to avoid overused beginning and ending statements like “My speech today is about...” 
and “Well, that’s all I have to say.” Be creative and plan carefully those first and last 
statements. 


            · You are encouraged to use notes and/or visual aids, but neither is required. 


            This speech is not designed to cause you great anxiety. You won’t have time to construct a perfect speech, but you will have enough time to gather information and put it into a logical and intelligible format. Have fun and enjoy meeting others in your class. The sooner you become comfortable in the class, the sooner you will be able to do your best work.