research basics

Research Basics : 

Research Basics HS Communication

Understand the Speech Making Process : 

Understand the Speech Making Process Choosing/Narrowing a Topic Researching Topic Organizing Your Speech Developing an Outline Rehearsing Speech Delivering Speech

Choosing an Appropriate Topic : 

Choosing an Appropriate Topic Is It Important to You? Is It Important to Your Audience? Will It Hold Audience’s Attention? Is It Manageable in the Time Available? Is It Appropriate for Oral Presentation? Is It Clear?

Develop Central Idea : 

Develop Central Idea Write a one sentence summary of speech.

Generate Main Idea : 

Generate Main Idea Does It Have Logical Divisions? Are There Reasons Why It Is True? Can You Support It? A... B... C... Because...

Narrowing a Topic - Example : 

Narrowing a Topic - Example Careers in Communications Careers in Broadcasting Communication Careers in Television Career as a Sports Announcer

Getting Topic Feedback : 

Getting Topic Feedback From Members of Potential Audience From Friends From Family From Instructor

Researching Topic and Finding Supporting Material : 

Researching Topic and Finding Supporting Material Sources of Supporting Material Types of Supporting Material Tests of Supporting Material

Sources of Supporting Material : 

Sources of Supporting Material Libraries Books Periodicals Newspapers Reference Materials CD-ROM Data Bases Government Documents

Sources of Supporting Material (con’t) : 

Sources of Supporting Material (con’t) The Internet/World Wide Web Search Engines Infoseek Yahoo Lycos HotBot Google, etc. Online Libraries

Types of Supporting Material : 

Types of Supporting Material Common Knowledge Direct Observation Examples & Illustrations Explanations & Descriptions Documents

Tests of Supporting Material : 

Tests of Supporting Material Is Information Specific? Is Source an Expert? Is Source Unbiased? Is Information Timely?

Tests of Supporting Material (con’t) : 

Tests of Supporting Material (con’t) Is Information Relevant to Point Made? Does Information Support the Point? Is Information Timely?

Special Considerations for Online Information : 

Special Considerations for Online Information In Physical Print, Quality Is Controlled by Experts Journals - Peer Review Periodicals - Editors Published Texts - Editors, Librarians Online, Must Do Own Quality Control Beware! Everything On the Web Is Not ALL True

Organizing Your Speech : 

Organizing Your Speech Chronological- in a time sequence Climactic- Saving the most important for last Cause-Effect- because of that, this happened Problem-Solution- presents a problem than ideas about how it can be solved Comparison- Contrast- points out similarities and differences Topical- dividing a speech into its natural parts

Types of Outlines : 

Types of Outlines Preliminary Outline (Rough-Draft) Main points to research Preparation Outline Title & Topic Purpose Introduction Main and Sub-Points Transitions Conclusion Support/Evidence

Types of Outlines : 

Types of Outlines Speaker’s Outline Introduction Main Point Support Transitions Conclusion

Ethics in Speech Preparation - Researching : 

Ethics in Speech Preparation - Researching Take Accurate Notes When Researching Record Complete Source Citations Credit Source of Ideas When in Doubt, Cite Source