CLASS UPDATE!

In our second class, five best speakers of the first speech (Self-introduction) talked about themselves.
The focus of the speech was not only its content but also body language like posture, eye contact, and
voice control. They all gave excellent presenations! Due to a problem with my digital camera, however, we
have only one picture. Sorry!

PRESENTATION RANKINGS

These rankings are based on students' peer evaluation sheets, and they are not necessarily
evaluated the same way by the instructor of this class. Yet, presentations are not only for the
teacher but also for your audience. And these rankings show how well these people
"communicated" with their audience in their speeches. Congratulations!!! I hope many of you
will appear in these rankings.

SPEECH #2 "SHOW AND TELL" (May 29, 2009)

1. Kobayashi (Average Score = 21.81 out of 25.00)
2. Ugai (21.29)
3. Imai (21.10)
4.Taiki (19.86)
5. Ogishima (19.67)

When you look at your speech in the DVD, look at these people's
presentations too! You can learn a lot from good presentations.
Note that the class average was 18.72.

SPEECH #3 "BOOK/MOVIE REVIEW" (June 10, 2009)

1. Ugai (Average Score = 31.50 out of 35.00)
2. Kobayashi (30.96)
3. Ikegami (30.43)
4. Hara (29.14)
5. Arai (29.13)

The class average was 27.52. Although Ms. Kobayashi continues to give a very
good presentation again, Mr. Ugai was selected to be the #1 speaker this time!
Note that we have new names too (i.e., Ikegami, Hara, and Arai). Congratulations!
I really enjoyed all presentations!!!

INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH #4 "PERSUASIVE SPEECH" (June 17, 2009)

1. Ugai (Average Score = 25.85 out of 30.00)
2. Ogishima (25.40)
3.Oyama (25.33)
4. Ikegami (25.15)
5.Kobayashi (24.76)

The class average was 22.67. Mr. Ugai was selected to be the best speaker again
(Sorry, Mr. Ugai, we do not have any DVD this time...). Yet,
as you can see, we have small differences among the scores. In fact, all these were
excellent presentations. Congratulations to all of you.
Also, the class as a whole did a very good job. Keep it up, everyone!!!

Speech #4 "Final Presentation" Rehearsals (June 19 & 24, 2009)

1. Ugai (Average Score = 45.30 out of 50.00)
2. Kato (43.86)
3. Ikegami (41.96)
4. Tanabe (41.26)
5. Hara (41.13)

The class average was 38.16, with a rather large standard deviation of 3.26.
There were two kinds of presentations. Some are very good, as they were based
on lots of preparation with the worksheet (pp. 49-50) and rehearsals. Others were
not well-parepared and/or not enough rehearsals. This is the reason
why we have this rather big standard deviation. If your presentation belongs to
the second type, prepare well with the checklist and rehearse with a watch,
physical and visual messages as many times as possible. Then, I am sure that
yours will be as good as the good presentations. It is a matter of preparation
and rehearsals! I want all students to get lots of 4s and 5s in all evaluation points.

Speech #4 "Final Presentation" (June 26 & July 1, 2009)

1. Ugai (Average Score = 44.78 out of 50.00)
2. Kobayashi (43.14)
3. Ikegami (42.91)
4. Oyama (42.52)
5. Kato (42.39)

The class average was 39.29, a very high score. This means this class performed very well, and I am very
happy about it. You should be pround of your class! This was the last presentation in Study Skills. But, as
I said, you will have lots of chance to give presentations in the future. Keep all the presentation
handouts and use them when you prepare for them. Well done!!!

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