Awareness about the importance of critical thinking in listening to public speeches and the ethics of

public speaking?

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Critical listening and thinking skills are important to evaluate others' speeches. Learn about listening as a
critical thinking activity, analyzing the speaker's claims, and evaluating claims of the speaker. 

So, the first one is

Listening as a Critical Thinking Activity

When we attend a speaking event, we are usually there to hear the speaker's message. Specifically, we
are there because the message has meaning to us. This can be a lecture delivered by your favorite
professor or a motivational speech by a famous public speaker. In any event, we listen intently and try to
absorb as much of what is being said as possible. But, how do we know what we are hearing is actually
true?

That's difficult to discern, but what we can do is take a few careful steps to better evaluate information
we receive. This is critical thinking, and it involves analyzing the speaker's message and motives to
assess the message for authenticity and truth. There are a few ways to do this. You can analyze
the speaking situation, or the context in which the message is being sent.

Another way to determine the authenticity of a message is to analyze the speaker's ideas. A good
speaker will provide support for his ideas.

The second one is, Analyzing the Speaker’s Claims

The first thing you should do is put the speaker's ideas to the test by identifying support for the claims.
This means performing research to determine the process the speaker used to actually gather his facts
and information. Look for things like dates and sources.

And lastly, Evaluating Claims of the Speaker

Evaluate what the speaker does and not who the speaker is. Always keep your main purpose in mind: to
support, help and encourage the speaker. Don’t assess personal qualities—only assess actions related to
the speech.

So, in general,

By listening critically, you will be more likely to notice unwarranted assumptions in a speech, which
may prompt you to question the speaker if questions are taken or to do further research to examine the
validity of the speaker's assumptions. Being a critical listener comes down to using your critical thinking
skills. These skills help us in analyzing the speaker's message and motives to assess the message for
authenticity and truth. ... We can analyze the speaking situation, or the context to which the message is
being sent.

Now.. Let’s proceed to the importance of critical thinking in listening to the ethics of public speaking.

The importance of Critical Thinking is promoting ethical behaviors. The speaker will also use valid
arguments and facts before presenting his or her findings to the audience. This practice helps speakers
to observe, reflect, analyze, and communicate the best findings to the targeted audience. When you
address, theorize, examine, explain, and review your work (whether written or verbal) you are thinking
critically. Critical thinking helps the speaker to grow over time through preparation outlines, speaking
notes, audience analysis, topic research and support, delivery, and review. The two most important
aspects in ethical communication include your ability to remain honest while avoiding plagiarism and to
set and meet responsible speech goals.

In general,

When you listen critically to a speech, you might hear information that appears unsupported by
evidence. You shouldn't accept that information unconditionally. You would accept it under the
condition that the speaker offers credible evidence that directly supports it. Facts are verified by clear,
unambiguous evidence.

Being a critical listener comes down to using your critical thinking skills. These skills help us in analyzing
the speaker's message and motives to assess the message for authenticity and truth.