Appendix

Material Artifacts

Compelling Opening: Handout

PART 1:

Instructions: Before group discussion, think back to previous public speaking you have watched

and write down your answers to the questions.

Questions:

● What’s your favorite speech opening?

● What did the speaker do?

● Why do you like it?

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PART 2:

Instructions: Watch the ‘don’t’ part of the video to see what is bad for opening and write down

your own answers to the questions before group discussion.

Questions:

● What’s the worst opening for a speech, in your opinion?

● Why do you think it’s the worst?

Notes:
PART 3:

Instructions: Watch the opening of Vanessa’s TedTalk and write down your own answers to the

questions before group discussion.

Questions:

● What’s the best opening for a speech, in your opinion?

● Why do you think it’s the best?

Notes:
PART 4:

Instructions: Watch the ‘speech opener’ part of the video to see what is good for opening and

write down your own answers to the questions before group discussion.

Questions:

● What strategies did she use for her opening?

● How did she use those strategies?

● Is there anything she did well or can improve?

● Are there any other ways to use those strategies for her opening?

Notes:
PART 5:

Instructions: Choose a topic that interests you and try to use the strategies you've learned to

create an engaging opening. After finish, you need to share the opening of your speech with the

class. Please use the following questions as a thinking framework.

Questions:

● What topic do you want to choose for your speech?

● What strategies do you want to use for your speech opening?

● How do you plan to use these strategies?

● Did these strategies make your opening compelling, and how did they make your opening

compelling?

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