Choi, Hyangmi, et al. “Audience Responses and the Context of Political Speeches.” Journal of Social and Political Psychology, jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/618/html.
The purpose of this article is to argue the importance of speech context in speaker-audience interaction in political speeches. The authors study the context of political speeches from different cultures and write about the intercultural differences that they find. The audiences had different distinctive behaviors depending on the contexts of each of the speeches. This source is applicable to my main point of teaching of specific elements of public speaking. Specifically, my research highlights the elements of public speaking in business and political contexts. Using this source supports my work because it shows that intercultural contexts in public speaking differ the same way in politics as they do in business. This article supplements my work by showing the importance of different contexts in political public speaking.
Jones , Richard. “Speaking in Business Settings / Adapt to Your Audience.” Communication in the Real World: an Introduction to Communication Studies.
This section in the textbook written by Jones is the third section of chapter 12 titled, Speaking in Business Settings. The first subsection in this section is about knowing the audience that is being presented to in a business context. The main point of this subsection is that adaptability is key in being a successful communicator and public speaker in a business setting. The subsection goes over the different types of audiences that are present in a business setting and highlights the importance of those different contexts. Being a good communicator in one business context does not necessarily always translate to being a good communicator in another business context. This source supports my research because it teaches about the different elements about audiences in the business context of public speaking.
Jones , Richard. “Speaking in Business Settings / Intercultural Contexts.” Communication in the Real World: an Introduction to Communication Studies.
The Intercultural Contexts subsection of the Speaking in Business Setting section of the textbook covers the intercultural contexts of public speaking within the business context. The subsection covers intercultural communication as a context that requires a speaker to be able to handle different complex situations due to the difference between many different cultures. It is a point that training for intercultural communication in business practices have to be diverse because something that is appropriate in one culture can be considered offensive in another. A more recent way that scholar’s approach intercultural communication is by using general tools rather than specific rules because cultures differ. This source supports my work because it covers the specific element of intercultural communication in public speaking within the business context.
Jones , Richard. “Speaking in Business Settings / Common Business Presentations.” Communication in the Real World: an Introduction to Communication Studies.
This subsection from the textbook covers the different types of presentations that occur in business. The different types of presentations are briefings, reports, training, and meetings. Each type of business presentation is different and they have their own contexts and purposes. This section shows how public speaking situations in business happen and can occur in real business practice. A skill of public speaking in this context is being able to take complex information and translate it into content that is understandable to other who are unfamiliar with it. This section helps my research because it takes the concept of public speaking in a business context and puts it in real life situations. This is helpful because it shows the readers how public speaking in this context is used in practice.
Zanola, Annalisa. “Business Communication and Public Speaking in the ESP Domain: Some Considerations.” Linguistics and Literature Studies, vol. 4, no. 5, 2016, pp. 331–335., doi:10.13189/lls.2016.040503.
Zanola’s article in the journal of Linguistics and Literature Studies was written for the purpose of showing the implications of making public speaking a specific English for Special Purposes (ESP) domain in the academia of Business Communication. A main idea of this article is that public speaking in the teaching and learning of English for business purposes today is a workplace skill that is required. This work highlights the importance and impact of good oral and presentation skills in business communication. A reason that companies need good oratorical skills is because successful communication depends on the parties involved being clear and sharing any background knowledge or assumptions from their linguistic or cultural identities. This source supports my work because it highlights the need and importance of public speaking in the business context.
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