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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #43858 Short Speech Effective
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You will see a video about how to effectively start and end a speech, and common mistakes speakers make. Listen to the recording and answer the question by selecting all the correct responses. You will need to select more than one response.

Transcript:

Words you should say in a speech and what are the last words you should say in a speech. Now, tomorrow I don't know how many of you are speaking, but I guarantee if you go to conferences 19 out of 20 speakers will start in one. Of these ways. Number one, my name is Connor Neal. I'm from tango, and this talk is about the latest trend in monitoring strategy. Piece now all of you are sitting with a piece of paper in front of you that says I'm Connor. Neil. I've come from Ireland and I'm going to talk about T04 on this. So by repeating what you already know, I'm giving a signal that it's a time to get your BlackBerry out. I've just signaled that this talk is opportunity to reconnect with BlackBerry, make sure the office is OK, maybe get some plans together for the weekend.

According to the speaker, what is a common mistake made at the beginning of speeches and why is it ineffective?

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Result:

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Option 1: "Introducing yourself and your topic as the audience already knows this information."

Explanation: The speaker emphasizes that many speakers begin their talks by introducing themselves and their topics, which the audience already knows. This is ineffective because it does not engage the audience and signals that it's time for them to disconnect from the speaker, as they are already familiar with the information presented.

Option 2: "Providing a detailed agenda of the speech at the beginning."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the speaker does not mention providing a detailed agenda as a common mistake. Instead, the focus is on the redundancy of introducing oneself and the topic, which the audience already knows.

Option 3: "Starting with a joke that is unrelated to the topic."

Explanation: This option is incorrect as the speaker does not discuss starting with a joke as a mistake. The main point revolves around the redundancy of introductions, not humor.

Option 4: "Mentioning the latest trend in monitoring strategy."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the speaker does not identify mentioning the latest trend as a mistake. Instead, the focus is on the ineffective introduction of oneself and the topic.

Option 5: "Repeating information that is already on the audience's handout."

Explanation: This option is correct as it aligns with the speaker's point about redundancy. The speaker indicates that by repeating information already present in the audience's handout, it signals disengagement and is ineffective in capturing the audience's attention.

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