PublicSpeakingandCriticalthinking
Whatiscriticalthinking?Toacertaindegreeit'samatteroflogic--ofbeingabletospotweaknessinotherpeople'sargumentsandtoavoidtheminyourown.Italsoincludesrelatedskillssuchasdistinguishingfactfromopinionandassessingthesoundnessofevidence.
Inthebroadsensecriticalthinkingisfocusedorganizedthinking--theabilitytoseeclearlytherelationshipsamongideas.___.Thegreatestthinkersscientistsandinventorshaveoftentakeninformationthatwasreallyavailableandputittogetherdifferentlytoproducenewideas.Thattooiscriticalthinking.
___.Astheclassgoesonforexampleyouwillprobablyspendagooddealoftimeorganizingyourspeeches.Whilethismayseemlikeapurelymechanical(机械的)exerciseitiscloselyconnectedwithcriticalthinking.Ifthestructureofyourspeechislooseandconfusedchancesarethatyourthinkingisalsodisorderedandconfused.Ifontheotherhandthestructureisclearthereisagoodchanceyourthinkingistoo.Organizingaspeechisnotjustamatterofarrangingyourideasyoualreadyhave.____.
Whatistrueoforganizationistrueofmanyaspectsofpublicspeaking.____.Asyouworkonexpressingyourideasinclearaccuratelanguageyouwillimproveyourabilitytothinkclearlyandaccurately.__Asyoulearntolistencriticallytospeechesinclassyouwillbebetterabletoassesstheideasofspeakersinavarietyofsituations.
Ifyoutakefulladvantageofyourspeechclassyouwillbeabletodevelopyourskillsasacriticalthinkerinmanycircumstances.ThisisonereasonpublicspeakinghasbeenregardedasavitalpartofeducationsincethedaysofancientGreece.
A.Ratheritisanimportantpartofshapingtheideasthemselves.
B.Thismayseemtakealotoftimebuttherewardsarewellworthit.
C.Itmayalsohelpyoutoknowthatthereisnosuchthingasaperfectspeech.
D.Ithasoftenbeensaidthattherearefewnewideasintheworldonlyreorganizedideas.
E.Ifyouarewonderingwhatthishastodowithyourpublicspeakingclasstheanswerisquitealot.
F.Theskillsyoulearninyourspeechclasscanhelpyoubecomeamoreeffectivethinkerinanumberofways.
G.Asyou