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When You Are an Individual Evaluator ( Pearl Yang Spark ) |
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| 1. Well-prepare before hearing the speech | |
| ¡@ | Be familiar with the objective of the speech we are going to hear. Also, take into consideration the individual needs, goals, sensitivities and experience level of the speaker. (Call or email GE to tell him/her how to introduce you.) |
| 2.Reach a helping hand | |
| ¡@ | Read the script for the speaker before hearing the speech and offer some suggestions, which will help the speaker to have more confidence in delivering his or her speech. |
| 3.Be constructive and helpful | |
| ¡@ | Overly kind evaluation is not the best choice; the ¡§middle ground¡¨ is helping and encouraging. That is, give a couple of suggestions with a smooth tone, which will help the speaker to improve. An evaluation is only an opinion, nothing more. We can't change a speaker's behavior to accept our ideas. The decision to accept our suggestions is the speaker's alone. The evaluator is not a judge or an authority on speaking. |
| 4.Build and maintain self-esteem | |
| ¡@ | As evaluators, we have the power to influence, but we should never be given total credit¡Xor responsibility¡Xfor a person's subsequent speaking performance. Instead, consider the evaluator a catalyst for change. Evaluators' suggestions only provide the basis for future modifications. But whether or not the speaker acts upon their advice is up to that person. |
| 5.Personalize our language | |
| ¡@ | The purpose of evaluation is to stimulate improvement, so be sure to use proper words. For example, don't say ¡§You don't¡¦¡K¡¨ ¡§You should have¡K¡¨ ¡§You failed to¡K¡¨ Instead, we had better use ¡§I believe¡K¡¨ I suggest that¡K¡¨ |
| 6.Use ¡§sandwich¡¨ method | |
| ¡@ | During the evaluation, praise the speaking in the beginning and the end. Only give a couple of suggestions in the middle of the evaluation for the good feeling of the speaking. |
| 7.Evaluate the speech, not the person | |
| ¡@ | As evaluators, always keep our main purpose in mind; to support, help and encourage the speaker. So, focus on the speaker's delivery rather than on the speaker as a person |