Questionnaire for Information

Designing a questionnaire or survey

OBJECTIVE:  Students will be able to design an audience survey or questionnaire to assist in their speech writing.

MATERIALS:  Paper and pen.

STEPS:

1. Discuss with the students the use of questionnaires in speech writing. As a class, pick a topic and brainstorm what a speaker would want to know from the audience before writing the speech.
2. Using the three forms of questions, work as a class to prepare a short survey.
   1. Open-ended questions (What do you know about…)
   2. Closed-ended questions (Should there be capital punishment?)
   3. Degree  (strongly agree – strongly disagree)
3. Have each student pick a topic and write a questionnaire.  Have them exchange with another student and take the survey.
4. Remind the students to keep it short.

RESULT: Students will prepare a survey to use to aid in their speech design.

Information sources:

Nelson, Paul, Titsworth, Scott, & Pearson, Judy.  Public Speaking: A Guide for the

Engaged Communicator. McGraw-Hill:Boston, 2007.

Redmond, Mark & Vrchota, Denise. Everyday Public Speaking. Pearson:Boston, 2007.

Kim Hauschild
09-23-09