Conveying nonprint messages is not the most important part of a presentation, interpreting the nonprint messages is just as important.

Main Concepts
A main concept it what the presentation is all about. It is easy to spot a main concept, all that you have to do is listen for what the presentation is about. The topic sentence states the main concept in some form.

Supporting Details
To find out what the supporting details are, you have to find out what the main concept is first. After you have found the main concept, finding the supporting details is a snap. Just look for the details that support the main idea. For example, if the main concept is a rollercoaster, the supporting details might include it's name, the amusment park it is located at, or it's engineer.

Stereotypes
A stereotype is a picture or description that most people think of when they hear a certain word. One stereotype is a mermaid. Most peopl think of a woman with a fishtail for an abdomen, and long flowing hair. But for all anyone knows, the could be ugly with a fish head and human legs. If they even exist, that is. People who have sterotypes are often closedminded and don't want to know the truth. To find stereotypes in presentations all that is necessary is to listen for the usual stereotypes such as: cheerleaders, mermaids, dragons, nymphs, and any other magical or fictional character that has never actually been sighted.

Persuasion Techniques
Persuasion techniques are used to change your opinion to match the presenter's. they want you to believe in the same things that they believe in, so they will try to sway your personal opinion.

Language Arts/Listening/ Viewing/Speaking

Standard 2: The student uses viewing strategies effectively. (LA.B.2.3).

Objective 1: Determines main concept, supporting details, stereotypes, bias, and persuasion techniques in a nonprint message.

Amusement Park Activity

Listening Log -

1. Have everyone choose a subject
that they find interesting and write a
brief presentation on that subject.

2. Make the class give their
presentations orally.

3. Instruct the listeners to write down
the messages and feelings that they
think the presenter is conveying.

4. Pass around the sheets with the
suspected feelings and messages on it.

Brainstorming...

Legend has it that Disney first came up with
the idea of Disneyland while visiting an
amusement park during the thirties and was
dismayed by the rusty rides and filthy
midway. He wanted to build a better park
with all of his wealth he built a high quality amusment park.

Vocabulary

Opinion- A belief or conclusion
held with confidence but not
substantiated by positive
knowledge or proof.

Mermaid - A legendary sea
creature believed to have the
head and upper body
of a woman and the tail of a fish.

Nymph - Any of numerous minor
deities represented as beautiful
maidens inhabiting and
sometimes personifying features
of nature such as trees, waters, and mountains.

Fictional - An imaginative creation
or a pretense that does not represent
actuality but has been invented.

Links

How to listen effectively 3 steps to how to listen effectivly