points. His use of visual aids in an appropriate fashion to help back up claims and ideas helped to
keep the audience aware of the timeline as the talk progressed. This is tied to the “5 Principles of
Learning.” In this case, he was using two of these principles: sensory aids and organizing his
information (
Nelson, P., Titsworth, B. S., & Pearson, J., 2013, pg. 223)
.
He had an excellent thesis, which was that the artistic descriptions of the god
Avalokiteshvara changed over the centuries with the changing of the kingdoms and societies and
he showed the audience the actual images to back this thesis up. As he is a professor who
specializes in art of this type and as, from what I understood from the audience makeup to
believe, a follower of Buddhist teaching he was particularly good at understanding and following
the changes, as well as describing them. This fits many of the requirements listed by the textbook
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regarding such as, “Do you, as the speaker, have involvement with the topic?” and, “Do you, as
the speaker, have competence in the topic area? (Nelson, P., Titsworth, B. S., & Pearson, J.,
2013, pg. 53).
Unfortunately, he used a large amount of vocal filler in his lecture. He “ummm’d” and
“ahhh’d” throughout. It was distracting and weakened his lecture, which is something that the
