Principles of Public Speaking

[doogie]

I "Failed" this test. As other mentioned, the multiple choice is straightforward. Now on to the speech portion.

First go, the system locked up halfway through my test and I had to come back and retake it.

Second go, while I may not be the best public speaker, I delivered what I would consider a more than adequate speech that hit all the points and came in on time. I recieved s fail score with feedback that the speech delivered wasn't credible. I paid the $30 to get it re-evaluated as that just didnt make any sense since it was a pursuasive speech and it was based in my opinion on a fairly mundane subject. After weeks of waiting, I got a response of "The speaker presented an informative rather than a persuasive speech." At this point I questioned whether they got my speech mixed up with another as the two separate scorings were totally different on the same speech.

So I call and ask if they could repeat to me the speech subject. They said they didn't have that information and coud not. I then asked if they could playback a portion of my speech so I coud confirm they had the right speech. They said they couldn't.

They asked me to send a letter to the appeals committee which I did. They claimed they would give it one more Eval by a third professor in 2 weeks. Well three weeks later, I called and an hour after I called, I received a fail email with NO FEEDBACK.

My advice is to steer clear of this exam. Very unprofessional how they handled my test and if they truly have no way of recalling the topics or speeches then you are left to the mercy of their unprofessional Speech scoring system.