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Evaluation guidelines for peer response and self-evaluation
Evaluating other people’s presentations helps you become a better critic of your
own presentation. If you listen to and watch somebody’s presentation, you can
analyse it answering the questions in the following areas:

Subject and purpose
 Is the subject relevant to the given audience?
 What is the overriding purpose of the presentation/the communicative
aim? Is it to inform, to persuade, or other?
 Is the chosen topic narrow enough to be covered in some depth in the
time given?

Audience and context
 How does the speaker show that he/she has analysed the audience and
taken factors such as background knowledge and interests into account?
 Does the speaker seem comfortable in the surroundings?

Knowledge of the topic
 Has the topic been adequately studied? Is the evidence convincing?
 How complex is the speaker’s understanding of the topic?
 How does the speaker communicate his/her competence to the
audience?

Presentation thesis and major propositions
 What is the thesis statement of the presentation? Is it limited to one basic
idea?
 How are the major propositions related to the thesis statement?

Supporting material
 How is each proposition supported? Is the support appropriate to the
speech?
 How does the supporting material adds (amplifies or explains) the
propositions?
 Does any of the supporting material complicate the issue rather than
explain it?

Organization
 What pattern of organisation has the speaker used? Is it appropriate to
the subject and audience?
 Is the pattern of organisation clear to the audience?
Opening, closing and transitions
 How does the introduction raise interest? How does it establish a
relationship between speaker, audience and subject? Is it motivating?
 Does the introduction provide a clear orientation to the subject matter of
the speech?

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From the beginner to the mentor (Supporting strategies of education of teachers in Zlin region)
Fund of Educational Policy project, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports