lesson 7 Flashcards
• It is simply speaking in public.
• It is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners.
public speaking
• Fear of public speaking
• Stage fright
• Fear of oration is even ranked above that of death
Glossophobia
Speak Confidently in Public
- When rehearsing, practice in the room as if the audience were in front of you.
- Practice speaking with your friends or your parents.
- Prepare a good plan of speaking (introduction, body, conclusion)
- Focus on a single most important issue.
- Think carefully before you talk.
- Practice a lot beforehand.
- Connect with your audience.
- Maintain eye contact.
- Watch your pace and pause if you feel you are rushing.
- Check you voice volume, voice projection, enunciation.
- Avoid unnecessary movements or mannerisms.
- Use vocal variation. Monotone is boring.
- Practice. Pratice. Practice.
Warning in public speaking
• Don’t hurry
• Don’t mumble
• Don’t pace about the room
• Don’t hide behind the podium
• Don’t put your fingers in your pockets
• Don’t point/put your fingers at the audience
• Don’t pause too long
Stage fright
symptoms
- Dry mouth
- Tight throat
- sweaty hand
- Cold hands
- Shaky hands
- Nausea
- Fast pulse
- Shaky knees
- Trembling lips
- Irrational feeling or manifestation before or during the public
speaking
• The ultimate aim of speech is PURPOSIVE in nature.
• Even a casual conversation aims to bring out a specific objective for a speaker to his listeners.
•A speaker does not only aim to convey messages but desires also a specific response from his listeners.
goal of speech
TYPE OF SPEECHES
- According to purpose
To provide audience with information
After listening, the audience is expected to gain some knowledge
Informative speech
TYPE OF SPEECHES
- According to purpose
It is the first part of persuasive speaking
You lay down the facts and your opinion, judgement, or ideas about a controversial and current issue, problem, value, or dispute.
Ex. debate
Argumentative speech
TYPE OF SPEECHES
- According to purpose
Aims to amuse and delight people
Entertainment speech
TYPE OF SPEECHES
- According to purpose
A way to stir up people’s higher - order values and plant positive and valid ideals in life.
Inspirational speech
TYPE OF SPEECHES
- According to purpose
It aims to change not only people’s minds but also their behavior about something.
Provide the audience with favorable or acceptable ideas.
To be truly effective, you need to actually present your argumentative, reasonable, eloquent way and get the audience to change their minds ( argumentative) and ultimately act the way they are led to (persuasive).
Persuasive speech
- According to Preparation and Manner of Delivery
Reading your speech word-for-word from its written form.
manuscript speech
- According to Preparation and Manner of Delivery
Recited your entire speech from memory
A speech with advance preparation
memorized speech
- According to Preparation and Manner of Delivery
Most common type of speech according to delivery
A speech with little preparation
You may deliver with an outline or done notes.
Extemporaneous speech
- According to Preparation and Manner of Delivery
Or “on the spot speech”
speech with no preparation.
Impromptu speech
- According to Occasion
Used to receive and greet the audience
It focuses on the audience and not the upcoming guest speaker.
welcome speech
- According to Occasion
Used for presenting an award, a prize or a gift
presentation speech
- According to Occasion
Introduces a person, organization, program or product
Speech of Introduction
SPEECH WRITING AND DELIVERY
- Select the topic
consider 3 basic factors
- Your background and knowledge
- Your audience
- The occasion
- Analyze the audience
Age, gender, educational background, etc
- Determine the purpose of the speech
• To inform, to argue, to persuade, to entertain or to inspire
- Organize and outline the speech
3 major parts
Introduction, body, conclusion
