PUBLIC SPEAKING BASIC OF BY: NIU AIUEN PEPS1112 EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKING SPECIAL FORIPG STUDENTS
The act or process of making speeches in public. The art of effective oral communication with an audience. D E F I N I T I O N (Webster Dictionary, 2019)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. IMP O R TA N CE O F P U BL IC SPEAKI N G Developing critical thinking skills Fine-turning verbal and nonverbal skills Overcoming fear of public speaking Leadership skills Make the class environment friendly and relax (Tracy, 2022)
F EAT U R ES × × × × × × Word Diction Register Voice Pitch Rate Vocal Quality Volume Diction is how speakers articulate words when they speak. Good diction ensures that spoken words are clear by using the right pronounciation, tone and enunciation. Frozen register Formal register Casual register Intimate register Place emphasis Convey emotion Demonstrate authority Add vocal variety Make it conversational Use voice pitch in speech to: Be mindful of the rate at which you speak Modulate your voice Add variety to your rate of speech Breath Pause Refer to a person's habitual speaking speed: Gives the primary distinction to a speaker's voice when pitch and loudness are excluded. Relate to a speaker's breath, air pressure, phonation, any other factor that changes the way the speaker sounds Refer to how loud or soft your voice is Volume can be varied to give some energy and excitement to speech Raising voice can perk up an audience Going softer can make them lean in to hear what you are saying
Subject of the speech Must always be a purpose for the topic to be shared; to inform, persuade, convince. Topic must relevant to the interests and expectations of listeners, and it should also take into account listener's knowledge. P R INC I PLES OF P U BLI C S PE A K ING MAT E R IALS T O PIC AU D I E N CE Relate to information a person provides to develop and/ or justify an idea that is offered for the listener's consideration. The information may include examples, narratives, statistics, testimony, definitions, facts, illustrations, graphics, books, encyclopedias. Audience is any one, or group, that is listening to a speaker convey a message. This conveyance may take many forms but the action is the same- the speaker creates and relays a message out to a receiver(s).
References Webster Dictionary, M. (2019). Definition of PUBLIC SPEAKING. Merriam-Webster.com. https://www.merriam-webster.com/ dictionary/public%20speaking Tracy, B. (2022, February 11). The Importance of Public Speaking. Brian Tracy. https://www.briantracy.com/blog/publicspeaking/why-is-public-speaking-important/ Green, K., Fairchild, R., Knudsen, B., & LeaseGubrud, D. (2020, December 13). 8.2: The Purposes of Public Speaking. Social Sci LibreTexts. https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Book shelves/Communication/Introductio n_to_Communication/Introduction_ to_Communication_ (Green_et_al.)/08%3A_Public _Speaking/8.02%3A_The_ Purposes_of_Public_ Speaking