Why study public speaking?

1. Why study public speaking? • Empowerment • Speaking in a seminar • Presenting your report • Language of leadership • Employment • The top factor in helping graduate to secure employment

2. Impromptu Speech Delivering a speech without advance preparation

3. Type of Speeches • Informative Speech • Speeches about objects • Speeches about procedures • Speeches about people • Speeches about events • Speeches about ideas • Persuasive Speech

4. Definition • Impromptu speech is a short speech where a speaker is given a short time to prepare before he delivers it. • The topic of the speech can be abstract or concrete nouns, people, political events, quotations or proverbs. • Impromptu speeches need not be factual.

5. Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart. William Jennings Bryan

6. Survey shows audience expect • … speaker to impress them • … speaker to entertain them • … speaker to inform them • … speaker to persuade them (Mercer, 1994) On Business and Professional Topic

7. I expect you to perform.

8. Assessment • Duration of speech : 3 – 5 minutes per person • Preparation of speech : 3 – 5 minutes per person • Topic : Assigned by lecturer • Allocation of marks : 10% • Mode of Implementation : • Practice (Week) • Assessment (Week)

9. Organization • Clear introduction • Clear body • Clear conclusion

10. Purpose of Introductions • Get the Audience Attention • Introduce the Subject • Give the Audience a Reason to Listen • Establish Your Credibility • Preview Main Ideas

11. Effective Introductions • Anecdotes • Startling Facts • Quotations • Reference to Events

12. Body • Ideas clearly explained and justified • Appropriate grammar and vocabulary • Discourse Markers • Firstly • Secondly • Most important of all • Finally

13. Effective Conclusions • Summarize the speech • Reemphasize the central idea • End with impact (similar to introduction) • Provide closure

14. Start or end with impact. • Having an introduction that immediately catches the audience’s attention or having a conclusion that wraps up the speech with a bang automatically gives the speaker better recall to the audience and especially to the judges.

15. Effective Delivery • Body Language • Posture • Gesture • Facial Expression • Eye contact • Voice • Intonation • Pace • pronunciation • Passion • Confidence

16. Body language. • Speech does not rely only on mouth to communicate. Every single part of the body has a role in getting that message across.

17. Make eye contact. • This shows that the speaker has confidence and is not afraid to tell everyone what he thinks. • Having good eye contact also shows his sincerity and helps him to connect with the audience.

18. Enunciate. • Speak in a loud clear voice. • Use appropriate pronunciation, stress and intonation to captivate audience attention.

19. Use vocal variety. • The speaker is not there to bore the audience with his monotony. • Vocal variations are needed to give his speech more impact and to highlight his points more effectively.

20. Stick to the time limit. • Speakers who use more than thirty seconds to think will make the audience restless, resulting in bad impression. • Be brief

21. Use appropriate language and humor. • Do not use overly technical or difficult words especially in anecdotes and jokes. Otherwise, the speaker might end up alienating his audience.

22. Practice. • Practice answering as many kinds of questions as possible before the exercise to avoid mental block during actual presentation.

23. Thinking on Your Feet It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Mark Twain