DELIVERING YOUR SPEECH

CHAPTER 12

FOUR TYPES OF SPEAKING•1. IMPROMPTU SPEAKING•2. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING•3. MANUSCRIPT SPEAKING•4. MEMORIZED SPEAKING

1. IMPROMPTU SPEAKING•A TYPE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING IN WHICH THE SPEAKER HAS LITTLE OR NO TIME TO PREPARE FOR A SPEECH.•THERE ARE COMPETITIONS!•HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?

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EXERCISE

WE ARE GOING TO DO AN ACTIVITY– EVERYONE IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE!

2. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING•A TYPE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING IN WHICH THE SPEAKER

RESEARCHES, ORGANIZES, REHEARSES, AND DELIVERS A SPEECH IN A WAY THAT COMBINES STRUCTURE AND SPONTANEITY.• THIS IS THE TYPE OF SPEAKING STYLE THAT YOU USE FOR

YOUR SPEECHES.

3. MANUSCRIPT SPEAKING•A TYPE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING IN WHICH THE SPEAKER READS A WRITTEN SCRIPT WORD FOR WORD.•NEEDED TO MAINTAIN ABSOLUTE PRECISION.• PEACE TREATY EXAMPLE

4. MEMORIZED SPEAKING

•A TYPE OF PUBLIC SPEAKING IN WHICH THE SPEAKER PRESENTS A SPEECH FROM MEMORY.•THINK OF THEATER ARTS ACTORS/ACTRESSES

UNDERSTANDING FACTORS• EASTERN CULTURES CONSIDER IT RUDE TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR

OWN ACCOMPLISHMENTS.•WHAT AMERICA (WESTERN) VIEWS AS NERVOUSNESS – EASTERN

CULTURES MIGHT VIEW AS MODESTY OR JUST LESS DIRECT COMMUNICATION.•MORE OF A FOCUS ON PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS IN THE U.S. THAN

ON OTHER COUNTRIES.

GENDER AND DELIVERY•HISTORICALLY – MALE AND FEMALE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN

EVALUATED DIFFERENTLY.•MEN = GREATER STATUS AND CREDIBILITY•WOMEN = JUDGED BASED OF OFF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS•WHO ARE SOME POWERFUL/WELL KNOW FEMALE PUBLIC SPEAKERS?

DIFFERENCES CONTINUED…•BOTH BIOLOGICAL SEXES ARE VIEWED AS BEING

COMPETENT (CURRENT SOCIETY).•HOWEVER, MALES ARE GENERALLY SEEN AS BEING

MORE PERSUASIVE (ALTHOUGH SAME BEHAVIORS ARE DISPLAYED).

TEDTALK – WHY I LIVE IN THE DREAD OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

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AVOID VOCALIZED PAUSES•**WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.•AVOID…•AH•UM• YOU KNOW

END OF CHAPTER 12 DISCUSSES PRACTICING YOUR SPEECH

•WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR METHODS?•WHAT WORKS/WHAT DOESN’T?

TEXTBOOK SUGGESTION•PRACTICE YOUR SPEECH IN SECTIONS•MAYBE JUST FOCUS ON THE INTRO• THEN CONCLUSION•WORK ON THE BODY•ANY AREAS YOU ARE STRUGGLING IN• REMEMBER THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING ARE THE MOST

IMPORTANT PARTS

CHAPTER 13 ALSO HAS INFORMATION ON CREATING A SPEECH OUTLINE

•AN EXAMPLE (WILL NEED TO BE MORTIFIED FOR THIS CLASS – BUT PLEASE CHECK IT OUT).•HTTP://IMG.DOCSTOCCDN.COM/THUMB/ORIG/

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