“I am going to deliver a speech!” A Speech Planning for Amateur Orators

Introduction

Task

Process

Information Sources

Evaluation

Conclusion

By Michele Leslie B. David, Miriam College(Master in Education Major in Instructional Management)

This is the second part of the two-part webquest that tackles the essentials in speech writing and delivery. In the first part, you learnt the things to consider first prior to preparing the contents of your speech. Now that you have known the importance of those elements and their characteristics, let us proceed to knowing the appropriate materials for your sources, outlining your topic, and injecting humor in the contents of your speech.

Introduction

Upon knowing that the basic reason why a speaker becomes nervous is due to lack of preparation, it is but an intelligent move to bombard yourselves with materials for your sources and proofs. There are a lot of sources to get. And all must be utilized as much as possible.

WE WILL READ TODAY!

Everytime we look for sources, we should not just grab anything without reading. We will classify the materials here and we will just get the most striking points that we may get in every material to be included in our content. And most of all, we shall not forget to acknowledge the authors to avoid plagiarism.

Let’s get it on!

Good luck! You have barely 2 weeks to prepare the content of your speech which will be delivered in front of other sections as part of your final project.

TASK

Very much like your task in part 1, you are going to act as the GHOSTWRITER writing a speech in behalf of your boss. In part 1, your boss had mentioned to you already the subject, purpose, occasion and the audience.

Keep reading!

Here in Part 2, your task is a continuation of Part 1. But we are moving forward to preparing the content of the speech.

Let us start by:• Knowing the different

sources. What is the importance of these materials? And how can we use these?

5 classifications of materials

1. Personal Observations

Your personal experience and someone else’s experience make your speech more truthful or believable.

2. Printed Matter

• What are the different kinds of printed matters?

1. Newspapers

2. Magazines

3. Books

3. Audio-Visual Materials

• These could be:

1. TV

2. Radio

3. Internet

4. Movies

4. Interview and Discussions

• Public Discussions– Seminars

– Symposia

– Conventions

– Forums

– Assemblies

– Conferences

Private Discussions

• These include those barbershop discussion or those you have with your friends.

5. Letters of Inquiry and Questionnaires

• We only make use of this if printed matter or other sources can not supply us the exact answer that we need. This method is useful in sampling opinion or obtaining some data.

Just proceed!

• Your next task is to classify the sources you had gathered into an index card or do the xerox-cut method or just maximize the magic that your computer can do in sorting the sources.

Outline now!

• Next, let us do the outlining since you will only be bringing an outline in your BIG DAY.

• A speech outline is the skeletal framework of a speech composition.

Kinds of outline

1. Key word outline is also known as the topic outline. It is just composed of words and phrases denoting general ideas.

2. Sentence outline

• This outline is composed of sentence in expressing the ideas of a speech.

3. Paragraph Outline

This is the most comprehensive outline since it is composed of paragraphs to explain the ideas in a most detailed manner.

Your next task is to identify the proofs to effect your persuasion.

• Personal proof refers to the speaker himself, his integrity and reputation.

• Emotional proof is the kind that appeals to the emotions.

• Logical proof is based on reason.

Logical proof

• It could be inductive reasoning or deductive reasoning.

Your next task is to make sure that your content is well

supported.

• Your speech must be properly backed-up. Try any of these techniques:

1. Explanation

2. Analogy or comparison

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3. Illustration

4. Specific Reference

5. Statistics

6. Testimony

7. Restatement or Iteration

And lastly, make sure you know very well when to inject the right humor.

• Humor is very much important in your speech because it will perk up your audience. However, you have to make sure you know the right timing and the kind of humor that you will give.

PROCESS

• Now that you have read your task, you are now equipped in doing the process. Your end goal is to be able to come up a formal speech content as per your boss’ instruction. Read through the process to help you come up with the content.

Start now!

Remember, this is an individual work now.

Gather first all your materials.

Classify your materials accordingly.

Make an outline of your topic.

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• In making the content, remember these things that you need to have in your speech.

Proof Support Humor

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• Now you must have the content of your speech.

• Lastly, email your work to your boss one week prior to the BIG DAY.

Information Sources

 BOOKS:1.     Elements of Public Speaking, 4th edition,

by Fortunato Gupit, Jr. 2.     Public Speaking and Speech

Improvement, by Arsenia Tan 3.     Effective Speech Communication, 3rd ed,

by Carmelita Flores, et al

Internet• Proofreading• http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/proofre

ad.html• Types of humor• http://library.thinkquest.org/J002267F/

types_of_humor.htm• Examples of support • http://www.speechmastery.com/analogy.html• Explanation as another support• http://www.englishbiz.co.uk/mainguides/

explain.htm

CRITERIA5 4 3 2 1

Appropriate support

Has a lot of variations in the support that are substantial and related.

Has used 5 techniques that are well arranged and related.

Has used 4 techniques that are well arranged and related.

Has used 3 techniques that are well arranged.

Not using support techniques at all.

Logical proof

Proofs are most logically presented and has used both personal and emotional proofs.

Has used both logical and emotional proofs.

Has used only logical proof.

Has few proofs but are limited.

No valid proof at all.

Timely Humor

Has a lot of timely good humor that are related to the topic.

Has a lot of humor but not all are related to the topic.

Has few humor that are related to the topic.

Has few humor but not much related to the topic.

Has no humor injected at all.

Completeness and conciseness

1-page speech yet most substantial and concise with good humor.

1.5 -page speech and substantial with good humor.

2 –page speech and has less proofs, support and humor.

2.5-page speech and has less proofs, support and humor

3-page speech that is not direct to the point and has less proof, support and humor.

EVALUATION

CONCLUSION

• Now that you have done the content. It should somehow have helped you in having a mind-set that is somewhat relaxed. In one way or another, you have done the preparation .

• Somehow, while doing the research you have filled your minds with the right words to say. Somehow, you have already sense of what your speech would be like in your BIG DAY.

Congratulations!

• With the content now ready, all you need to do is to familiarize it so that it will become part of your system.

• Now, you are ready to go to that stage and start talking. Never mind the fear to conquer but think of the wisdom to share.

• See you at the platform! GOODLUCK!

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