9/24/2014

1. Welcome! (Attendance, Ice Breaker) 2. Return Quiz 3. Speech Writing 4. Useful English Expressions for giving a speech 5. Analyze Posture/Gestures/Voice Activity

 Number of main points  In classroom speeches you generally don’t have time to develop more than 4  If you have too many points your audience will have trouble sorting them out.  If you have too many main points, see if you can group them into categories

 Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about…  Central idea (thesis) There are three main issues about…  Main Points:  I  II  III The three main points form the body of the speech

 Tell us what you will tell us (preview)  Tell us (3 main points)  Tell us what you told us (short summary)

 Chronological order  To show the time in which events happened, or a procedure  The Great Wall of China was built in three major stages  I Building of the Great Wall began during the Qin Dynasty of BC  New sections of the Great Wall were added during the Han Dynasty of AD  The Great Wall was completed during the Ming Dynasty of

 Spatial order – top to bottom, left to right, etc.  Major regions of Korea  Layers of the earth  Causal order – cause-effect or effect-cause  Reasons for collapse of Mayan Empire  Causes of global warming  Problem-Solution  Why the electoral college needs to be abolished  Action is needed to stop human trafficking  Topical order – dividing the speech into subtopics  Achievements of Audrey Hepburn (as an actress, activist, etc.)  Colleges and Divisions of HUFS

 Balance the amount of time between main points  a large imbalance means the other points aren’t really main points or you haven’t given those points enough attention  Some imbalance is ok: 20%, 30%, 50% vs 85%, 10%, 5%

 Getting attention for a presentation  OK. Can I have your attention, everyone?  OK, are we ready?  All right, everyone?  So, ladies and gentlemen…  Let’s start, shall we?  Let’s get underway, shall we?

 Starting a presentation  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to…  As you know, I’m here to present…to you.  My name is…and I’m a(n)…with…  Nice to see you all here.  Let me being by saying…  Or, simply start with some sort of direct opening statement or question

 Explaining the purpose of a presentation  I’d like to talk about…  I’m here to present…  My purpose today is to talk about…  I’d like to just give you a brief breakdown of…  First…

 Drawing attention to a point  I think it’s very significant that…  As you have noticed…  As you can see…  So you will, no doubt, see instantly that…  I’d now like to draw your attention to…

 Starting another point  Now I’d like to talk about…  Now I want to say a few words about…  Now I’d like to move on to…  Now I’d like to proceed by…  As you see, I now want to…  If I may, I’d now like to draw your attention to…  Next, I’d like to concentrate on…  The next point I wish to deal with…

 Ending a presentation  Let me end by saying that…  I’d like to finish by…  I think I’ve spoken long enough now, so…  Well, that completes my end of things.  So, to sum it up,….Thank you for your attention  It’s been a pleasure to…  I hope you enjoyed…  If you have any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them.

 What did we say about posture, gestures and voice?  We will watch two speakers. As you watch, think about: 1. How their posture helped their speech 2. How they used their voice and gestures to make an effective speech 3. If their posture, voice and gesture improved their speech’s quality

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