1. How to make a speech in English
—June

2. How to make a speech Why be a good speaker? What are speaking skills?
How to organize the speech?

3. Why be a good speaker? Not just “presentation”, but also “persuasion”
Get people’s “mindshare”
Tell people what you think and why
“The man who can think and does not know how to express what he thinks is at the level of him who cannot think.”
Pericles

4. What are speaking skills?
Verbal: words spoken 7%
Vocal: tone, range, appeal, credibility of voice 38%
Visual: physical appearance, gestures, eye contact 55%

5. Verbal skills Be simple and clear. Don’t ramble. Use simple words
Stop to think if you need to.
Use simple words
Speaking is not like writing.
Don’t use complex sentences.

6. Can you understand this?
The development of this frightful means of destruction was ardently demanded by the perils of the time and situation. Simultaneously, however, a new paradoxical situation has been…. is upon us continually. One cannot defend oneself effectively any more.
-- Albert Einstein

7. Vocal skills Play your voice but don’t overdo it.
Project and resonate your voice
No “UM”s and “ER”s (pause instead)
Tools: silence, loudness, intonation, speed)

8. Have a try!
1. So I expect all of you to get serious this year.
I expect you to put your best effort in to everything you do.
I expect great things from each of you.
So don’t let us down.
Don’t let your family or your country down.
Most of you, don’t let yourself down.
Make us all proud.
16min
Barack Obama

9.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

10. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
Martin Luther King, Jr.

11. Visual skills Eyes: Look forward at audience.
Don’t shift eyeballs, don’t look in corner.
Body:
Stand up when talking
Walk around

12. Visual skills
Hands:
Make gestures
Face:
Show emotion

13. Have a try! 3.46 If you don’t like me, I won’t be here forever.
If you don’t like this government, it won’t last forever.
But if you leave the UK, that will be forever.
Don’t lose faith in what this country is and what we can be.
Don’t forget what a great United Kingdom you are part of.

14. Don’t turn your backs on what is the best family of nations in the word and the best hope for your family in this world.
So please, from all of us:
Vote to stick together.
Vote to stay.
Vote to save our United Kingdom.
David Cameron

15. How to organize the speech?
To have a structure
(first, second, third…)
To label the materials
(jokes, funny anecdotes, favorite sayings, interesting statistics)
To use note cards

16. How to begin To tell a story To quote To use unusual statistics
To ask the audience a question
To show a video or a slide ……

17. How to close To repeat your opening To summarize your speech
To close with an anecdote
To end with a call to action ……

18. Tips for PPT
Title page
Introduction
Main body
End page

19. Title page
Title: not too long
Subtitle
Name: centered or right
Date

20. Introduction Tell them what you are going to say
Not too long, less than 100 words
Clear enough to read ( the size, the color )

21. Main body List main points logically One point per slide
In the order of importance
Make use of pictures, videos and graphics
Keep the words simple

22. End page
Repeat the key point
Say thank you

23. Topic for discussion The importance of learning English
Opening
Body: first of all ,…
Second,…
Finally,…
Closing: In conclusion….

24. Tasks Enjoy a speech by a Chinese
Prepare for your speech: The importance of English
Show time
Give score and select the best