1. Consecutive Interpreting I
General Seminars
Session 3
Speech Analysis and Presentation

2. Aims Rhetorical training Speech Analysis and Structure
Improving spontaneity and flexibility in A and B languages
Speech Analysis and Structure
Identifying speaker intention
Presentation and voice exercises
Practising professional and confident presentation
Defining the role of the interpreter

3. The five canons of rhetoric (rhetorices partes)
inventio (discovery of topic and argumentation)
dispositio (organisation of a speech)
elocutio (formulation and style)
memoria (memorising the speech)
pronuntiatio / actio (delivery and voice)

4. Discovery (dispositio)
Speech structure
Exposition
Speech core
Closing
Evaluation and hierarchy of arguments
Primary arguments (also counterarguments)
Secondary arguments
Logical links

5. Speech structure Exposition Speech core (argumentatio / tractatio)
Initiate contact with your audience (exordium)
Specify topic (general > specific) (propositio)
Speech core (argumentatio / tractatio)
Establish and implement subgoals
Layer arguments
Closing (peroratio)
Repetition of conclusions
Summary
Appeal for action

6. Evaluation and Hierarchy of Arguments
Primary arguments (also counterarguments)
Secondary arguments
Logical links

7. Formulation and style (elocutio)
Transforming written into oral language
Use verbs instead of nominal constructions
Use the active rather than passive form
Avoid general descriptions
Avoid hesitation particles
Avoid jargon, slang and words that are en vogue
Use “We/You” rather than “I”
Use images
Metaphor

8. Delivery and voice (actio)
Presence in the room
Enunciation exercises
Practical examples in the group
Using emphasis
Targeted use of gesture and posture

9. Discovery (dispositio)
Speech structure
Exposition
Speech core
Closing
Evaluation and hierarchy of arguments
Primary arguments (also counterarguments)
Secondary arguments
Logical links

10. Speech structure Exposition Speech core (argumentatio / tractatio)
Initiate contact with your audience (exordium)
Specify topic (general > specific) (propositio)
Speech core (argumentatio / tractatio)
Establish and implement subgoals
Layer arguments
Closing (peroratio)
Repetition of conclusions
Summary
Appeal for action