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Delivering a Speech

Chapter

4

Listening:

Responding to expressions used in a speech

Responding to various types of speech

Speaking:

Learning how to deliver a speech

Practising and delivering in a speech

Reading:

Reading a speech

Identifying meanings in a speech

Writing:

Preparing a speech

Writing a speech

In This Chapter

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Source:

http://www.che.utulsa.edu

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Listening

1. What does the picture show?

2. Who is he?

3. What is he doing?

4. Have you ever heard a speech? When and

where?

5. What do you know about speeches?

Look at the picture carefully and answer the following

questions.

Listen and repeat the following expressions. Pay

attention to the intonation. When and where do you

usually

À

nd these expressions?

In this section, you will learn how to:

respond to expressions used in a speech;

respond to various types of speech.

Source

:

www.write soirit.net

1. Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen, ....

2. It is a great honour for me to speak on this occasion, ....

3. Dear guests, thank you for coming today to celebrate ....

4. Thank you for your kind attention, Ladies and

Gentlemen ....

5. Ladies and Gentlemen, today I'm going to talk about ....

6. Honourable guests, thank you very much for giving me

a chance to speak ....

7. Everybody, on this occasion I would like to say ....

8. Thank you very much for giving me a chance to stand

here to ....

9. That's all Ladies and Gentlemen, this will be the end

of ....

10. Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank to ....

Activity

1

Activity

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You are going to listen to a short speech. Answer the

following questions based on what you hear. Compare

your answers with your friend's.

1. What is the speech about?

2. On what occasion is the speech delivered?

3. How does the speaker begin the speech?

4. What does he say to the audience?

5. What do you think of the speech? Is it good or not?

6. How is the end of the speech?

7. What do we need to deliver a good speech?

New Horizon

A graduation speech

is a speech delivered by

an academic institution

graduate/an alumnus/a

celebrity/a politician

at a commencement

ceremony in front of the

class of graduates and

the ceremony attendants.

The genre of a

graduation speech

gives much freedom

to a speaker. Every

graduation speech is a

unique combination of

personal reminiscences,

in-jokes, serious

messages, warnings,

recommendations, pieces

of advice, etc.

Taken from

www.

speechguru.com

Listen to the text carefully and decide whether these

statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. The speech informs us about studying at

university.

2. He's very proud to speak to the students of

Toronto University for the last time.

3. The speech is delivered on

graduation

day.

4. The speaker has graduated from Translation

Faculty of Toronto University.

5. The speaker said to his friends to look

around and remember this moment.

6. He wishes for success to all his friends in the

middle of his speech.

7. The graduated students usually have alumni

parties.

8. In some moments the students will receive

the diplomas and become the 2005 graduates

of the Linguistics Faculty.

9. The graduated students will continue their

studies.

10. The speaker t

hanks all the lecturers and

friends in his speech.

T/F

Activity

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4

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Listen to a speech. Make a small report of it. You may

use the following questions as your guidelines.

1. Who is the speaker?

2. When and where does the speech take place?

3. On what occasion is the speech delivered?

4. Who is the audience?

5. Is it formal or informal?

6. What is the topic of the speech?

7. How does the speaker open and

À

nish the speech?

8. What expression does he use?

Listen to the following speech and complete the missing

words or phrases. Pay attention to the intonations and

expressions in delivering the speech.

Let me start by saying that I am

1

to be addressing

you today as the students of Toronto University for the

last time. In some

2

we shall receive the diplomas

and become the 2005

3

of the Linguistics Faculty,

newly-

Á

edged Master of Arts in Translation.

I

4

that after the strain of

À

nal tests, credits and

5

, not to mention the time-consuming graduation

theses (and its nerve-racking presentation), most of

us were

6

to this moment, when the studying is

over, the diploma is in your pocket and you are

7

to do what you like. But I want you to

8

you and

remember this moment. Look at your group-mates and

9

, because from now on life will scatter us around

10

, and most of us will meet only at

11

. Recall

the best moments of studying that we shared.

So let me wish you luck and

12

. I wish you all

13

on your life path. I hope to hear about you well

before the alumni party: when I will be reading the

14

about a breakthrough in translating studies or

about the new President's

15

, I will know whom to

think of-one of us-graduates 2005.

16

to us all!

Adapted from

www.speechguru.com

Activity

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Activity

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Speaking

In this section, you will learn how to:

deliver a speech;

practise a speech.

Answer the following questions.

1. Have you ever delivered a speech in public?

2. What was the occasion?

3. Did you succeed in delivering the speech?

4. Mention a good public speaker you know.

5. How does he/she

perform and deliver his/her

speeches?

Read and study the dialogue, then answer the questions

that follow. Practise it with your friends.

Tika, Adi, and Dian are chatting in the classroom at break

time.

Tika : What are you doing, Adi?

Adi : Well, I'm trying to prepare a speech for next

week.

Dian : What speech?

Adi

: Mr. Budi told me to give a speech on graduation

day.

Tika : How is the script?

Adi

: That's the problem. The script isn't

À

nished yet.

I'm having dif

À

culty in writing it. Do you have

a book about writing speeches?

Tika : I'm sorry. I don't have any books about

speeches.

Dian : Don't worry, Adi. My brot

her has a book

about how to write a speech. I'll bring the book

tomorrow.

Adi : Really? Thanks a lot, Dian.

Dian : Anytime.

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Activity

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1. What kind of speech will Adi give?

2. How much time does Adi have left to

À

nish the

script?

3. What kind of book is Adi looking for?

4. Who will lend Adi the book?

5. Have you ever seen someone giving a graduation

speech at your school?

6. What things should you say in a graduation

speech?

Read the following speeches by different people

on different occasions. Then match them with the

corresponding message on the left.

Types of Speech

A speech by

a chairman in

teacher's meeting

or seminar

A speech by a

headmaster in a

student's annual

day

A speech by

someone in a

birthday party

A speech by

a speaker of a

seminar

Speeches

Speech 1

Mr. Chairman, honourable chief guest, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am glad to say today a few words on the subject which is

of vital importance to us, to our society, to our nation and

civilization.

Speech 2

Ladies and Gentlemen, I hope you will lend me your ears

for two minutes on this happy occasion of the 17th birthday

of Kristina. I wish her many returns of the day. I wish her all

the happiness with which she should sail through life.

Speech 3

Honourable chief guest, Ladies and Gentlemen. This is a

big moment for me because I am addressing you, teachers,

whom I regard as the most important members of our

community. From my childhood, I have always maintained

a deep respect for teachers.

Speech 4

Honourable guests, respected parents, teachers and

students. Like all other years, this year we have arranged

to hold your Annual Students Day, and that auspicious

event is to day. I am happy to say, that when I look back

at the year that has just ended, I feel satis

À

ed that we have

achieved quite a lot.

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This is a speech of Student Council. Read and practise it.

Pay attention to your intonations and pronunciations.

Source

:

www.uga.edu

Honourable teachers and students,

thank you very much for giving me

a chance to speak in this important

occasion.

My name is Andy Robins, and I am

the candidate for the Student Council

Representative. Last year members of

the Student Council did a great job by

adjusting the academic schedule to our

needs, organizing the clubs of national

minority students and improving the

living conditions in the hostel. However,

I think that the Council needs some

refreshment-new representatives are

to come in and reinforce the experience

of the old ones by their enthusiasm. In

my opinion, this new approach can be

demonstrated by

À

rst–year students.

The slogan for my election campaign

to day is "freshman for refreshment",

and as a representative of

À

rst-year

students I come out for bringing new

energy and new enthusiasm to the

student council. I am not going to

convince you that I am the very best

candidate for this position. I am only

18; I have quite a modest track record

in the school council and participating

in the cultural exchange programme

for future leaders. I lack experience,

but it is compensated by passion, an

unprejudiced new approach to old

things. Furthermore, I am ready to

work hard for your bene

À

t. But I am

not ambitious, and do not strive for

authority for the sake of authority.

If you elect another candidate,

I will sincerely wish him all of successes

in improvement of our students' life

for the better–and continue my own

struggle. But if you empower me with

your con

À

dence, I will do everything

but the impossible to represent your

interests and achieve our common

goals and ideals. I am sure that our

aims coincide–we are all here to obtain

education that will teach us how

to make the world a slightly better

place. If you empower me with your

trust, we will start from solving local

problems and making our university

a little better place.

Thank you very much for your

attention.

Taken from

www.speechguru.com

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v

Pronunciation

Practice

Pronounce these words taken from the text.

1. honourable

/

ˈɒnərəbl

/

2. representative

/

reprɪˈzentatɪv

/

3. reinforce

/

ri:ɪnˈfɔ:s

/

4. campaign

/

kæmˈpeɪn

/

5. compensated

/

ˈkɒmpenseɪtɪd

/

6. ambitious

/

æmˈbɪʃəs

/

7. convince

/

kənˈvɪns

/

8. empower

/

ɪmˈpaʊə

/

9. unprejudice/

ˌʌnpreʒʊdɪs/

10. achieve/

əˈtʃːv/

1. "I am happy to join you today in what will go down

in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom

in the history of our nation."

2. "...will be able to join hands and sing in the words of

the freedom:

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we

are free at last!"

3. "We observe today not a victory of party, but a

celebration of freedom–symbolizing an end, as

well as a beginning–signifying renewal, as well as

change."

4. "With a good conscience our only sure reward, with

history the

À

nal judge of our deeds, let us go forth to

lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His

help, but knowing that here on earth God's work

must truly be our own."

These are parts of a speech. Identify whether it is an

introduction or a conclusion part. Discuss them with

your friend and present the report in front of class.

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5. "I speak tonight for the dignity of man and the destiny

of democracy. I urge every member of both parties,

Americans of all religions and of all colours, from every

section of this country, to join me in that cause."

What to Say

Expressions Used in Speech

1.

Opening Speech

"Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, ...."

"It is a great honour for me to open this event ...."

"Good evening everybody. It's very nice to be here."

2.

Introducing the Event

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a big moment for the

event ...."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have gathered here at ...."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, today we are going to have a

big event ...."

3.

Useful Expressions for a Signposting a Speech

"I'm going to tell you how to ...."

"I will focus on three steps in particular ...."

"I have three points to discuss. They are ..., ..., and ...."

"The most important thing to remember is ...."

"Above all, you need to know ...."

"I hope that you now have a better understanding of

how to ...."

4.

Closing Speech

"That's all Ladies and Gentlemen, this will be the end of

...."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank ...."

"Thank you for your kind attention. Goodbye."

Note

: The expressions are generally used in formal

situation.

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Good morning, honourable guests,

Ladies and Gentlemen. It's been a great

honour for me to share my points on

this occasion.

Ladies and Gentlemen, there is

little doubt that the planet is warming.

Over the last century, the planets

temperature has risen by around 1

degree Fahrenheit (0.6 of a degree

Celsius). The warmest since the mid

1800 was the 1990s. The hottest years

recorded were 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002,

2003.

The United Nations panel on

climate change projects that the

global temperatures will rise 3–10

degrees Fahrenheit by the century

end–enough to have the polar caps

all but melted. If the ice caps melt, a

vast majority of our countries borders

will be under water. Monuments and

great buildings, as well as homes and

lives will be under water, including

New York City.

So nowadays we know what some

of the causes for global warming, how

can we as individuals do our part to

help save the planet?

Firstly, plant a tree. This could

be easier than it sounds. Join or help

out at a local wildlife group and ask

to plant a tree. Trees, when fully

grown, will help keep the planet

cooler. On the same point, you could

protest against the demolition of the

rainforests. This is the same principle,

we need the trees to cool our planet

and yet they are chopping them down

to create roads or homes.

Something as simple as walking

instead of taking the car will help

reduce pollution. As well as stopping

pollution, you are giving yourself

exercise, something important for our

bodies. So the next time you get into

your car, or your motorbike, think–do

I have to make this journey by vehicle

or can I walk?

If possible use solar energy, after

all it is free; all you need to buy is the

equipment. Reduce, reuse and recycle.

Only buy what you need; don't stock

the cupboards with things you may

or may not use.

Finally, try turning off unused

sources of power such as televisions

and heaters will help the environment,

as well as save you money.

If everybody stuck to these rules,

we would be doing a great thing by

protecting the earth. So please take

into consideration what I have said,

and try to do your part. After all, it

will be our next generation that will

feel the effects.

Adapted from

www.presentationshelper.co.uk

Read the following speech carefully and identify what

kind of speech it is. Then comment on the speech. Is

it a good speech or not?

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Work in pairs and prepare a speech. Choose the type

of speech and an interesting topic you like. Use the

following questions for your guidelines.

1. Everyone must practise; practise a half hour of your

speech.

2. Decide what style you will use to present it.

a. Friendly and sincere

b. Casual and informal

c. Serious and

formal

3. Set goals for each session

a. Time the

speech

b. Polish your language

c. Use your voice and body language appropriately

4. Use all of the skills of speaking.

a. Eye contact

b. Sound con

À

dent

c. Emphasize key ideas and words

d. Concentrate on what you're saying

e. Make sure your audience is understanding

f. Smile and gesture

5. Finish with con

À

dence

Practise and present your

speech in front of the

class. Pay attention to the following guidelines for

your

speech.

Plan Your Speech

1. Who am I going to speak to?

2. Where will I speak?

3. When will I give the speech?

4. How much time is used for the speech?

5. What kind of speech will be delivered?

6. What is the occasion, is it formal or informal?

7. What should I prepare for my speech?

Activity

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Activity

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Read the following short information and answer the

questions.

1. Do you think delivering a speech in public is hard or

dif

À

cult? Why?

2. What do people feel when they speak in public?

3. Why do people fear public speaking?

4. What do you feel when you speak in public?

5. Do you know how to build con

À

dence when speaking

in public? Explain your answer brie

Á

y.

The most common phobia that Americans have

is gloss phobia (that is the fear of public speaking,

not the fear of lip gloss). Seventy-

À

ve percent of all

Americans report having a fear of public speaking,

beating out fear of spiders, fear of the dark, and even

fear of death. We highly doubt that people, if given

the choice, would choose death over public speaking,

but nonetheless, talking in front of a large group of

people will turn most people's legs into jelly.

Read the following kinds of

speech. Find their

meanings or make your own de

À

nitions based on the

references you have.

1. Graduation

speech

2. Anniversary

speech

3. Persuasive

speech

4. Informative

speech

5. Impromptu

speech

6. Motivational

speech

7. Welcoming

speech

Reading

In this section, you will learn how to:

read a speech;

identify meanings in a speech.

Activity

1

Activity

2

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Look at the following pictures. They are well-known

orators from around the world including Indonesia.

Match the pictures to their names.

a. Bung Tomo

b. Soekarno

c. Adolf Hitler

d. John F. Kennedy

e.

Gamal Abdul Nasser

f.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

3

2

1

Sources:

http://www.kejut.com; http://www.achievement.org; http://www.dayton.hq.nasa.gov

4

5

6

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Delivering a powerful

speech is not

easy. First of all, you need to organise

your speech properly. Most speeches

have three main components: the

introduction, the body and the closing.

The Introduction

This is possibly the most important

part of your speech, because you want

to grab your

audience's attention from

the start. So come up with something

clever, shocking, or interesting right

at the very beginning. Here are some

possible techniques to use.

Be dramatic

. Say something like, "I'm

about to reveal a plan that will drastically

alter the face of humanity as we know

it!" When your presentation is really

about a new brand of facial soap.

Tell a joke

. Getting people to laugh

will loosen them up and make them

feel inclined to like you and hear what

you have to say. Don't try this if your

jokes are usually met by silence or

groans. Test your opening out

À

rst on

your most brutally honest of friends.

Tell a

story

. This will make the

audience

see you as a person instead of a boring

public speaker, thus giving you an air of

accessibility. Two things to keep in mind

about opening your speech with your

story: keep it short (under a minute)

and keep it relevant to the rest of your

presentation.

The Body

This is your speech. Everything you

want to say should come out here, in an

organised, trivialised fashion. Here are

some possible techniques:

Use a formal outline. You can prepare

for writing the content of your

speech

by outlining your major points with

those fun Roman numerals. Most good

speeches have two or three main points,

each of which has a couple of sub-points

or examples. Formally outlining your

speech will make sure that your logical

Á

ow makes sense and that your

audience

doesn't get lost. It will also help you

À

gure

out where the holes in your speech are, in

case you have to do some last minute extra

research.

The Closing

The way you end a speech is almost

as important as the way you begin it.

The

audience will be most restless at

the end, and you have to

À

nd a way to

tie everything together so that they don't

walk away remembering how badly they

were

À

dgeting. The ending shapes the

audience's memory of the speech. If you

get a laugh, they will probably think it was

funny. If you make a great insight, they

will remember it as insightful. So sum

everything up for them in approximately

a few concise sentences and leave them

with a witty line.

Adapted from

soyouwanna.com

Organise Your Speech

Read and study the text.

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1. How many components do most speeches have? What

are they?

2. How should an introduction be delivered?

3. Explain some possible techniques to make a great

introduction.

4. Why do we have to organise our speech?

5. How should we organise the body of a speech?

6. How should we end a speech?

Answer these questions based on the text in Activity 4.

Decide whether statements are true (T) or false (F)

based on the text in Activity 4.

1. Delivering a powerful speech is easy

because you don't need to organise your

speech.

2. To grab your audience's attention you

have to come up with something clever,

shocking or interesting right at the very

beginning.

3. There are three main components of

speeches.

4. You can open your speech by tell a joke,

story or be dramatic, as the body of your

speech.

5. Two things to keep in mind about opening

your speech with your story are keep it

short and keep it relevant to the rest of your

presentation.

6. You can use a formal outline for the body

of your speech.

7. Most good speeches have four or five

points, each of which has a couple of sub

points or examples.

8. The way you end your speech is important

as the way you begin it.

Activity

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Speech 1

Friends,

I would like to say a few word before we start

properly to partake in the enjoyment of this picnic. This

picnic is not the yearly of

À

cial picnic that we hold where

the top executive of our of

À

ce to the common personnel,

participate.

We have arranged this mid-year picnic as an informal

affair where all of

À

cers and all subordinates can participate

freely and derive pleasure from mixing and exchange of

thoughts and fun.

Friends, I think, you all know that there is an etiquette

of a picnic. Picnic-times is a period of hours when we have

to forget ourselves and give yourselves up to community

or friendly enjoyment.

In that spirit of freedom of action, thought and speech,

let us enjoy our day, today. That is the way we can make

our picnic a success. So, friends, come one and come all,

and let us ful

À

l ourselves in our picnicking. Welcome,

And three cheers for our picnic success.

Speech 2

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am very happy to have you all here. We do not get

the chance to meet often, all of us, like this, at one place

and at one time. We have our work our preoccupations,

and yet we do meet sometimes, we need to relax, to get to

know about each other.

It is mainly with this aim that I have invited you

today, you who are our like-minded friends, who will not

criticise or complain, but will accept us and other, as we

are.

I think, it is good to meet sometimes to refresh

ourselves with small and big talk, and laugh away our

cares with the help of others who are dear to us. I hope

you will enjoy this get-together, and that tomorrow will

give us new energy to face the future. Thank you friends,

and enjoy yourself.

Adapted from

Readymade Speeches

Read the following speeches aloud. Pay attention to

your intonations. Then, identify the introduction, the

body and the closing of the speeches.

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Grammar

Review

Direct and Indirect Speech

1.

Direct Speech

• Saying exactly what someone has said is called

direct speech (sometimes called quoted speech)

• Here what a person says appears within

quotation marks ("...") and should be word for

word.

Example:

She said

, "Today's lesson is on presentations."

or

"Today's lesson is on presentation,"

she said

.

2.

Indirect Speech

Indirect speech (sometimes called reported speech),

doesn't use quotation marks to enclose what the

person said and it doesn't have to be word for word.

In reported speech, the tense usually changes. This

is because when we use reported speech, we are usually

talking about a time in the past (because obviously the

person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The

verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too.

To convert direct speech into indirect speech:

• If the main verb is past tense, present tense verbs

in the that clause must also be changed to past

tense.

Dean

said

that he

didn't

know what to do.

• First and second person pronouns must be

changed to third person pronouns.

Dean said that

he

didn't know what to do.

UN Shot

A : Tony left for

Bandung this

morning.

B : What did you say?

A : ....

a. I said that Tony

leaves for Bandung.

b. I said that Tony

will leave for

Bandung.

c.

I said that Tony

would leave for

Bandung.

d. I said that Tony

had left for

Bandung.

e.

I said that Tony

had leave for

Bandung

(UN 2002/2003)

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Writing

In this section, you will learn how to:

prepare a speech;

write a speech.

The following statements are the steps for preparing

a speech, but they are not in correct order. Arrange

them into a good order.

1. Write the conclusion

2. Rearrange the speech (introduction, body, and

conclusion)

3. Write the introduction

4. Choose a plan for organisation

5. State the main idea (thesis) of the speech

6. Develop an outline using the main points

7. Add supporting details to the outline

1. "Is what I said correct?"

Wendy wanted to know

.

2. "Is what I've heard true?"

I wondered

.

3. "Does Tony know what he's talking about?"

I wondered

.

4. "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Sally wanted to know

.

5. "I thing I'll go to the library to study."

Jerry said

.

6. "Someday we'll be in contact with beings from outer

space."

The scientist predicted

.

7. "Have you ever met Ms. Shanty?"

Mr. Ronald asked me

.

8. "I'm going to postpone the examination."

Professor Williams announced

.

Complete the sentences by changing the quoted

speech to reported speech.

Activity

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Activity

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Delivering a Speech

• witnessed

• cheerleader

• wearing

graduation

• daydreamed

• lectures

• eternal

• accompanied

• con

À

gurations

• fascinating

• education

• friendships

• almamater

• diplomas

• reality

Complete the speech using the words given in

the box. Check your answers with your friend

ˈ

s.

Your Project

Pretend you are given a

task by your headmaster

to give a speech at your

graduation day. You can

ask your big brother/

sister to help you write

the script.

I've attended this school

for thirteen years now, and I've

1

you, my classmates, in

quite a variety of clothing–football

jerseys,

2

out

À

ts, and

during spirit week–football players

3

cheerleader out

À

ts. But

now, we've all come together for

the last time as a class, sporting

gowns and mortarboards for

4

.

Remember how many times

we've

5

about this moment

in the middle of class? We sometimes

drift off during

6

,

fantasizing about how we would

spend our days if life were an

7

summer weekend... and

that's usually when the teacher

brings us back to

8

with

an authoritative–'ahem'–clearing

of the throat

9

by a

smug inquiry about the electron

10

of the noble gasses.

Thanks, Mr Gunawan.

Well, everyone, this daydream

is just now becoming a new and

11

reality. For in addition

to our quality

12

from

the classroom, we've received an

education in life from each other.

Solid, irreplaceable

13

with

our peers and, yes, even with our

teachers and coaches have been

forged through hard work, devotion,

good times and bad, and most

importantly, pride for a school that

we should all be grateful to call our

14

. We may be receiving

15

tonight, fellow classmates,

but look around you at your

teachers, coaches and friends,

and realize what you've truly

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for four years at Fairmont.

Taken from

www.davegustafron.com

Activity

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Developing English Competencies

for Grade XII of Language Programme

With a partner, develop a speech about a new

regulation at your school. Pay attention to the

following steps of making a speech until delivering it

to the audience.

Get the topic

1.

2.

3.

4.

Start

5.

6.

7.

Finish

Introduction

Write a 3-sentence introduction. Tell your

audience what you're about to say. If your

speech

is persuasive, take side whether you are for or

against the regulation.

Body

Expand on your introduction. What is the

À

rst

argument, the second, and the third? Make each

section about one or two paragraphs long.

Conclusion

If your

speech is informative, make a summary

of the main idea and speci

À

c purpose. If it is

persuasive, combine a summary with a final

appeal to the audience to accept the arguments

offered.

Practising

To give a good

speech you must sound familiar

with the material; to become familiar with the

material requires repetition. Repetition means

reading the material aloud up to 50 times if

necessary until you are totally familiar with it.

F

eedback

During the practice sessions, ask your partner to

listen to your speech. Ask their comments.

Get prepared for the show

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Delivering a Speech

For the preparation prior to the presentation, with

your partner make the

outline of your speech in the

following “speech recipe”.

Ingredients:

• one headline

• one expandable thesis or plan

• three points to support your thesis or plan

• one

conclusion

Fill in the blanks in the following order and serve it to

your audience with a feeling of con

À

dence and an eye

on clarity.

Introduction:

Hook:

Preview:

Body:

Point One:

1.

2.

Point Two:

1.

2.

Point Three:

1.

2.

Conclusion:

1. Summary

2. (Final appeal)

Ask the audience to make an individual assessment

of your friends’ performance.

Group

Names of

Students

To p i c

Voice

Clarity

Pronunciation

Teamwork

Entire

Performance

Activity

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Activity

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Developing English Competencies

for Grade XII of Language Programme

After learning the lesson in this chapter, you are expected to be able to:

1. respond to various types of speech;

2. learn how to deliver a speech;

3. practise and deliver a speech;

4. read a speech;

5. identify meanings in speech;

6. prepare a speech;

7. write a speech.

Now, answer the questions:

1. What do you know about speech?

2. What should we do before delivering a speech?

3. What should we consider when delivering a speech?

4. What do we need to become a good public speaker?

If you

À

nd some dif

À

culties, consult your teacher or discuss with your friend.

Learning Re

Á

ection

1.

Language Functions

Opening Speech

"Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, ...."

Introducing the Event

"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a big moment for the event ...."

Useful Expressions for a Process of Speech

"I'm going to tell you how to ...."

Closing Speech

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank ...."

2.

Public Speaking

Delivering Speech

A speech is as much about the delivery as it is about the words. Want to know the

best way to improve your delivery? Practise, practise, and practise.

Public speaking requires:

• more planning

more formality (correct grammar, less slang)

• more de

À

ned speaker role (listeners seldom interrupt)

Chapter Summary