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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
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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 ....
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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
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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
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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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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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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?
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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.
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Activity
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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.
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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
8
Activity
1
89
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
16
for four years at Fairmont.
Taken from
www.davegustafron.com
Activity
2
90
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
Activity
3
91
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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92
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