Preparation for Demonstration Speech

Week 3

Reading highlights

Chapter 4 Giving Your First Speech

In this topic, there are three critical parts of the topic. One is preparing your speech which in most cases should be brief and straightforward. The first part is the ice breaker. This part is so crucial as you prepare to give out the whole speech. There are several assignments in developing speech like self-introductory, and they can also be asked to introduce their classmates, among many others. While preparing for a speech, there are things to consider, like the topic, ensure that you develop and focus on the topic. Ensure that there is a flow of your speech: introduction, body, and conclusion. Then while delivering the speech, ensure you use eye contact, gestures, voice, and many others.

Chapter 13 Delivery

Speech delivery is composed of nonverbal communication. It is how the body and the voice can bring the message at home. A good way of delivering the speech doesn't entail calling people into order. Instead, they are called to making the speech good without disturbing the audience. The four primary methods of delivering a speech are speaking prompts, speaking extemporaneously, reading the manuscript, and reciting the memorized speech. When using your voice, learn how to control the volume, pauses, pitch, pronunciation, dialect, articulation, and vocal variation. Vocal variety is comprised of changing the volume, pauses, pitch, and rate speed and making the voice animated and lively. The person's presentation, posture, eye contact, gestures, and facial expressions also affect the listeners' attention to the speech. There is a need to do a lot of practice as you are learning how to speak.

Chapter 14 Using Visual Aids

There are many types of visual aids. Most it is the object of speech. Most people use sketches, diagrams, drawings to make sure that they illustrate what is in the speech. Photographs should be large enough to be seen from far. Graphs are used to explain topics with numbers. Charts summarize large information. Videos can be used as visual aids, but they need to be edited. You can also act as personal visual assistance. If you intend to use Google Slides, PowerPoint, or keynote, ensure that they are planned and arranged well. No matter the visual aid, preparation is very important to have a coherent flow of ideas. The visual aids are to be organized with care to avoid repetition.

Week 4

Reading highlights

Chapter 4 Giving Your First Speech

In this topic, speech delivery and preparation have been discussed. Once the icebreaker is found now the next part is to work on the ideas.  There is a need to focus and think about some of the main points and develop them carefully. The speech will have three parts that are introduction, body, and conclusion. To successfully give a speech, you need to rehearse many times so that the speech is in you. It is normal to have butterflies on the day of the speech; therefore, try to be calm no matter how you feel.

Chapter 5 selecting a topic and a purpose

Before you start organizing a speech, you first need to think about a topic that you will present. When delivering speeches, even in classrooms, you need to research and know the subject well. If you have a problem picking a topic, you can inventory your hobbies, skills, interests, and beliefs, among others. You can also categorize the thoughts that come to your mind once in a while. You can also use an encyclopedia, the internet, or any other reference to help you locate a certain topic you want to use. When preparing for a speech, the goal is to inform and communicate the information, interesting clearly and accurately. As you communicate, you may need the hears of the listeners. Once the topic is identified, stick to the speech's objective like a specific purpose statement, which should be a worded statement, concentrate on an idea, be a full infinitive phrase, and avoid being vague and figurative. It is important to think about some questions as you identify the purpose statement. The specific purpose is refined and sharpened by the central idea.

Chapter 9 Organizing the Body of the Speech

A good organization is very important to ensure that the speech is good. The audience what's a flow of ideas. They have only one chance to get an idea all through the speech, and they would not keep a speaker who is not organized with the flow of ideas from all sides. A well-organized speech will give you a good time with the audience so that they can listen to your ideas while you speak. After determining the main points of the speech, the body starts. Make sure that the points are selected carefully, phrased carefully, and precisely. Each point should be focused on a specific idea. Organize the points depending on the purpose, topic, and audience. Spatial order follows a directional pattern, while a chronological order follows a time pattern—the points are casually according to their cause and effect. Topics also can be organized into topic order, where the topics are subdivided into subtopics. The following is a problem-solution order that divides the body into two parts: the problem identification phase and the solution in the next phase. When organizing, ensure you have supporting materials. The points require connectives to join the points together.

Demonstration Outline

Header1 chapter 4 giving your first speech

Paragraph summary of the topic

Introduction

For example, In this topic, speech delivery and preparation have been discussed.

Point 1: preparing your speech

Point 2: Delivering your speech

Point 3: sample speeches commentary

Header 2 chapter 5 selecting a topic and a purpose

Introduction

Point 1: Choosing a topic

Point 2: Determine the general and specific purpose

Point 3: Phrasing the main idea

Header 3 chapter 9 organizing the body of the speech

Introduction

Point 1: Organizing the body of the speech

Point 2: main points and supporting materials

Point 3: connectives

Week 5

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Chapter 11 Outlining the Speech

Effective speech has outlines that are followed. The outlining helps flow ideas by ensuring that excellent and similar points are held together and flowing from the previous to the next point. There are two outlines that you can use in the preparation of your speech. One is the preparation outline which states the central idea and specific purpose of the speech.  The parts, introduction, body, and conclusion of the speech are labeled. There are internal previews and summaries. The indentation identifies the headings, subheadings, and headings, and your instructor may need a bibliography with a preparation outline. The following outline is the speaking outline with some of the key phrases and words to exercise memory. You can include cues when delivering the speech. Ensure that the outline is legible and follows a specific framework like the preparation outline.

Chapter 19 Presenting Your Speech Online

There are two major types of online speeches. An online speech is a recorder delivered and uploaded for later reviewing. For example, TED talks are one of the major talks that are recorded and uploaded later. A real-time online speech happens as it is being viewed online. An example is an interview session with a candidate. Both speeches can be time-consuming and challenging to prepare a speech for in person. Challenges like environment, adjusting the volume and speed of your voice, background, and adapting to the online environment are significant. If it is a real-time speech, it is important to master the program you will use so that you will not hang during the interview.

Week 6

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Chapter 15 Speaking to Inform

Speaking to inform happens in almost everyday activities. There is a need to improve the ability to convey messages and information to the next person. Informative speeches are categorized into four categories: speech about events, concepts, and objects, and processes. Objects can be many things like people, animals, structures, places, and many others. Object's speech should be organized chronologically, topical and spatial order. An event could be something that has happened or is happening. Thus, the event's speech is arranged in chronological order. An informative speech should be well organized; however, don't overestimate what the audience knows. Explain everything.

Demonstration outline

Header chapter 15 Speaking to inform

Introduction

Point1: Types of informative speeches: organization and Analysis

Point 2: informative speaking guidelines