PUBLIC SPEAKING docx

PUBLIC SPEAKING
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Instructor:
Instructor:
Nguyen Thi Hoai Minh,M.A
Nguyen Thi Hoai Minh,M.A
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Email:
Email:




What is public speaking?
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Speaking to a group of audience
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A form of interpersonal communication
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Delivering structured and intentional
speeches
/>Characteristics of Effective
Public Speakers
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Have good ideas
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Well organize and express their ideas
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Deliver the message well
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Adapt themselves to the audience
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Manage time well
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…
Common problems of speaking publicly
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Lack of confidence
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Lack of practice
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Boring topics
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Poor preparation
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Lack of presentation skills
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Different types of listeners
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Ill management of postures and
gestures
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…
COURSE OBJECTIVES
After this course, you’ll be able to…
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… speak in front of the class with confidence;
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… choose a good topic for your presentation;
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… prepare a good outline for your presentation
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… improve your presentation skills
EFFECTIVE
EFFECTIVE


INTERPERSONAL
INTERPERSONAL
COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION
We communicate interpersonally
when we…
… exchange messages:
o
express opinions
o
ask and answer questions
o
express how we feel
o
talk about we like and dislike
o
say about what we want and don’t want
o
…
Effects of interpersonal
communication
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Success communication

 mutual understanding
 feeling good
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Communication fails
 misunderstanding
 feeling angry, confused or upset
Avoiding misunderstanding
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Asking for clarification (determining what certain
words mean)
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Clarifying the speaker’s intention (determining the
message)
Interpersonal communication styles
1. Aggressive
2. Submissive
3. Assertive
Joseph Wolpe. M.D.
a. The speaker expects his rights
to be respected and respect
the rights of listeners.
b. The speaker imposes an
impression that his opinions
and feelings are more
important than others’.
c. The speaker provides the
impression that he considers
himself inferior to others.
IMPROMPTU
IMPROMPTU

SPEECHES
SPEECHES
“Thinking on your feet”
It means…

…being able to organize one’s ideas quickly…
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…and speak about a subject
without advance preparation.
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IMPROMPTU SPEECH.
Impromptu speeches -
Examples
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Answering questions
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Giving opinions
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Sharing knowledge about something
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…
Impromptu speeches –
Techniques
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Elaborating your answers– giving
more details to extend your
responses to a question
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be well-informed (frequent reading &
listening)

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be in the search of areas of interests
Impromptu speeches –
Techniques

Outlining your ideas – choosing an
organizational pattern.
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Past-Present-Future
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Time
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Problem-Solution
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Location
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Cause-Effect
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Effect-Cause
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Related subtopics

Advantages-Disadvantages
Impromptu speeches –
Practice
•
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• Great communicators
•
Technology 

• The first impression
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(your own topic)
SELF-INTRODUCTION
SELF-INTRODUCTION
SPEECHES
SPEECHES
Purposes of
self-introduction speech

To get people to know you
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To become less distant to strangers
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To become more confident
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To get started for your speech

….
What do we put into our
self-introduction speech?
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Something about yourself: your
childhood, family, qualification, work, etc.
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Your experiences
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Your opinions, attitudes toward something
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Your concerns or fears

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…
How to organize a
self-introduction speech
Two basic methods:
o
Picture story
o
Speech preparation worksheet
PRESENTATION SKILLS
PRESENTATION SKILLS
Food for thought
Food for thought
“
“
Most people are frequently more
Most people are frequently more
influenced by what they see than what
influenced by what they see than what
they hear”
they hear”
Paulette Dale,2000
Paulette Dale,2000
What does it mean to you?
What does it mean to you?


IMPROVING YOUR “LOOK”
IMPROVING YOUR “LOOK”
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postures
postures
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eye contact
eye contact
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facial expressions
facial expressions
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movement
movement
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gestures
gestures
Posture
Posture
“…
“…
is the position in which you hold
is the position in which you hold
your body when standing, sitting, etc.”
your body when standing, sitting, etc.”