SPEECH AND DEBATE 9/24/2014

SCHEDULE

1. Welcome! (Attendance, Ice Breaker)

2. Return Quiz

3. Speech Writing

4. Useful English Expressions for giving a speech

5. Analyze Posture/Gestures/Voice Activity

SPEECH WRITING Number of main points In classroom speeches you generally don’t have time to develop more than 4

If you have too many points your audience will have trouble sorting them out.

If you have too many main points, see if you can group them into categories

SPEECH WRITING Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about… Central idea (thesis) There are three main issues about…

Main Points: I II III

The three main points form the body of the speech

BASIC FORMAT Tell us what you will tell us (preview)

Tell us (3 main points)

Tell us what you told us (short summary)

STRATEGIC ORDER OF MAIN POINTS Chronological order

To show the time in which events happened, or a procedure

The Great Wall of China was built in three major stages I Building of the Great Wall began during the Qin Dynasty of 221-206 BC

New sections of the Great Wall were added during the Han Dynasty of 206-220 AD

The Great Wall was completed during the Ming Dynasty of 1368-1644

STRATEGIC ORDER OF MAIN POINTS Spatial order – top to bottom, left to right, etc.

Major regions of Korea Layers of the earth

Causal order – cause-effect or effect-cause Reasons for collapse of Mayan Empire Causes of global warming

Problem-Solution Why the electoral college needs to be abolished Action is needed to stop human trafficking

Topical order – dividing the speech into subtopics Achievements of Audrey Hepburn (as an actress, activist, etc.) Colleges and Divisions of HUFS

BALANCING TIME Balance the amount of time between main points

a large imbalance means the other points aren’t really main points or you haven’t given those points enough attention

Some imbalance is ok: 20%, 30%, 50% vs 85%, 10%, 5%

USEFUL ENGLISH EXPRESSIONSGetting attention for a presentation

OK. Can I have your attention, everyone?OK, are we ready?All right, everyone?So, ladies and gentlemen…Let’s start, shall we?Let’s get underway, shall we?

USEFUL ENGLISH EXPRESSIONSStarting a presentation

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to…As you know, I’m here to present…to you.My name is…and I’m a(n)…with…Nice to see you all here. Let me being by saying…

Or, simply start with some sort of direct opening statement or question

USEFUL ENGLISH EXPRESSIONSExplaining the purpose of a presentation

I’d like to talk about… I’m here to present…My purpose today is to talk about… I’d like to just give you a brief breakdown of…First…

USEFUL ENGLISH EXPRESSIONSDrawing attention to a point

I think it’s very significant that…As you have noticed…As you can see…So you will, no doubt, see instantly that…I’d now like to draw your attention to…

USEFUL ENGLISH EXPRESSIONSStarting another point

Now I’d like to talk about…Now I want to say a few words about…Now I’d like to move on to…Now I’d like to proceed by…As you see, I now want to… If I may, I’d now like to draw your attention to…Next, I’d like to concentrate on…The next point I wish to deal with…

USEFUL ENGLISH EXPRESSIONSEnding a presentation

Let me end by saying that… I’d like to finish by… I think I’ve spoken long enough now, so…Well, that completes my end of things.So, to sum it up,….Thank you for your attention It’s been a pleasure to… I hope you enjoyed… If you have any questions, I’ll do my best to answer them.

ANALYZING POSTURE, GESTURES, VOICE What did we say about posture, gestures and voice?

We will watch two speakers. As you watch, think about:

1. How their posture helped their speech

2. How they used their voice and gestures to make an effective speech

3. If their posture, voice and gesture improved their speech’s quality

Nick Vujicic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kxSrPD__BA

Amy Cuddy TED http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc

http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are?language=en