Publ

icSpeaki
ng
Lesson1
Thi
slesson i
sf ocus on t
he publ
ic speaki
ng which def
ines whati
s publ
i
c
speaki
ngandhowstudentsi
mprovethei
rpubl
icspeakingskil
l
s.

 Def
inepubl
i
cspeaki
ng;

 Knowt
hei
mpor
tanceofpubl
i
cspeaki
ng;

 Lear
nonhowt
oimpr
ovepubl
i
cspeaki
ngski
l
ls;

P ubl
icspeaki
ng:Whati
sit
?

Publicspeakingski
ll
sr ef
ertothet
alentofeff
ect
ivel
yaddressinganaudi
ence.
Whetheritisinfrontofagr oupofpeopl
ey oual
readyknow oracr owdofcomplet
e
str
angers,yourabil
i
tytocommuni cat
etot
hem withcl
ari
tyandconfi
denceisknownas
yourpubli
cspeakingski
ll
s.
Theremayormaynotbeanoppor t
uni
tyfori
nteract
ionbetweent
hespeakerand
audience.Thebasi
cdiff
erence,howev
er,bet
weenacasualt al
kandpubl
icspeakingis
thatthelat
teri
smorepurposefulandmeantforcel
ebrator
y ,
enter
tai
nment
,inf
luenci
ng,
orinfor
mat i
vepur
poses.
Publi
cspeaki
ng isa sof
tskillt
hatrequi
resexcell
entcommuni cat
ion ski
l
ls,
enthusi
asm and the abi
li
tyto engage wi
th an audi
ence.Publ
ic speakers make
presentat
ionst
oagroup.
Presentat
ionsr
angefrom speaki
ngtoasmal lgroupofemployeest
opresent
ing
l
argeaudienceatanat i
onalconfer
enceorevent.Thesameski ll
setandabil
i
tytobe
comfor
tableinspeaki
nginpubl
icarerequi
redr
egardlessoft
hesizeofthegr
oup.
Theartofpubl i
cspeakingcomesi ntoplaynotonlyint hedeliveryofspeeches
andpubl i
ctal
ks,butalsoinprofessi
onal
presentat
ions,t
rai
ningev ent
s, andmoti
vati
onal
speaking.Consult
ants,tr
aini
ng,managers,cler
gy,salesrepresentat
ives,andteachers,
forexample,al
lhavear easonatt i
mestospeakinfrontofothers.
Whyi
spubl
icspeaki
ngi
mpor
tant
?
Goodpubl
i
cspeaki
ngski
l
lscanhav
eahugei
mpactony
ourcar
eerf
ort
hef
oll
owi
ng
r
easons:

 Demonst rateyourknowledge.You ar
e always atyourbestwhen you can
arti
culat
ey ourt
houghtscl
earl
yandef
fecti
vel
y.Publi
cspeaki
ngski
ll
shel
pyoudo
exactlythat.Af
teral
l
,thetr
ueworthoftheknowledgeyoupossesscanonl
ybe
real
izedwheny oucanshowandapplyit
.

 Demonstrat
ey ourconfi
dence.Notonlydoespubli
cspeakingdemonstrat
eyour
knowl
edge dur ing t
he process of pr
eparat
ion but it al
so devel
ops and
demonstrat
esy ourconf
idence.Whet
heryouareinter
viewi
ngf oraj
oborhoping
forapromotion,yourconfi
denceiswhatwil
lmakey oust andoutamongother
candi
dates.

 Helpsy oul
eadbetter.Thehigheryouclimbupt hecar
eerladder ,t
hegreat
erwil
l
bet henumberofpeopl ey oushallhavetolead.Asar esult
,theneedofpublic
speakingskil
l
sandt heconf i
dencepert
inenttoitalsoi
ncreases, maki
ngitoneof
thedetermini
ngcharacter
isti
cwhenconsi der
ingsomeonef orpromoti
on.
Howt
oimpr
ovepubl
icspeaki
ngski
ll
s?
Fol
l
owi
ngar
esomehel
pful
tipsf
ori
mpr
ovi
ngy
ourpubl
i
cspeaki
ngski
l
ls:

 Preparewi thpr actice.Oncey ouhavepr epar edapr esent at ionorspeechby

givi
ngi talogicalflowandmaki ngitmorev ibrantwiththeaddi ti
onofexampl es,
stori
es,andv isuallyappealingprops,onlyt heny ourtruepr epar ati
onbegins.If
you arewonder i
ng whatt hatmeans,r emembert hatpr act icei st hekeyto
preparati
on.Pr acti
cey ourspeechaloneorseekt ospeaki nfr ontofot herpeopl
e
unti
ly oucanspeakf l
uidl
ywi t
hconf i
denceandcomf ort.Thi smaysomet i
mes
requi
rey out ot weaky ourwordsdur i
ngpr acti
cebuti t’spr ef erabletodosoi n
practi
ceinsteadofdoi ngsoatt heoccasi
onwher eyouint endt ot akethemike.

 Accent uateyourstr
engths.Analyzey ourselfasapubl icspeakerandident i
fyyour
truestrengthsandweaknesses.Mostofust endtoimitateotherpubl
icspeaker s
whoar epopularamongstt hecrowd.Howev er,thebestwayi stobey ourselfand
focusony ourstrengths.Forinstance,y oumi ghthaveagoodsenseofhumor
thathel psingrabbingattent
ionsoft hecrowd,y oumaybeani nt
erestingst or
y
tell
er,oryoumaybegoodatcl earlyexplainingcompl exideas.Whichev erisyour
strength,uti
li
zeitwisel
ytokeepy ouraudi encepay i
ngattent
ion.

 Keepyourearsandey esopentofeedback.Al
though,allsor
tsofpubli
cspeaking
donotinvolv
edirectinter
acti
onbetweent hespeakerandhisaudience,t
hereare
vari
ousway sinwhi chaudi enceisablet oprovi
def eedback.I
ft heaudience
cannotspeakthei
ropi ni
onsoutloud,asaspeakery oushouldbeabletolookfor
 nonv
erbalcuessuchast hebodyl
anguageorfaci
alexpr
essi
onsoft
heaudience.
Thefeedback,thus,provi
dedbytheaudiencecanprovetobeahel
pfulgui
dein
i
mprovingone’spublicspeaki
ngski
ll
s.
Mor
epubl
icspeaki
ngski
ll
s
o Ar
ti
cul
ati
ngcl
ear
ly
o Cont
rol
l
ingper
for
manceanxi
ety
o Cr
eat
ingat
tract
ivePower
Poi
ntsl
i
deswi
tht
her
ightamountofdet
ail
o Gr
abbi
ngt
heat
tent
ionoft
heaudi
encewi
thapower
ful
openi
ng
o Mai
ntai
ningey
econt
actwi
tht
heaudi
ence
o Modul
ati
ng vocaltone to emphasi
ze i
mpor
tant poi
nts and av
oid
monot
onouspresent
ati
on
o Or
gani
zi
ngal
ogi
cal
flowt
oaspeech
o Pr
ovi
dingcompel
l
ingev
idencet
osuppor
tthemes
o Usi
nghumort
oenl
i
venat
alk

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ce:ht
tps:
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l
ls-
and-
tool
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i
c-speaki
ng/
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tps:
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ancecar
eer
s.com/
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c-speaki
ng-
ski
l
ls-
wit
h-exampl
es
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ivi
ti
es

I
. Tr
ue/Fal
se
Di
rect
ions:
a)Wr
it
eTr
uei
fthest
atementi
scor
rectot
her
wiseFal
se.
b)Sendy
ouranswer
sonmyGmai
laccount(
donaf
ernandez084@gmai
l
.com)
.
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___
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__1.Publ
i
cspeaki
ngi
sbei
ngdoneonl
yinpubl
i
c.
_
___
___
__2.Apubl
i
cspeaki
ngshoul
dhav
eapr
esenceofaudi
ence.
___
_____
_3.Publi
cspeaki
ngrequi
resexcel
l
entcommuni
cat
ionski
l
ls,
ent
husi
asm
andtheabi
li
tytoengagewit
hanaudience.
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___
____4.Youar ealway
saty
ourbestwheny
oucanar
ti
cul
atey
ourt
hought
s
cl
ear
lyandeffect
ivel
y.
____
_____5.Theartofpubl
icspeaki
ngcomesint
oplaynotonl
yinthedeli
veryof
speechesandpublictal
ks,
butalsoi
nprof
essi
onalpr
esent
ati
ons,
trai
ningevent
s,
andmot i
vati
onalspeaki
ng.
__
___
____6.Onehel
pfult
ipst
oimpr
ovey
ourpubl
i
cspeaki
ngi
stopr
epar
ewi
th
pr
act
ice.
_
___
_____7.Iftheaudi
encecannotspeakthei
ropini
onsoutl
oud,asaspeaker
y
oushoul dbeablet olookfornonv
erbalcuessuchasthebodylanguageor
f
aci
alexpressi
onsoftheaudi
ence.
_
___
___
_8.Keepy
ourear
scl
oseandey
esopent
ofeedback.
__
____
__9.Thetruewor
thoftheknowl
edgey
oupossesscanonl
yber
eal
i
zed
whenyoucanshowandappl
yit
.
_
______
_10.Consul
tant
s,t
rai
ning,managers,cl
ergy,sal
esr epr
esent
ati
ves,and
t
eachersar
ejustt
hepeopl
ewhocandel i
verapublicspeech.
I
I. Enumer
ati
on
Direct
ions:Enumerat
ethef ol
l
owing and send y
ouransweron myGmai
laccount
(donafer
nandez084@gmai
l
.com).
a.Gi
vet
he3r
easonswhypubl
i
cspeaki
ngi
simpor
tant
.
b.Enumer
atet
hehel
pful
tipsf
ori
mpr
ovi
ngy
ourpubl
i
cspeaki
ngski
l
ls.
c.Gi
veatl
east4mor
epubl
i
cspeaki
ngski
l
ls.