SPEECH CONTEXT

If you are ask to deliver a speech in public,

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?

Anxious

Confident &
Scared Excited
 OBJECTIVES

• Define: Public Speaking

• Review Aristotle’s Model of Communication
• Explain the Process of Speech Communication
• Enumerate the steps in preparing for a speech
• Discuss the importance of Public Speaking
WHAT IS PUBLIC SPEAKING?

• “an oral presentation in which

a speaker addresses an audience
(Nordquist, nd).”

• “act or skill of speaking to a usually large

group of people (Merriam-webster
dictionary).”
ARISTOTLE’S MODEL OF
COMMUNIC ATION
 HISTORY

SOPHISTS were public speakers who delivered their speech in

front of a large in an auditorium. Their primary goal was to win
an argument or to persuade the audience. For them, the
“TRUTH IS RELATIVE.”
ARISTOTLE was the primary critic of the SOPHISTS. He
argued that the truth is not relative. He derived the three (3)
modes of persuasion in public speaking.
• 1. Logos -logic
• 2.pathos -emotional appeal
• 3.ethos -credibility
 RHETORIC

RHETORIC means the art of persuasion. This also

refers to orality or oral communication.

Purposes:
• 1. Information
• 2. Persuasion
• 3. Entertainment
 SPEECH COMMUNIC ATION
PROCESS

Adjustment
N
o
i
Sender Message Channel s Receiver
e

Feedback
FIVE BASIC ELEMENT OF PUBLIC
SPEAKING

Speaker

Message

Occasion/Channel

Audience

Effect
PUBLIC SPEAKING IS A PROCESS OF
DELIVERING A MESSAGE TO A GROUP OF
PEOPLE IN A STRUCTURED, DELIBERATE
MANNER INTENDED TO INFORM, INFLUENCE,
OR ENTERTAIN THE LISTENERS.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC
SPEAKING

• Public speaking is a process.

• Public speakers must present subject matter in a
structured/organized way.

• Public speaking has a purpose.

 STEPS IN SPEECH PREPARATION

1. Determine the specific speech purpose

Types of Speech

*Speech to Inform
*Speech to Persuade
*Speech to Entertain
 STEPS IN SPEECH PREPARATION

2. Write the thesis statement or claim

Thesis Statement is a sentence or two

that contains the main point or focus of your speech.
 STEPS IN SPEECH PREPARATION

3. Analyze the audience and the occasion

4. Writing the speech plan

 SPEECH
OUTLINE

I. Attention Step
II. Need Step
III. Satisfaction Step
IV. Visualization Step
V. Action Step
 IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC
• Improves communication skills SPEAKING

• Helps to overcome fear

• Contributes to personality
development
Public Speaking is fun and
exciting.