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English
Quarter 2 - Module 4:

Speech Delivery in Different Situations

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
Name of School: ___________________________
 What I Need to Know
You have already known some crucial points to consider in preparing an
effective speech and the methods on how to deliver it in front of an audience. It
should be noted however that different situations will also require the speaker
different approaches of delivery.
In this lesson, you will learn, and eventually be expected to apply the
principles in delivering a speech in different situations:
- using the microphone
- using the lectern
- to different audience size
- in different venues

What’s In
Directions: The following statements can be either true or false. Draw a star
inside the box opposite to the statement if it is true, and circle if it is false.

1. Great public speakers are born not trained.

2. Effective speaking is merely about interesting content.

3. Most audience prefer a formal yet direct and lively delivery.

4. One type of speech delivery is applicable to all types of audience.

5. Public speaking is not just talking about your topic, it is as well

connecting with your audience.

What’s New
Directions: If you were to choose between A and B speaking situations, which one
will you prefer? Why? Indicate a check mark (/) below the picture that is more
applicable to you and state your reason of choosing it in few words only.

A or B REASON
1. With microphone. Without microphone
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 2. With lectern/podium Without lectern/podium

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3. With large audience size or With small audience

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Regardless of what you chose, as a speaker, you opt to embrace

__________ __________
all these kinds of speaking situations. The challenge is: How will
you deliver your speech in different situations effectively and
successfully?

What is it
“Is it a Yes or No?”. Before learning the terms in the following discussion, try to
determine each statement below whether it is right/true or not. Check your answer as
you go along. Tick under the column YES if it is, and NO if it’s not.
YES NO
1. It is important to know beforehand how large your audience will be.
2. There are more barriers when speaking in an open venue than
there are in close and small venue
3. The challenge of getting the attention is the same regardless of the
size of the audience or the venue.
4. Regardless of the venue, the use of microphone is always
advisable.
5. When you use lectern, you should be just standing straight behind
it the whole time.
Speech Delivery in Different Situations

Speaking can happen not only in classrooms. You may be asked to speak on
stage or in any platform in various occasions and therefore face more than just 40 or
50 individuals as your audience. In some other occasions, you may even be
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speaking to less than 20 audience members. Thus, your audience can be large or
small. This would demand various ways of approach, preparation, strategies, and
even props. Learn from the following principles under the different contexts as to
how you are going to deal with these different situations as a speaker.

1. Speaking to a specific audience size. “One size fits all” is not true to public
speaking. Different sizes of audience require different approaches. The following
are the four different sizes of audience according to Suttle (2007). He suggests
as well important points to consider in each size.
a) Conversation size (audience of up to 10 people). This size needs more
intimate conversation. You need to be less formal in delivering so as to satisfy
their needs. Be flexible as well to adjust to their moods.
b) Speech size (10 to 40 people). Use conversational tone but deliver a formal
speech. Hand gestures are important in order to include everyone in your
speech.
c) Performance size (40 to 100 people). Avoid spending too much time looking
at any one person so as to give time to the rest of the audience. Give enough
time for audience to laugh as you make them so before you begin talking again
d) Show size (100 people or more). Self-confidence is important here. With this
size, the challenge is to be confident enough in taking and owning the stage so
as to win the audience over to your side. To keep your audience engaged to
your speech, it is very crucial to make use of vocal variety.

2. Speaking in an open air or outside building. This refers to open area like
grounds, courts, farms, etc. Considering the setting, this is prone to distractions
such as noise and sceneries around; hence, it may be challenging to keep your
audience’s attention (Stand up, Speak out). So, take note of the following:
- Focus on the mood rather than the information. You may refer to the view
around as you speak to them.
- Make the best effort to project your voice clearly without sounding like you
are yelling.

3. Speaking in different venues. These venues vary in sizes. This includes

classroom, meeting or conference room, ball room, social hall, auditorium, covert
court, open court. Whatever it is, it is either small or large venue.
a. Large venue. Here you need to speak more slowly, pause often to
emphasize most important ideas, and make use of more elaborated
gestures. Visual aids should be more visible.
b. Small venue. Considering that your audience will see you up close,
manage your notes well when you use them. Nonverbal cues should be
adjusted accordingly.

4. Speaking with a microphone. Regardless of the type of microphone to be used,

one overall important principle to remember is that “microphone only amplifies
and does not clarify” (Stand up, Speak Out). If you do not enunciate clearly the
words, the audience will only hear amplified mumbling. There is a tendency to
overuse and underuse a microphone. Different types of microphone though, call
for different ways of handling.
a. Clip-on style. Being worn in front of a shirt, avoid looking down as your
voice will be amplified when you do so.
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 b. Handheld microphone. Don’t bring it too close to your mouth as it can
screech. Don’t take it far away also as it might not pick your voice. The
best thing to do is to practice with the microphone ahead of time so to
make sure you would be able to handle it properly on the actual speaking
engagement.
Depending on the nature of the venue, you may or may not need a microphone. If
the audience is close enough to you, you may choose not to use it anymore as
amplified voice sometimes feels less natural than a direct voice. Just be certain that
if you will use the microphone, everyone in the room can hear enough, not just those
in front.
5. Speaking with a podium or lectern. A lectern or a podium is a reading desk
with stand and a slanted top. It adds formality to the speaking situation. Sipacio
and Balgos (2016) provide the following tips in using the lectern:
a. Stand straight, as good posture exudes confidence
b. Do not grip the edge of the podium with both hands and avoid hiding from
behind the podium. That means, while you can use it, you should not be
standing behind it the whole time you are speaking
c. Stepping to the side of the podium occasionally, especially for
extemporaneous and impromptu speakers, will also allow speakers to use
their gestures, make eye contact and connect more with the audience.
As there is, however, a tendency for new speakers to just grip the edge of the
lectern and hide behind it, the speaker must be aware of this and try as much as
possible to manage the lectern effectively so to project himself/herself in a way that
the audience will perceive him/her as confident.
Thus, the speaker has to know before the time of speaking the exact context
where he has to speak so to make the best preparation. Also, it is not enough that
you know about everything. Above all, make a lot of practice. There can be no better
preparation than this. Practice, practice, practice.

What’s More
Directions: The 10 statements below describe or tell something about a
certain speaking situation/context (labelled A, B, C, & D). Determine to
TASK which context the statement most probably happens. Write the letter
1 that represents the context before the number.

A. Speaking in small venue / small audience size

B. Speaking in open-air or outside building / large venue or audience size
C. Speaking with microphone
D. Speaking with lectern
_____ 1. Needs more amplified voice
_____ 2. Easy to control or hold audience attention
_____ 3. More intimate and personal
_____ 4. Holding audience’s attention may be more challenging
_____ 5. More communication barriers
_____ 6. Voice needs to be properly modulated according to it.
_____ 7. Speaker may have a tendency to hide his hands.
_____ 8. Speaker needs to be more careful in managing his/her notes.
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 _____ 9. Speaker must be aware of the temptation to simply just stand
behind it.
_____ 10. Needs more elaborated gestures.
“Right or Wrong?”
TASK Directions: Examine the following pictures. Tell whether the speaker is
2 doing right or not. Answer every first question in the first box with either
YES or NO. Write words or a phrase in the next box explaining briefly
your point.

1. Is this the proper way to use

the lectern?
Answer: ________

Brief explanation
_____________________________
_____________________________
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/photos/2016/08/trump-low-energy-lectern-guy _____________________________
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Is the speaker doing right here?

2. Answer: ________

Brief explanation
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
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https://www.euractiv.com/section/eu-elections-2019/news/eu-leaders-agree-on-top-job-picks-but-trouble-already-looms/

Is it the most appropriate way of

using the microphone?
3.
Answer: ________

Brief explanation:
__________________________
__________________________
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https://www.alreporter.com/2020/05/04/marshall-warns-municipalities-not-to-go-too-far-in-covid-19-orders/

Considering the size of his

audience, is the speaker using
5 the right gesture?
Answer: _______
 4.

Brief explanation:
_________________________
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Suppose the speaker is facing

hundreds of people, is the
5. gesture appropriate?
Answer: ________

Brief explanation:
_________________________
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3043880/taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen-says-talks-beijing-could-resume

“Different or the same?”

TASK Answer the question below in 30-50 words only:
3 Between large and small audience, do you think one is better, more
advantageous, and more relaxing over the other on the part of the
speaker? How and why?

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“Say What You See”
TASK Directions: Watch any public speaking video on YouTube or anywhere
4 you can find. Look closely into how the speaker delivers his speech,
whether it is appropriate on the kind of venue and the size of audience
he has. Make particular comments on the following aspects as listed in
the first column:
Present your output this way:
Review on a public speaking video “(Title of video watched)”

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 (Indicate the web page / address here)
What to look into What your observation is
1. Voice projection
2. Use of microphone
3. Use of lectern
4. Gestures used
5. Rapport with audience

TASK Review on a public speaking video “(Title of video watched)”

5 (Indicate the web page / address here)

What to look into What your observation is

6. Voice projection

7. Use of microphone

8. Use of lectern

9. Gestures used

10. Rapport with audience

Say the Sum!

Directions: From all that you have learned, researched and
reflected in this lesson, sum up all the advantages or the things
TASK that can be done as well as the disadvantages or those that
6 can’t be done by the speaker in each of the situations mentioned
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 below. Remember to use your own words based on your
understanding from the previous discussion.

SITUATION Advantages / What can Disadvantages / What

be done / Do’s can’t be done /
Don’ts

With the podium

Without podium

With microphone

Without
microphone

Speaking in small
venue

Speaking in large
venue

Speaking in an
open air

What I Have Learned

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the terms referred to by the statement.
1. In a __________ venue, speaker should speak slowly, pause often to
emphasize ideas, elaborated gestures are needed, and make use of more
visible visual aids.
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2. In using __________ style microphone, you should avoid looking down so
as not to over amplify your voice.
3. The speaker must avoid simply standing the whole time behind the
__________ if he wants to build better rapport with his audience.
4. Using a __________ does not guarantee clarity of delivery of words.
5. In a __________ venue, as a speaker, you need to be aware that audience
would notice you in details so learn to manage well your notes in front of
them.

What I Can Do
“Ladder of Success”
“There is no shortcut to success” as the adage goes.
Suppose you are asked to speak to a group of 100 fellow students,
TASK 1
what important considerations will you remind yourself of before you
finally deliver your speech to make sure you will do it successfully?
Enumerate five important reminders or preparations and write
them in each ladder. 2 pts each.

5-

4-

3-

2-

1-

“Practice and Reflect”

TASK 2 In relation to the previous activity, part of your preparation most
possibly will be the “practice”. So, here’s what you will have to
do:

Find a most interesting speech for this group of audience.

Record yourself rehearsing the speech.
Use a spacious area to make your experience realistic.
Wear appropriate attire if possible.
Watch the video after. Watch as an audience.
Take note of your “good points”9and those that need improvement yet.
Write a “reflection paper” of about 100-150 words only out of this
experience. What have you realized upon doing the rehearsal and
upon watching yourself on video?
 Assessment
Directions: Read each question carefully. Pick the best answer from the choices
given. Write your answer on the blank provided before each number.
____1. Which statement speaks true of delivering speech to different audience
sizes?
A. The larger the audience size is, the more formal the speech becomes.
B. The smaller the audience size is, the more formal the speech will be.
C. Regardless of size, speech should be always formal.
D. The larger the audience size is, the more personal the speech should be.
____2. Which is not true about speaking in an open air venue?
A. The speaker must care more about how the audience feels than the
information he/she must deliver
B. The speaker must deliberately tell the audience to ignore the view around
and instruct them to focus instead on his/her discussion.
C. The speaker may refer to what is happening around and make a point of
reference of this to his speech
D. Speaking in an open air venue posts so much more challenges
____3. What is the use of lectern?
A. A lectern signals the speaker that he ought to be speaking the whole time
behind it
B. A lectern is used for the speaker to rest his trembling hands on it
C. A lectern is useful in case the speaker brings notes.
D. A lectern is used to give more confidence to the speaker.
____4. Only one statement below is true about using a microphone. Which one is?
A. It is always ideal to make use of microphone regardless of the size of the
audience.
B. A microphone is used for better and clearer enunciation of words
C. The use of microphone to a small audience will make the speaker sound
artificial or unnatural.
D. The closer the microphone to the mouth is, the better the sound will be.

____5. Which of the following speakers is following the principles of speech

delivery?
a. John, giving a speech to a wedding at the beach, started out by pointing to
the waves in the sea and tell the audience that marriage is very much like
it.
b. Kate, delivering her campaign speech in the gym, stood behind the lectern
so formally with one hand holding the microphone and the other on her
notes the whole time.

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 c. Steve, speaking to a group of ten (10) people in a quite small room used
an amplifier to make sure his voice is audible to everyone.
d. Lizzie, talking to a group of 50 people, made use of tablet as visual aids

RUBRIC
The rubric below will be used to rate Tasks 3 & 4 under “What’s More” and Task 2
under “What I Can Do”
e.

Needs
Excellent Strong Fair
Criteria Improvement Score
10 8 5
3
Ideas are well
Ideas are
founded on or Ideas reflects
generally Some ideas are
reflect clear poor
correct but with acceptable but
Quality and understanding understanding
minimal not adequately
relevance of the principles of principles
deviation from discussed with
ideas and discussed and discussed; no
the principles; relevant
information with most support or
presents support and
relevant information
support and information
support and presented
information
information
Observes
Generally
correct usage Understandable
Language acceptable
of language but with Distracting all
and usage and, with
and observable throughout
Mechanics minimal
mechanics distractions
distractions only
over-all
Presentation is
somehow
Presentation of The whole
Ideas are very understandable
ideas is logical presentation
Organization well organized, but with
and lacks
clearly logical. observable
understandable. organization.
inconsistencies
incoherence.
TOTAL

References
Sipacio, P. J. F. & Balgos, A.R.G. 2016. Oral Communication in Context for Senior High School.
C& E Publsihing, Inc.
Suttle, C. 2007. Size Up You Audience. http://www.cliffsuttle.com/articles/SizeUpYourAudience-
Suttle.pdf

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University of Minnesota. N.D. Stand up, Speak out. Retrieved August 18, 2020 from
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Development Team

Writer: Liezel H. Tapayan, Teacher III

Ipil National High School

Editor/QA: Maricel Garcia-Bael, Ph. D., Master Teacher II

Reviewer: Evelyn F. Importante

OIC-CID Chief EPS

Illustrator:

Layout Artist:

Management Team:

Raymond M. Salvador
OIC-Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

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OIC-Assistant Schools Division Superintendent

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OIC-Schools Division Superintendent

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My Final Farewell
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun
caress'd Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!,
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's
best, And were it brighter, fresher, or more
blest
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost.
On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or
heed; The place matters not-cypress or laurel or
lily white, Scaffold or open plain, combat or
martyrdom's plight, T is ever the same, to serve
our home and country's need.
I die just when I see the dawn break,
Through the gloom of night, to herald the
day; And if color is lacking my blood thou
shalt take, Pour'd out at need for thy dear
sake
To dye with its crimson the waking ray.
And when the dark night wraps the graveyard
around With only the dead in their vigil to see
Break not my repose or the mystery profound
And perchance thou mayst hear a sad hymn
resound 'T is I, O my country, raising a song
unto thee.
And even my grave is remembered no
more Unmark'd by never a cross nor a
stone
Let the plow sweep through it, the spade turn it
o'er That my ashes may carpet earthly floor,
Before into nothingness at last they are blown.
Then will oblivion bring to me no
care As over thy vales and
plains I sweep;
Throbbing and cleansed in thy space and
air With color and light, with song and
lament I fare, Ever repeating the faith that I
keep.

My dreams, when life first opened to me,
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high,
Were to see thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient
sea From gloom and grief, from care and sorrow
free; No blush on thy brow, no tear in thine eye.
Dream of my life, my living and burning
desire, All hail ! cries the soul that is now to
take flight; All hail ! And sweet it is for thee
to expire ;
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst
aspire; And sleep in thy bosom eternity's
long night.
If over my grave some day thou seest
grow, In the grassy sod, a humble flower,
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so,
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb
below The touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's
warm power.
My Fatherland ador'd, that sadness to my
sorrow lends
Beloved Filipinas, hear now my last good-by!
I give thee all: parents and kindred and friends
For I go where no slave before the oppressor
bends, Where faith can never kill, and God
reigns e'er on high!
Farewell to you all, from my soul torn away,
Friends of my childhood in the home
dispossessed ! Give thanks that I rest from the
wearisome day !
Farewell to thee, too, sweet friend that
lightened my way;
Beloved creatures all, farewell! In death there is
rest!

Let the moon beam over me soft and

serene, Let the dawn shed over me its
radiant flashes, Let the wind with sad
lament over me keen ; And if on my cross a
bird should be seen, (This is the 1911 translation by Charles
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my Derbyshire of the Spanish original of José
ashes. Let the sun draw the vapors up to Rizal's poem, Mi Ultimo Adios
the sky,
And heavenward in purity bear my tardy
protest Let some kind soul o 'er my untimely
fate sigh, And in the still evening a prayer be
lifted on high From thee, 0 my country, that in
God I may rest.

Pray for all those that hapless have died,

For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain;
For our mothers that bitterly their woes have
cried,
For widows and orphans, for captives by torture
tried And then for thyself that redemption thou
mayst gain.

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