UNIT 4: SPEECH PREPARATION

- ORGANISING AND OUTLINING

Nguyen Thu Trang, M.A.

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 WARMING UP

Watch this video

Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question. Link video
What’s wrong with her answer?

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How many main parts are there in a speech? Link video

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Basic structure

Introduction

Body

Ending

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 OBJECTIVES

After this lesson, students will be able to:

1. Identify the main points of a speech.
2. Use the outline guide to organize the ideas of a speech.
3. Identify the types of opening, body, and conclusion.
4. Identify the important parts of the introduction.
5. Determine the important parts of the conclusion.

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 OVERVIEW

4.1 Beginning the Speech

4.2 Organising the Body of the Speech

4.3 Ending the Speech

4.4 Recap

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Topic:
What leads to success?
Time limit: 3 mins

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Basic structure

Introduction

1. Hook
Something to attract attention
Body
2. Message
What your speech is about

Ending

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Exercise 1: Match the types of hook with the speeches. Click on column “Speech” to open the link.

Speech 1 Story

Humor
Speech 2
Rhetorical Question

Speech 3
Strong Statements

Speech 4 Video / Graphic

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Exercise 1: Answers

Speech 1 Humor

Speech 2 Strong Statements

Speech 3 Story Video / Graphic

Speech 4 Rhetorical Question

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Try it out Story

Develop the intro for this topic:
Introduction
What leads to success? Humor
Time limit: 3 mins 1. Hook
Rhetorical Question Something to attract attention

2. Message
Strong Statements
What your speech is about

Video / Graphic

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Basic structure

Introduction 1. Main Points/Ideas

2. Supports:
• Examples
Body • Personal Stories
• Statistics (Numbers)
• Experts’ Words
Ending • Scientific Evidence

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Watch the video about “Why kids should have long recess”
Link video Body
Answer these questions Main Points/Reasons

What are the Main Reasons? Support with: 4E

What did the speaker use to support his reasons? • Further Explanation
• Example
• Scientific Evidence
• Experts’ Voice

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Exercise 2: Match the main ideas with their support
A. Main idea 1: Recess helps 1. Further Explanation: Recess may be the only time of the day when children have
an opportunity to experience socialization and real communication.
children learn faster and better
2. Scientific Evidence: Children who had recess twice a week were more focused
B. Main idea 2: Recess helps and less fidgety on days when they had recess.
develop social skills.
3. Further Explanation: The outdoors is the best place for children to burn calories,
C. Main idea 3: Recess increases practice emerging physical skills and experience the pure joy of movement.
children’s physical activities 4. Scientific Evidence: Out of 1,200 genes that scientists have studied, one-third of
them have changed when they had a half-hour playtime.
5. Experts’ Voice: According to Rae Pica, who is a children's physical activity
specialist, when having physical activity at school, children usually have more
physical activity at home
6. Scientific Evidence: Running around helps the brain. Most of the brain is
activated during physical activity much more so than being a couch potato.
7. Scientific Evidence: The outside light triggers the synthesis of vitamin D, which
increase academic learning.

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Exercise 2: Answers
A. Main idea 1: Recess helps children learn faster and better
2. Scientific Evidence: Children who had recess twice a week were more focused and less fidgety on days when they had recess.
4. Scientific Evidence: Out of 1,200 genes that scientists have studied, one-third of them have changed when they had a half-hour
playtime.
7. Scientific Evidence: The outside light triggers the synthesis of vitamin D, which increase academic learning.
B. Main idea 2: Recess helps develop social skills.
1. Further Explanation: Recess may be the only time of the day when children have an opportunity to experience socialization and
real communication.
C. Main idea 3: Recess increases children’s physical activities
3. Further Explanation: The outdoors is the best place for children to burn calories, practice emerging physical skills and
experience the pure joy of movement.
5. Experts’ Voice: According to Rae Pica, who is a children's physical activity specialist, when having physical activity at school,
children usually have more physical activity at home
6. Scientific Evidence: Running around helps the brain. Most of the brain is activated during physical activity much more so than
being a couch potato.

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Topic: “Why kids should have recess”

• Main reason 1: Recess helps children learn faster and better
▪ Scientific Evidence: Out of 1,200 genes that scientists have studied, one-third of them have changed
when they had a half-hour playtime.
▪ Scientific Evidence: Children who had recess twice a week were more focused and less fidgety on days
when they had recess.
▪ Scientific Evidence: The outside light triggers the synthesis of vitamin D, which increase academic
learning.

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Topic: “Why kids should have recess”

• Main reason 2: Recess helps develop social skills.
▪ Further Explanation: Recess may be the only time of the day when children have an opportunity to
experience socialization and real communication.
• Main reason 3: Recess increases children’s physical activities
▪ Further Explanation: The outdoors is the best place for children to burn calories, practice emerging
physical skills and experience the pure joy of movement.
▪ Experts’ Voice: According to Rae Pica, who is a children's physical activity specialist, when having
physical activity at school, children usually have more physical activity at home.
▪ Scientific Evidence: Running around helps the brain. Most of the brain is activated during physical
activity much more so than being a couch potato.

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Try it out
Body
Develop the body for this topic:
What leads to success?
1. Main Points/Reasons
Time limit: 3 mins 2. Support with:
• Further Explanation
• Personal Stories
• Statistics (Numbers)
• Experts’ Voice
• Scientific Evidence

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Basic structure

Introduction 1. Review
List the main points in the
speech again
Body 2. Reinforce the
message
• Memorable statements
Ending • Tie to introduction

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Which is better?

A B
So, we now know that recess helps children learn I would like to sum up my ideas. Recess helps
faster and better, develop social skills, and do more children learn faster and better. Recess helps develop
physical activities. Every child should get a lot of social skills. Recess increases children’s physical
playtime, so their stories can be completed. Thank activities.
you. Thank you very much for your attention.

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Try it out
Develop the ending for this topic: Ending
What leads to success? 1. Recap
Time limit: 3 mins
List the main points in the speech
again

2. Reinforce the message

• Memorable statements
• Tie to introduction

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What leads to success? (3 mins talk)

I. Intro:

1. Hook: ………….

2. Message: ………….

II. Body:

1. Main idea 1: ………….

Support: ………….

2. Main idea 2: ………….

Support: …………

III. Ending

1. Recap: ………….

2. Reinforce Message: ………….

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Exercise 3: Arrange these parts in suitable order. And then watch this video for the answer. Link video
• Reinforce Message: Do these 8 things that lead to success
• Message: There are 8 things lead to success.
• Recap: 8 things lead to success
• Support:
• Explanation
• Expert’s Voice
• Personal observations (they invent mothers to push)
1. Hook: Personal story; Research: 7 years, 500 interviews
2. Talk about each thing: Passion, Work, Focus, Push, Good, Serve, Ideas, Persist

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Exercise 3: Answers
Intro:
Hook: Personal story; Research: 7 years, 500 interviews
Message: There are 8 things lead to success
Body:
Talk about each thing: Passion, Work, Focus, Push, Good, Serve, Ideas, Persist
Support:
• Explanation
• Expert’s Voice
• Personal observations (they invent mothers to push)
Ending
Recap: 8 things lead to success
Reinforce Message: Do these 8 things that lead to success
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Hook
Introduction
Message

Main points
A Speech Body
Support

Recap
Ending
Reinforce
Message

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1. Identify the main points of a speech

2. Use the outline guide to organize the ideas of a speech.
3. Identify the types of opening, body, and conclusion
4. Identify the important parts of the introduction
5. Determine the important parts of the conclusion

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 GLOSSARY

Part of
Vocabulary Meaning Example
speech
rhetorical question n Câu hỏi tu từ

recess n giờ nghỉ Recess helps children learn faster and better
Children who had recess twice a week were more focused and
fidgety adj bồn chồn
less fidgety on days when they had recess.
The outside light triggers the synthesis of vitamin D, which
synthesis n sự tổng hợp
increase academic learning
Recess may be the only time of the day when children have an
socialization n sự giao tiếp xã hội
opportunity to experience socialization and real communication
người lười biếng, Running around helps the brain. Most of the brain is activated
couch potato n
thích nằm ườn during physical activity much more so than being a couch potato.

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