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Principles
of Speech
Delivery
MARITES S. BASI
SUBJECT TEACHER
Insights on Public Speaking
• Speaking
without
advanced
preparation
• Unrehearsed
speech
Advantages
• Spontaneous or natural speaking
• More focused and brief
Disadvantages
• Tendency to be disorganized
• Lacks connection with the audience
• Nerve-racking for inexperienced
speakers and beginners
Impromptu Speech
Impromptu Speech
Speaking Situations
• In an event where you are asked to
say a few words
• First day at work or in class, or
during an interview
Impromptu Speech
Tips
• Once you are requested to say
something, pause for a moment to
plan in your head what to say.
• State your main point briefly and
deliver it at a pace your audience can
follow.
Manuscript Speech
• Speaking with
advanced
preparation
• Planned and
rehearsed speech
• Reading aloud a
written message
Speaking Situations
• Newscasting with a
Teleprompter or an
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• Presenting the legal Speech
proceedings and
verdict in court
• Reading the rules
and criteria in a
Manuscript Speech
Advantages
• Exact repetition of the written
words
• Guided speech
Disadvantages
• Boring and uninteresting
presentation
Tips
• Rehearse the speech over
and over again until you
sound natural.
• Observe accomplished
news anchors and note how
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Manuscript Speech
Tips
• Rehearse the speech over
and over again until you
sound natural.
• Observe accomplished news
anchors and note how
Reader's Theater
• A dramatic presentation of a
written work in a script form.
• Readers read from a "script"
and reading parts are divided
among the readers.
• No memorization, costumes,
Reader's Theater
• Scripts are held by the
readers.
• Lines are not
memorized.
• The focus is on reading
the text with expressive
voices and gestures.
CHARACTERISTICS OF READERS THEATRE:
• Narration serves as the
framework of dramatic
presentation.
• No full memorization. Scripts
are used openly in
performance.
• No full stage sets. If used at
all, sets are simple and
suggestive. A stage is
unnecessary.
FEATURES OF READERS THEATRE:
• Peppy dialogue
• A little action
• Laugh-out-loud parts
• Lively narration
• Enough roles for
everyone
Memorized Speech
• Speaking with
advanced preparation
• Planned and
rehearsed speech
• Reciting a written
message word-for-
word from memory
Memorized Speech
Speaking Situations
• When you perform in a stage play
• When you deliver a declamation,
oratorical, or literary piece
• When an actor or actress in a scene
performs a script from memory
Advantages
• Exact repetition of the written words from
memory
• Free to move around the stage
Disadvantages
• Speakers might end up speaking in a monotone
pattern. Alternatively, he/she might take a fast
pace.
• When the speaker cannot control his/her stage
Memorized Speech
fright, he/she might have difficulty remembering
his/her memorized speech.
Memorized
Speech
Tips
• Rehearse the speech over and over
again until you sound natural and
feel confident.
• Observe how actors/actresses
perform their script in a theater,
Thank
You!