PUBLIC SPEAKING

Instructor: Do Thi Huyen

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Contents

1 Introduction

2 Overall

3 Outlining

4 Wording

5 Others
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Introduction

 What is public speaking?

• Form of communication

• A person talks face-to-face to a

large audience
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Overall

 Deciding on a topic

• To persuade
• To inform
 Objectives
• To amuse
• To train
• Company employees
 Analyzing the
• Visitors
audience • Colleagues
• Boss
• Class
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Outline

1 2 3
Introduction Body Conclusion
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Introduction

Checklist

 Your name and position

 The title/subject of your presentation
 The purpose of your presentation
 The length of time you will take
 The main parts or points you will
cover
 When audience may ask questions
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Greeting, name, position

Formal
 Good morning,…. My name’s…I’m….
 Ladies and gentlemen, It's an honour to
have the opportunity to address such a
distinguished audience
 Welcome to Standard Electronics. I know
I’ve met some of you, but just for benefit of
those I haven’t, my name’s…
 Good morning, let me start by saying just a
few words about my own background.
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Greeting

More friendly
 Morning, everyone
 Ok, let’s get started
 Thanks for coming
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Effective openings

 Problems:
• Suppose….
• Have you ever wondered why it is
that…
• How many people here this morning…

• Well, imagine….
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 Amazing facts:
• Did you know that…
• According to the latest study,…
• Statistic show that
• I read somewhere the other day
that…
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Story

 You know,…
 When I think about…
 I’m reminded of…
 I remember when…
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Title

 I’d like to talk (to you) today about…

 I’m going to present the recent…
explain….
inform you about…
describe….
 What I want to do this morning is to talk to
you about…
tell you about…
show you…
report on…
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Purpose

 We are here today to decide….

agree…
learn about…
 The purpose of this talk is to update you on…
give you the
background to…
 This talk is designed to…
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Length

 I shall only take …minutes of your

time.
 This should take…
 The presentation will last…
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Outline/main parts

 I’ve divided my presentation into 3

parts/sections. They are…
 The subject can be looked at under
the following headings:…
 We can break the area down into the
following fields:
• Firstly/first of all,…
• Secondly/then/next…
• Third/then we come to…
• Finally/lastly/Last of all….
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Questions

Formal

 I’d glad to answer any questions at

the end of my talk.
 If you have any questions you’d like
to ask, I’ll be happy to answer them.
 Perhaps we can leave any questions
you may have until the end of the
presentation
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More friendly

 Please feel free to ask any questions

you like as we go along
 And don’t worry, there’ll be a plenty
of time left over for questions at the
end.
 Please interrupt me if there’s sth
which need clarifying.
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Body
 Point 1: Thesis statement
• Supporting idea 1
• Supporting idea 2
 Point 2: Thesis statement
• Supporting idea 1
• Supporting idea 2
 Point 3: Thesis statement
• Supporting idea 1
• Supporting idea 2
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Linking parts

 Ok, let’s start with…

 Let’s turn now to…
 So, we come to the next…
 So we can go on..
 Let’s move/go on to next/second
thing, which is…
 And that brings me to the final part of
the presentation is …
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Summary

 To sum up,…
 In brief,…
 In short,..
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Conclusion

 In conclusion,…
 To conclude,…
 That brings to the end of my
presentation. Thank you for listening
 I want to thank you once again for
allowing me to speak today.
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The right kind of language

 Language: shorter sentences

 Simpler vocab
 Personal styles
 Use of pause
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Body language

 Eye contact
 Facial expression
 Hands
 Movement
 General appearance