Speech and Performance for

Recording a School-on-the-
Air Program
An excerpt from Diosdado Rabanso – SNSC Journalism
Coordinator

CATHERINE T. AÑANO
Teacher III
Guiuan East Central School
 OBJECTIVES
1. Discuss the importance of learning
skills in broadcast speech and
performance for SOA; and
2. Describe the principles of radio
broadcast speech and performance
particularly for an SOA program.

CATHERINE T. AÑANO
Guiuan East Central School
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 RADIO
As a communication
medium

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 1. LACKS VISUAL STIMULUS

CATHERINE T. AÑANO
Guiuan East Central School
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 2. INEXORABLE

CATHERINE T. AÑANO
Guiuan East Central School
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 3. AUDIENCE ARE MOBILE,
THEY EASILY GET BORED

CATHERINE T. AÑANO
Guiuan East Central School
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 4. UNDERSTANDABLE

CATHERINE T. AÑANO
Guiuan East Central School
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 THE
POOR
VOICE
1. Irritates
2. Invites attention
3. Obscure meaning
4. Lessens the pleasure of listening

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 THE GOOD
VOICE
1. Commands respect
2. Helps in holding attention
3. Helps in gaining acceptance of idea

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 VOICE
versus

SPEECH
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 VOICE
is a controlled sound

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 SPEEC
is the articulated sound
H
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 KEYS TO A PLEASING VOICE
• Voice placement/ quality
• Proper breathing/ breath
control
• Posture
• Proper articulation
• Projection
• Delivery

CATHERINE T. AÑANO
Guiuan East Central School
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 Characteristics of
a Good Speaking
Voice

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 CHARACTERISTICS
of a good speaking
voice
1. VARIED INFLECTIONS/ INTONATION
voice can easily change from a
falling, rising, or complex
intonation and not monotonous

[read:] Ano’ng sagot sa kanyang tanong?

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 CHARACTERISTICS
of a good speaking
voice
2. WIDE RANGE OF PITCH
voice is modulated (optimum/
potential pitch)but at the same
time can assume a high or low
pitch if needed

[read:] Oras na naman ng makabuluhan nating

pagsasama-sama.
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 CHARACTERISTICS
of a good speaking
voice
3. DIFFERENT DEGREES OF LOUDNESS
Loud enough without shouting
Soft enough to be heard
Well-projected without
straining the throat muscles

[read:] Come here.

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 CHARACTERISTICS
of a good speaking
voice
4. APPROPRIATE PAUSES
Smooth delivery and without
hesitancies
Not too fast nor too slow
Pauses appropriately-placed emphasis

[read:] Karaniwang ang mga pahayag na ito’y dinurugtungan na

rin ng mga datos o ebidensiya na lalo pang makapagpapatunay
sa katotohanan ng inilalahad.
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 CHARACTERISTICS
of a good speaking
voice
5. PLEASANT QUALITY
Not hoarse nor whispery
Not nasal nor stuffy-sounding
Not screechy nor too husky

[read:] Good afternoon, Grade 5 pupils! I am your host,

_________________.
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 FACTORS affecting speech

1. STATE OF PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT

• general state of person’s
health
• health and size of physical
equipment for voice
production

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 FACTORS affecting speech
2. ENVIRONMENT WHERE SPEECH WAS
LEARNED
• associations with people in
the environment
• Culture (accent) the
individual is exposed to

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 FACTORS affecting speech

3. USE OF VOICE

• forcing voice lower or

shouting to convey more force
• imitating voices of
personalities
• lack of knowledge on proper
breath control
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 FACTORS affecting speech

4. PERSONALITY
• individual temperament and
emotional attitudes

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 COMMON
speech faults
1. VOLUME
• too loud
• too soft
• fading or whispery

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 COMMON
speech faults
2. QUALITY

• Hoarse/foghorn (overused vocal

chords/larynx;laryngitis)
• Breathy/whispery (out of breath; improper
breath control)
• Nasal (whining/honking sound)
• Denasal (stuffy-nosed sound)
• Strident/shrieking (sharp, too high-pitched)
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 COMMON
speech faults
3. PITCH
• Too low modal pitch(pitch doesn’t drop
at the end of the sentence)
• Too high modal pitch(pitch for
emphasis is higher than modal
pitch; improper breath control)
• Monotone (no variation in pitch)
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 COMMON
speech faults
4. ARTICULATION
• Muffled or lazy lips(mouth is not
properly opened; rushed delivery;
poor enunciation; attempt to be
more slang)
• Tangled tongue(articulators not
properly exercised; poor
enunciation)
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 COMMON
speech faults
5. PRONUNCIATION
• Faulty pronunciation due to
incorrect learning (Filipino
English pronunciation)
• Adopting a pronunciation to
sound more genteel

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 CORRECTING
speech
faults
• recognize its existence
• know where it deviates from the
desired
• discriminate between desired and
undesired
• practice regularly
• apply change consciously
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 PERFORMANCE
for recording an SOA
Program
Host or Radio Teacher
• Who is your audience?
• What kind of learners are they?
• What do they like? Don’t like?
• How well do you know them?

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 HOW TO BE AN
EFFECTIVE SOA
PROGRAM
HOST/ RADIO
TEACHER

CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central

School
 EFFECTIVE SOA HOST…
• Imbibes a character according to
their personality; be consistent
• Speaks low and slow
• Differentiates from normal
speaking voice (vocal variety);
projects accordingly
• Connects with students; feel their
presence
• Exerts effort to really sound
CATHERINE T. AÑANO
happy, relatable
Guiuan East Central School
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 “The learners can
detect your
confidence through
your voice. So, be
confident.”
CATHERINE T. AÑANO
Guiuan East Central School
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School
 Thank you
for listening!

CATHERINE T. AÑANO
Guiuan East Central School
CATHERINE T. AÑANO - Guiuan East Central
School