EXPRESSING

ONESELF THROUGH
ORAL
COMMUNICATION
LESSON 3
What is oral communication and its
importance in the 21st century?
What is Oral Communication? Its importance in the 21st
century...

Oral communication is the is to help build relationships by

transference of information via allowing us to share our
speech. It implies communication experiences, and needs, and helps
through mouth. It includes individuals us connect to others. It involves the
conversing with each other, be it capacity to speak with clarity and
direct conversation or telephonic precision; adjust tone and word
conversation. Speeches, choice for both formal and informal
presentations, discussions are all settings; listen actively; and
forms of oral communication. recognize nonverbal cues.
3 types of
Speeches
Expository or Informative
Speech
Informative – This speech serves to provide
interesting and useful information to your audience.

Some examples of informative speeches:

• classroom lectures

• A student talking about her research

• A travelogue about the Tower of London

• A computer programmer speaking about new

software

• A news reporter
Example video:

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b9fDkOLwbs&ab_channel=SarahGeorge
Persuasive Speech
Persuasive – A persuasive speech works
to convince people to change in some
way: they think, the way they do
something, or to start doing something that
they are not currently doing.

Some examples of persuasive speeches:

• political campaigns

• public debates

• product launching
Example video:

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiKtZgImdlY&ab_channel=TED
Entertainment Speech
Entertaining — The after-dinner speech is
a typical example of an entertaining
speech. The speaker provides pleasure
and enjoyment that make the audience
laugh or identify with anecdotal information.

Some examples of entertaining speeches:

• wedding toast

• or any short speeches of tribute

developed with humorous jokes, and
stories.
Example video:

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMXCvLJkZwo&ab_channel=howtodudes
 Types of Speeches
according to delivery
1. Reading from a Manuscript- implies reading a pre-written
speech, paper script or teleprompter

Strengths Limitations

• guarantees refined, polished, and • takes time to prepare

stylized language done with
preparation
• facilitates word-for-word reading
for phrases embelished with
stylistic elements.
• delimits the spontaneity and
conversational dynamics that
effective speakers want to achieve
2. Memorized Speech - speech that is committed and delivered
entirely from memory

Strengths Limitations

• allows maximum eye contact with • adds anxiety of forgetting what to

audience say
• allows gestures and free • sounds unnatural
movement • lessens ability to make on-the-spot
adlibs.
3. Impromptu - speech that is delivered on the spot with no
chance to prepare or memorize

Strengths Limitations

• allows maintained direct eye • may likely leave out important

contact with the audience information if preparation is hasty
• sounds genuine for its formality • might lack logical organization due
to minimal preparation
4. Extemporaneous Speech - a speech that is given without any special
advance preparation and is delivered without the help of notes and others.

Strengths Limitations

• easiest to prepare with notes as • takes time to prepare

prompter • takes skills to deliver it well
• does not require lenghty
preparations unlike having a
memorized speech, or reading it
directly from a manuscript.
 Principle of
Effective Speech
Delivery
1. Articulation- producing clear and distinct sounds

2. Modulation- adequate volume of the voice

3. Facial expressions, gestures, and movements- appropriateness and proper

timing

4. Stage presence- naturalness, composure, and confidence before the listeners

5. Rapport with the audience- attentiveness to reactions or shifts in listeners

patterns; openess to questions raised.

6. Silence- room for pauses and silence

Ten Commandments or Oral Communication

1. Believe in what you say 6. Know how to say it

2. Believe in what people say 7. Have fun saying it
3. Live what you say 8. Show it as you say it
4. Know when you say it 9. Say it so people can own it
5. Know why you say it 10. Say it so people will do it.
Conclusion/ Key Takeaways

• There are four main kinds of speech delivery: impromptu,

extemporaneous, manuscript, and memorized.
• Impromptu speaking involves delivering a message on the spur of the
moment, as when someone is asked to “say a few words.”
• Extemporaneous speaking consists of delivering a speech in a
conversational fashion using notes. This is the style most speeches call for.
• Manuscript speaking consists of reading a fully scripted speech. It is useful
when a message needs to be delivered in precise words.
• Memorized speaking consists of reciting a scripted speech from memory.
Memorization allows the speaker to be free of notes.
Assignment!
• Watch the evening news. Observe
the differences between news
anchors using a TelePrompTer and
interviewees who are using no
notes of any kind. What differences
do you observe?
• Ask each student to give a one-
minute impromptu speech
answering the question, “What is
the most important personal quality
for academic success?”
THANK YOU