What is Public Speech?
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Which qualities have in a good speaker?
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Speaking is an art, and a good speaker always has an edge over others. S/he is noticed and respected everywhere whether it is personal, social, or professional life. Good speaking skill helps her/him to boost self-confidence, enhance reputation, advance career objectives, and create new opportunities. It is the skill that is acquired through constant practice.
Speech is the activity of presenting one's views before others in face-to-face situation. Speech making is a creative process by which the speaker intends to influence the audience with her/his ideas. S/he tries to persuade them to agree with and follow her/his line of thought. It can be made in informal as well as formal situations.
Public speech is a component of public speaking which is the act of addressing to a group of people on a formal occasion. It is also termed as 'oratory or ‘oration. It requires planning, preparation, and perfect execution of ideas. It can be exercised to inform, persuade or entertain
the audience. It is sometimes a difficult task for some speakers to perform. It is a formal activity and requires some Preparation before it's execution. In order to make the speech effective, the speaker should keep the following points in mind:
- Research the topic thoroughly.
- Know the audience for whom the speech in meant.
- Understand the level and expectation(s) of the audience.
- Keep audience- centred approach.
- Prepare a written draft and rehearse the speech before it's delivery.
- Make sure that speech is well planned, adequately convincing, properly substantiated, and unquestionably relevant to the needs of the audience.
Qualities of a Good Speaker:-
The speaker needs to posses certain characteristics to be a good speaker. Some of them are as under:-
- S/he speaks in a pleasant, clear confident and loud voice; and uses proper pitch, tome and intonation.
- S/he uses correct pronunciation of the words with voice modulation.
- S/he adopts correct posture, natural gestures, and uses appropriate body language during the speech.
- S/he makes direct eye- contact with audience to win their trust and leave immediate impression on them.
- S/he uses simple words and Language suited to the occasion.
- S/he uses personal examples to establish good rapport with the audience.
- S/he creates a verbal imagery to leave desired impact on the audience.
- S/he determines the focus of speech to avoid digression from the topic.
- S/he uses wit and humor to keep audience entertained during the speech.
Parts of a Good Speaker:-
A public speech may contain the following parts:
- Introduction
- Body
- Conclusion
a) Introduction:-
This is the first part of a public speech. The speaker introduces her/himself to the audience as well as announces the topic of speech. S/he also presents background of the topic in the beginning. S/he can start the speech with some provocative quote, interesting anecdote, and joke; by asking some question, or stating purpose of the speech.
(b) Body:-
This is the second part of a speech. It includes all the ideas and information in a logical sequence. The speaker presents easily acceptable ideas in the beginning to put the audience in a positive frame of mind, and then presents less acceptable ideas so that the audience can agree with the points without much effort of her/him.
(c) Conclusion:-
This is final part of the speech. The speaker summarizes the main points in this part. S/he ends the speech on a climatic note, and avoids abrupt ending of the speech.
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