HERCOR COLLEGE

HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Main Campus, Lawa-an Roxas City
Oral Communication in Context
Bernard B. Onasin Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Chosen Ibanez
Jether A. Candelario Instructor
Reporter
TYPES OF SPEECHES ACCORDING TO DELIVERY

Reading from a Manuscript

Most formal type of delivery (Doyle); most effective to have the
greatest control of the wording of the speech.
STRENGTHS LIMITATIONS
Guarantees refined, polished, and Takes time to prepare to ensure the
stylized language having much desired language for effective delivery.
preparation done.
Facilitates word-for-word reading for Delimits the spontaneity and
phrases embellished with stylistic conversational dynamic that effective
elements. speakers want to achieve.

Creates artificiality on getting to the

point if not read well.

Memorized Speech
Most challenging to get through; best used when accepting awards,
introducing speakers, or making announcements; for speakers trained
and practiced to memorize long passages of text; for presenting the same
ideas a number of times ( e.g. preachers and teachers)
STRENGTHS LIMITATIONS
Allows maximum eye contact with the Adds anxiety on forgetting what to say.
audience.
Allows gestures and free movements Sounds unnatural or lacking in
for the speaker. spontaneity
Lessens ability to make on-the-spot
adaptations.
Impromptu Speech
Delivered with little or no preparation; usually about a topic that the
speaker knows well; “thinking on one’s feet” or speaking off the cuff”
(Beebe and Beebe 2013); usually presented with no guide notes or
outlines with only seconds or minutes of advance notice for preparation.
STRENGTHS LIMITATIONS
Allows maintained direct eye contact May likely leave out important
with information with hasty preparation
the audience. made
Sounds genuine for its informality Lacks logical organization due to
minimal preparation.
Sounds unimpressive when speaker
gets to verbal ticks as “ah”, “um”,
“you know” and the like during
delivery itself

Extemporaneous Speech
Researched and planned ahead of time but the exact wording is not
scripted; with notes or an outline to refer for guidance on key ideas,
structure, and delivery cues.
STRENGTHS LIMITATIONS
Easiest to prepare with notes as prompter Takes time for preparation
Does not require lengthy preparation Takes skill to deliver it well (rubrics,
unlike the memorized speech, and read appendices section)
manuscript
Does not need much practice to be effective

Sounds interactive giving the impression

that the shared ideas of the speaker are
created as he structures of the speech from
his notes