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Public Speaking
Textbooks
Stephen E. Lucas
By Cheryl Hamilton
200411
20044
L.G. Alexander
19995
Sue Kay
A Simple Guide to the Art of Debate in
English
FLTRP
20064
Scoring breakups:
Course introduction:
Public speaking is
1. Similarities between
public speaking and conversation:
speaking
A. is more highly structured;
B. requires more formal language;
C. requires a different method of
delivery.
Do not use
stock phrases
casual posture
vocalized pauses
Instead
Adjust your voices to be heard clearly
throughout the audience;
Assume a more erect posture
Avoid distracting mannerisms and
verbal habits.
Developing confidence:
your speech class
Stage Fright
Nervousness is normal, even
desirable at the start of a speech;
Use your nervousness to your
advantage, to put your butterflies to
good use.
positive nervousness
Positive Nervousness:
--- an enthusiastic, lively feeling
with a slight edge to it
--- the controlled nervousness that
helps energize a speaker;
--- not victimized by it, but vitalized
by it.
Remember
speechmaking is
NOT:
a kind of performance
BUT:
an act of communication
--- purpose:
make other people remember you as
someone unique.