Oral Communication Semi

ORAL COMMUNICATION SEMI-FINALS 2. Mark! Highlight key words and phrases.
This
way you will be guided during the speech
Organizing and Delivering a Manuscript Speech delivery.
Manuscript speaking is the word-for-word iteration of a 3. Practice! you can make a lot of notes on the
written message. In a manuscript speech, the speaker draft of your manuscript during the first few
maintains his or her attention on the printed page rehearsals. Make sure to edit and reprint your
except when using visual aids. script especially if you make too many changes.
4. Practice some more! Read the text over and
For whom is the manuscript method most over orally. This will help you avoid
advantageous? mispronounced words, faulty starts, and wrong
pauses. As you practice, vary the volume, rate,
1. Public Figures – Example: The President’s State
and pitch of your voice during appropriate
of the Nation Address (SONA)
points in the speech.
2. Media personalities – Example: a televised
5. Concentrate! –on keeping eye contact, but do
panel discussion about a social issue
not stare at only one section of the audience. It
3. Spokespersons for government and private
is best if you familiarize yourself with the most
organizations – Example: during international
important parts of your speech. If you do this,
seminars on important matters such as climate
you will be more confident in looking at your
change
audience.
Potential Problems with the Manuscript Method 6. Act it out! Use a lectern or podium when
practicing the speech. If you can find one before
1. You might be tempted to skip practicing the your speech delivery, practice using it so that
speech. you will be used to laying your notes flat on the
2. If you fail to practice your speech, you might be podium and looking at them once in a while.
glued to the speech all throughout. You may
overlook making eye contact with the audience. Organizing and Delivering a Memorized Speech
3. If there is time allotted and before the time runs
Memorized speech is the rote recitation of a written
out, you will surely want to cover everything in
message that the speaker has committed to memory.
your speech. This might affect your connection
with the audience as there is a tendency to As with the manuscript speech, the speaker also runs
ignore them and neglect responding to their the risk of sounding mechanical during the delivery. For
feedback when busy with the speech. Pay this reason, the memorized speech must be short and
attention and make sure to check and adjust if the speaker must work harder on their facial
the audience displays anxiety, impatience, or expressions and voice tone.
boredom.
Memorizing a speech can help you achieve a smooth
Strategies in Organizing and Delivering the and effortless delivery. You do not need to focus on
Manuscript Speech notes or a manuscript. You can concentrate on
maintaining eye contact with your audience,
1. Practice! -delivering the speech several times. establishing rapport, and interacting with your
Mark the text and know the speech by heart. audience.
Only if you do these can you keep frequent eye
contact with the audience. A memorized speech works best for formal events
2. Adapt! Feel free to modify the text when the where you are asked to introduce a guest, accept an
situation demands it. award, make a toast, deliver a eulogy, give a tribute,
and the like.
Tips in Using the Manuscript Method
Disadvantages of the Memorized Speech
1. Prepare! Keep your text easy to use by neatly
composing it in triple space.
1. You might forget what you are supposed to say.
Long pauses can be very awkward between you
and your audience.
2. You might memorize the speech mechanically,
resulting in unnatural delivery.
3. You might focus on merely remembering
content. Consequently, groping for the right
words might make you look uptight and stiff.
4. You might be too tied to remembering your
script, giving you no chance to pay attention
and respond to audience feedback.
Advantages of Delivering a Memorized Speech

1. You do not need notes anymore. You do not
have to worry when to read and when to glance
at your audience.
2. You can plan gestures, facial expressions, and
movement.
3. You can concentrate on visual aids and props
4. You will feel more confident. You will not be
anxious about running out of words or not
knowing what to say.
Tips in Memorizing a Speech

1. Break it down! You cannot memorize a speech
in one sitting. Memorize one paragraph at a
time.
2. Build it up! After memorizing the speech in
snippets, you need to put them together.
3. Speak out! Try verbalizing your speech as you
memorize it.
4. Identify keys! Identify a key point in every
paragraph.
5. Have a break! After memorizing some parts,
take a break for some hours or for a day. After
this, recite your speech. This will test how well
you can recall what you think you have
memorized.
6. Record and listen! Then, like a song, the speech
will eventually get stuck in your head.
7. Use note cards! write one key point on a note
card. Bring note cards wherever you go and
take them out whenever you have extra time to
memorize.

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ORAL COMMUNICATION SEMI-FINALS 2. Mark! Highlight key words and phrases.

Advantages of Delivering a Memorized Speech

Tips in Memorizing a Speech

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