Prepared and practiced but not written or memorized.
Use key-word outlines. Allows the speaker to adjust and adapt to the audience as you observe their responses. Because this speaking requires mastery of subject and confidence to speak directly with listener, extemporaneous speakers can earn higher marks for ethos. Advantages of Extemporaneous Speaking 1. Leaves the speaker free to develop and maintain direct eye contact. 2. Leaves speaker free to use body dynamics and gestures. 3. Promotes an oral/spontaneous style of delivery 4. More conversational 5. Allows the speaker a better opportunity to adjust and adapt to audience/listener. Disadvantage of Extemporaneous Speaking 1. Speaker tends to use less precise language 2. Hard to observe time limits. 3. Speakers tend to say things they did not intend. 4. Speakers get a false sense of security. 5. The speaker tends to have a jerky, halting, nonfluent speaking style. ADVANTAGES OF EXTEMPORANEOUS DELIVERY Delivery power Audience rapport Flexible wording Audience analysis Ongoing adjustment CHALLENGES TO EXTEMPORANEOUS DELIVERY Anxiety Time management Distracting mannerisms Vocalized pauses Repeated phrases Idea clarity Audience feedback Overdramatization Alternative style Extemporaneous A speaking situation focused at engaging the audience. This method involves a carefully prepared and practiced speech that is delivered from a skeleton of thoughts and words. Advantages 1. No longer limited by a script but by ones own concept 2. Speaking in a more natural and conversational manner will result natural interaction with the audience 3. There is freedom in audience adaption
If the audience appears confused, the
speaker can provide additional support to clarify the main idea If the audience appears to readily understand an idea, the speaker is able to omit some of the support that has been earlier prepared. Thus, this gives room for expansion in subsequent portions of a presentation Disadvantages 1. Requires practise that may result in a temptation to memorise the speech 2. Possibility of losing a degree of style or eloquence when delivering the speech and even worse, forgetting how to elaborate a point at that moment Pointers 1. As beginner extemporaneous speakers, start with memorizing ideas, not specific words, except for key transitions, introduction, conclusion, and perhaps some key examples 2. Do not wing it: Even the best speakers need to prepare their comments in advance to prevent straying from the main topic 3. Trust instincts and occasionally throw in an offthe-cuff remark to make the speech sound conversational 4. Practice! The challenge is not to deliver the speech exactly as planned, but to present ideas and information in a natural and conversational manner Impromptu Speaking impromptu is delivering a speech without any advance preparation. This delivery method does happen when we are asked for an opinion of an issue unexpectedly. In informal situations, speaking without preparation may not be too uncomfortable. This is because the audience may not expect a forceful and organized speech from us. Advantages 1. Without any notes for reference, the speaker will be forced to respond to feedback thus engaging the audience Disadvantage 1. Speech will not be organized due to the lack of preparation 2. Success of this delivery method is hugely dependent on public speaking skills Pointers 1. Decide quickly what the one message will be 2. Start off strong and with confidence and end with a good conclusion 3. Focus on communicating to the audience and not speaking at the crowd 4. PREP Point (state position on topic)
Reason (personal viewpoint or attentiongetter)
Example to explain support the reason Point (summarize and re-state point) Readers Theatre Reader's Theatre is having students read a script modified from a literature piece. It requires the audience to picture the action from hearing the script being read aloud. This strategy requires no sets, costumes, props, or memorized lines. Instead of acting out literature as in a play, the performers goal is to read a script aloud effectively, encouraging the audience to visualize the action. Performers bring the text alive by using voice, facial expressions, and a few gestures. Advantage 1. Readers Theatre is not used solely for language arts; it can be used across the curriculum in subjects like social studies. 2. Readers Theatre not only assesses the students ability to read fluently, but it assesses comprehension as well. 3. Students not only participate in readers theatre, they also can create scripts. 4. Readers Theatre allows to student to work collaboratively. Disadvantages 1. If students have not been introduced to readers theatre before, it may be confusing. 2. Readers Theatre can be time consuming. 3. If students are reading a script from an historical frame and the context lacks a strong story line, interesting characters, conflict, plot action, or humor it may be ineffective. 4. When students are given the opportunity to create their own script, if guidelines and expectations are not directly stated, students can go off onto a tangent. English Facts 1 billion people speak English. That's 1 in every 7 on earth. 80% of information stored on all computers in the world is in English.
English words "I", "we", "two" and "three" are
among the most ancient, from thousands of years. The longest common English word without vowels is "rhythms". A new word in English is created every 98 minutes. 89% of people in Sweden speak English. The word "bride" comes from an old protogermanic word meaning "to cook". The word "queue" is pronounced the same way when the last 4 letters are removed. The word "mortgage" comes from a French word that means "death contract". The concept behind the word "cool" might come from the African word "itutu", brought to America by slavery. 90% of everything written in English uses just 1,000 words. "Time" is the most commonly used noun in English. There are more English words beginning with the letter "s" than with any other letter. Nigeria has more English speakers than the United Kingdom. There are 24 different dialects of English in the US. Today's British accent first appeared among London's upper class around the time of the American Revolution. Before that, the British accent was similar to that of Americans. 80% of all written paragraphs in English feature the word "the." Understanding English actually hurts professional players of English scrabble. Some of the world's best Scrabble players are Thai and can't speak English. The words 'idiot,' 'imbecile,' and 'moron' were originally medical categories for intellectual disability. By the age of 20, a native English-speaking American knows 42,000 dictionary words.