Public Speaking Assignment One:

1. The purpose of this assignment is to effectively research, organize, and

deliver a speech to your audience.
2. Please select an original topic. It should both show interest and suit your
audience.

 Choose a topic you're familiar enough with that you can comfortably fill a 5-
10-minute time period. Remember the purpose of the speech.
 Choose appropriate visual aids that would work best for your presentation.
 You may refer to notes or index cards during the speech; however, please be
sure to maintain eye contact with the audience
 You need to hand in a hardcopy of your speech.
 An introduction should be used to grab the audiences’ attention and to
introduce what the topic of the speech will be.
 The body of the speech should have at least THREE (3) main points about
what you are informing the audience about and should include supporting
details.
 Speech should have a conclusion

Your voice should be clear and loud enough that you can be heard in the back of the
room. You should make frequent eye contact with members of the audience, without
focusing on just one person. You should demonstrate good posture and avoid
nervous or distracting movements to demonstrate good poise.

Due Date: The speeches will be performed: _______________

Rubric: Please refer to rubric below

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 Public Speaking Rubric

Category 4 3 2 1

Always has eye Most of the time Sometimes has Does not have
contact with has eye contact eye contact with eye contact with
audience. Good with the the audience. the audience. No
DELIVERY
control of body audience. Body language appropriate body
language. Gestures present not coordinated language. Low
Variation in but a bit with speech. and monotonous
volume of voice awkward. Uneven volume tone.
Some variation in and tone.
volume of voice.
Very enthusiastic Most of the time Sometimes Does not appear
about the topic enthusiastic about enthusiastic enthusiastic about
during the the topic during about the topic the topic during
ENTHUSIASM
presentation. the presentation. during the the presentation.
presentation.

Maintains clear Conveys a central Attempts to focus Has little or no

focus on topic. idea. Well on a central idea. focus on idea.
Unfolds organized . Intro, Organised . Intro, Disorganised.
ORGANIZATION
naturally.Intro, main body and main body and Audience is
main body and conclusion are conclusion are unsure as to the
conclusion are present and present and purpose of the
apparent and connect well with connected. speech
natural one another
Uses Uses appropriate Use words that Inappropriate use
sophisticated and language and may be unsuited of language
varied language word choice but to the topic, distracts the
LANGUAGE
suited to the topic with less audience or audience because
and audience. sophistication and purpose of it is too informal
Word choice is originality. speech. Word and imprecise.
concise, original choice lack
and effective. originality.
Includes a clear Includes a Attempts to form Little or no
conclusion or conclusion or a conclusion. conclusion.
opinion linked to opinion that is
the central idea. linked to the
CONCLUSION central idea.

TOTAL / 20

COMMENT

LECTURER’S NAME & SIGNATURE Puan Rosmayati Bin Hashim

CANDIDATE’S NAME & SIGNATURE Muhammad Israk Naim Bin Maslan

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 SPEECH OUTLINE

NAME: Muhammad Israk Naim Bin INDEX NUMBER

Maslan

STEP ONE : PREPARATION

TOPIC Public Speaking

AUDIENCE 2 Diploma ETN

TITLE OF SPEECH How Food Can Affecting Your Days

PURPOSE OF SPEECH To Give Some Advice About How Important Food for
Body

STEP TWO : INTRODUCTION

GREETING Assalammualaikum to teacher and my fellow friend

ATTENTION GETTER Picture and video of nutrition

OVERVIEW Food is important in a daily life because foods gives us

energy and nutrients to grow and be healthy. The body
needs a variety of nutrients like carbohydrate, Protein,
Vitamins, and Minerals.

 Transition (signals moving from Introduction to Body)

STEP THREE : BODY

MAIN IDEA 1 Carbohydrate gives us energy for daily life

SUPPORTING IDEA We can get energy from carbohydrate

DETAILS/EXAMPLES Such food include Rice, Bread, Pasta, Mie, Oatmeal

VISUALS Picture of type carbohydrate

 Transition (signals moving from main idea 1 to main idea 2)

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MAIN IDEA 2 Protein is an important substance found in every cell in
human body
SUPPORTING IDEA We must take good protein everyday for maintenance of
body tissue and repair for new tissue.
DETAILS/EXAMPLES Meat, Fish, Milk and Poultry and non- muslim is Pork

VISUALS Picture of type of protein

 Transition (signals moving from main idea 2 to main idea 3)

MAIN IDEA 3 Every body of human must get enough vitamins and
minerals in daily life
SUPPORTING IDEA Vitamin can help human balance they diet and gives
benefits to whole body.
DETAILS / EXAMPLES Fruit, Vegetable, Water

VISUALS Picture of type vitamin and minerals

 Transition (signals moving from body to conclusion)

STEP FOUR : CONCLUSION

SUMMARY OF MAIN The food we take have many nutrition and importance for
POINTS body for every day.
RE-STATEMENT OF
IDEA / OPINION /
BENEFITS
CLOSER / CALL TO
ACTION

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 Speech Transitions: Magical Words and Phrases

When listening to a speech, have you ever:

 wondered “how does this relate to that?”

 felt the speaker jumped randomly from one point to the next?

 gotten totally lost?

If you’ve experienced this, there’s a very good chance that the speaker failed to use appropriate
speech transitions.

What are speech transitions?

Speech transitions are words and phrases that help your argument flow smoothly. They often
consist of a single transition word or a short transition phrase, but occasionally form an entire
sentence. In a written speech, speech transitions are generally found at the start of paragraphs.
Speech transitions smooth over the boundary between two ideas, and reveal the
relationship between the words just spoken and those about to be spoken. In this way, speech
transitions help your audience understand your message.

Types of Speech Transitions

There are many types of speech transitions. Each type highlights a different verbal relationship. For
example, one type of transition highlights the contrast between two different ideas.

1. Transition between Similar Ideas or Points

 Likewise …

 Similarly …

 This is just like …

 In a similar way …

 We see the same thing if we consider …

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 “Speech transitions smooth over the boundary between two ideas, and reveal
the relationship between the words just spoken and those about to be
spoken.”

2. Transition between Contrasting Ideas or Points

 However …

 On the contrary …

 On the other side …

 On the other hand …

 If we examine the opposite side, we see …

3. Transition to elaborate upon an idea

 Also …

 Moreover …

 In addition …

 Furthermore …

 In other words …

 Not only that, but …

4. Transition to Numbered Ideas or Points (or Process Steps)

 First … (The first step is …)

 Second … (The second step is …)

 Third … (The third step is …)

 Last … (The last step is …)

5. Transition to show Cause-Effect Relationship

 Therefore …

 As a result …

 Consequently …

 For that reason …

 This is important because …

6. Transition to a Supporting Example

 For instance …

 For example …

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 As an example …

 To illustrate this …

 What’s an example of this? …

7. Transition to a Supporting Demonstration

 Now that we’ve covered the theory, let’s see it in action …

 To reinforce what we’ve learned, let’s see a demonstration …

 I’ve prepared a demonstration to show how this works.

 Let’s see a demonstration which applies what we’ve learned.

“When executed well, speech transitions help make a speech understandable.

When executed poorly, speech transitions can obscure meaning and frustrate
audiences.”

8. Transition to a Supporting Quotation

 X said: …
 In 1968, X said: …

 This idea was expressed clearly by X who said …

9. Transition from Introduction into Speech Body

 Let’s begin …

 To get started, let’s examine …

 Let’s get started talking about …

 Now that we’ve given an overview, let’s start with …

10. Transition from Speech Body into Conclusion

For a short speech, you might conclude with a single statement:

 In short …

 In summary …

 In conclusion …

In a longer presentation, your conclusion might include a review of a the key points:

 Let’s summarize the key lessons …

 Let’s recap what we’ve covered today …

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 HOW TO MAKE A GREAT SPEECH

Making a speech is like telling a good story.

Your speech should have a beginning, middle and end.

Use simple English.

Relax and breathe slowly.

Stand up straight.

Look at your audience but do not stare at one person!

Speak in a loud and clear voice. Don’t speak too slowly or too fast.

Show your feelings through your voice.

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Remember your punctuation.

Practice in front of a mirror.

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Code No: WEC 8013 English for Communication

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