FIGURES
ONE
WORD
ESSAY
EXPLANE
SPEAK
REPORT
INFORM
Academic Disciplines
1.Informative, Persuasive and Argumentative
Communication
2. Explanation Essay
3.Research-Based Argumentative Essay
4.Public Speaking
5.Report or Oral Speech
6.Report, Speech and Talk Delivery
7. Debate
INFORMATIVE
COMMUNICATION
Informative communication
attempts to present an objective—that
is, truthful and unbiased—view of the
topics being considered.
Informative
Communication
Persuasive communication is
any message that is intended to
shape, reinforce, or change the
responses of another or others.
Persuasive
Communication
Argumentative individuals
advocate positions on
controversial issues and verbally
attack other people's
contradictory perspectives.
TYPES OF
SPEECH
COMMUNICATION
INFORMATIVE ARGUMENTATIVE
PERSUASIVE
Examples of Argumentative
Communication
B. EXPLANATORY
ESSAY
It is also called an Expository Essay.
It presents other people’s views, or reports an
event or a situation.
It conveys another person’s information in detail
and explains what is difficult to understand.
Without giving any criticism or argument, the
writer of the essay elucidates the subject by
analysing it.
A good explanatory/expository essay
consists of the following:
1. The introductory paragraph clearly states what is
to be analyzed or explained.
2. Each subsequent paragraph has a distinct
supporting topic.
3. Each of the sentences of the paragraph relates
directly to the topic.
4. All the paragraphs are sequenced properly and
make smooth transition from one topic to another.
5. Precise and accurate words are used to convey
the message.
6. The concluding paragraph reinforces the position
in a meaningful way.
C. RESEARCH-BASED
ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
PARAPHRASING
SUMMARIES
DIRECT QOUTATIONS
Public Speaking
Public speaking is the process of communicating
information to an audience.
The benefits of knowing how to communicate to
an audience include sharpening critical thinking
and verbal/non-verbal communication skills.
This type of speech is deliberately structured
with three general purposes: to inform, to
persuade and to entertain.
D. PUBLIC SPEAKING
Impromptu
Public
Extemporaneous Manuscript
speeches
MANUSCRIPT SPEECH
This is when a speaker reads a pre-
written speech word by word to an audience.
It is when an already prepared script is read
verbatim.
The speaker makes the entire speech by
referring to the printed document, or as seen
on the teleprompter.
MEMORIZED SPEECH
VS.
DEBATE
It is the exchanging of arguments that follows a
certain procedure or a set of rules.
Two types of Debate
1. Formal Debate – it is held in formal settings such
as school, in the House of Represenatives and in
the Senate, that follows a structure.
2. Informal Debate- it is held anywhere where two
teams are not involved. It didn’t strictly follow a
structure.
SKILLS NEEDED IN
DEBATE
Reading
Speaking
Writing
Listening
Reading
A speaker should:
• articulate thoughts very well,
• pronounce clearly the words he/she utters,
• speak with grammatical accuracy,
• maintain the correct bearing or poise; and
• Employ non-verbal code such as: gestures, facial
expression , and movement
Writing