3. Merriam-Webster : “ the act or skill of speaking to a
usually large group of people”
David Zarefsky, in Public Speaking Strategic for
Success;
“Public speaking is a continuous communication
process in which messages and signals circulate back
and forth between speaker and listeners”
6. IMPROMPTU
THE STRENGTH:
Can express true feelings
Opinions and ideas come spontaneously
Allow the speaker to keep thinking
THE WEAKNESSES:
Not smooth
The ideas conveyed are less systematic
Stage fright
7. MANUSCRIPT
THE STRENGTH:
The words can be determined
The statement can be saved
Distorted things can be avoided
THE WEAKNESSES:
Monotonous / Flat
Not communicative
Long preparation
8. MEMORITER
THE STRENGTH:
All in mind
Speaker can express easily
Can memorize the structure of the text
THE WEAKNESSES:
Nervous can decrease speaker’s memorization
Can not memorize the clue or its word
Lake of concentration
9. EXTEMPORE
THE STRENGTH:
Can see the outline
Structural
Communicative
THE WEAKNESSES:
Missing note
Nervous
Forget the explanation