Characteristics of Effective Speaking

1. Skill of Speaking
Characteristics of
Effective Speaking
M.Vijayalakshmi
Assistant Professor

2. Unit – 3 :
Skill of Speaking

3. Unit – 3 :
Skill of Speaking
3.1 Speaking as a productive skill.
3.2 Characteristics of effective speaking.
3.3 Components of the skill of speaking.
3.4 Evaluation of speaking - Hitchman Rating Scale,
Role play Technique – Walter Bartz scale for role
play - Schulz communicative competence scale –
Oral interview or Live conversation.
3.5 Teacher's role in the development of speaking
skill among the students.

4. Unit – 3 :
Skill of Speaking
3.2 Characteristics of
Effective Speaking.

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What Are Speaking Skills?
• Verbal (words spoken)
• Vocal (tone, range, appeal, credibility of voice)
• Visual (physical appearance, gestures, eye contact)

8. To Speak
To Speak.
To Speak
Speaking consist of 3parts

9. “The man who can think and does not know
how to express what he thinks is at the level
of him who cannot think.”
WHY

10. The Origin Point
(Where the audience was)
Why to Speak
Persuasion
The Key Point
(Where you took them)
• Not just “presentation”, but also
“persuasion”
• Get people’s “mindshare”

11. What to Speak
1. Brain storming:
Individual Brainstorming is the process of you
getting your ideas out on paper
2. Speaking with the format:
IBC :- I- Introduction, B- Body, C- Conclusion,
3. Aiming to persuasion :
Being Confident and passionate is the key for
persuasion
4. Perfect Clarity of thoughts:

12. Speak like a STAR
S= Situation
T= Task
A= Attitude
R= Result
How to Speak

13. Three E’s of speaking
• Entertainingly
• Effectively
• Enthusiastically

14. • Commanding yet friendly voice
• Perfect clarity of language, thoughts and
ideas.
• Listener Friendly
• Comprising of anecdotes, wit and humour
• Avoiding Monotony
• Creating a bond between speaker and listener
Salient Features of Speaking

15. • Speed
• Clarity
• Punctuation
• Pronunciation
• Familiarity
• Fluency
• Expressions
Guidelines

17. A good speech has following
characteristics or qualities-
• Dynamic: Dynamism is an important quality of a good
speech. There must e variation in style, tone, voice,
approach depending on the situation and timing
otherwise audience will lose their attention and will
suffer form monotonous presentation.
• Informal Talk: Speech should be like an informal talk.
A good speech is closer to a personal and informal
chat between two intimate friends. When you speak
there should be a perfect rapport between you and
your audience.

18. • Clear: Clarity is the first major characteristic of a
good speech. A speech must be successful in
conveying the (message) ideas or emotions,
facts or arguments to the audience that the
speaker wants to express. If the audience does
not instantly grasp your point, you have failed as
a speaker.
• Vivid and Concrete: A good speech is vivid and
concrete in nature. Include facts in a concrete
and comprehensive way. No irrelevant or in
comprehensive mater should be included in a
speech. For example, the population of India is
growing at an accelerating rate of 2.3% is a vivid
statement.

19. • Brevity: Brevity is an important characteristic of
a god speech. Speech should be shorter and
concrete but comprehensive. The concentration
of average audience does not last more than
fifteen to twenty minutes. So, it is better to
wrap up your speech within five to twenty
minutes.
• Interesting: A good speech is always interesting.
Quotations, anecdotes and humors make a
speech vivid and interesting. An interesting
speech always wins the attention of the
audience.

20. • Audience Oriented: A good speech is always
audience oriented. The speaker must deliver
the speech in such a way as desired by the
audience. The speaker should consider the
age, education, social and economic
condition, number etc. of audience to
prepare his speech accordingly.
• Free From Error: A good speech is always free
from error. Error in speech can make the
audience confused and loose the personality
of the speaker.

21. • Authentic: The facts and figure presented in a
speech must be authentic and true. False
statement or information misleads the
audience and hamper the acceptability of
speech.
• Well Organized: A good speech is always well
organized and well arranged. The pats or
points of a speech should be organized in
logical sequence to attract and retain h
attention of the audience.

22. Qualities of the best speakers
1. Stand erect distributing your weight on both the
legs. Do not hold onto the mike or to the podium for
support.
2. Have a good posture and appearance. Do not lean
on the podium.
3. Be confident, relaxed and energetic. Do not play
with your clothes or fingers.
4. Wear clothes that befit the occasion.
5. Convey sincerity, conviction and enthusiasm for the
subject.

23. 6. Begin the speech, after passing for a few seconds,
looking over the audience.
7. Open the speech with a striking, catchy introduction
looking into the eyes of the audience.
8. Have a conversational tone.
9. Establish eye contact with the audience.
10. Use gestures to emphasize and clarify your points.
11. Allow your hands, to fall naturally to your sides, when
not gesturing.
12. Have enough voice projection.
13. Modulate your voice.

24. 14. Speak at moderate speed. Do not rush
through.
15. Pause before and after important ideas.
16. Have pleasant mannerisms.
17. Do not read your speech.
18. Manage time.
19. Close the speech with a striking, impressive,
concluding remark.
20. Stop, while the audience is still eager to hear
more.

25. Characteristics of
effective public speakers
• Confidence: Be certain that you will give a
spectacular presentation. Your audience
wants to root for you. Give them a reason to
do so by being secure in your abilities.
• A study published by the University of
Wolverhampton stated that a highly
confident speaker is viewed as more credible
than a less confident speaker.

26. • Passion: You need to exude a level of
sincerity in your emotion when
communicating to your audience if you want
them to be moved by your presentation.

27. • Practice, don’t memorize: Memorization can
set up a barrier between you and your
audience so practice with the full expectation
that something unanticipated will happen.

28. • Speak in a natural voice: In general you
should try to speak in a conversational tone.
Any connection you’ve made with your
audience could be broken by tones that seem
‘fake’ or ‘too perfect’.

29. • Authenticity: Be vulnerable and open about
your life, this will give your audience
permission to listen with their hearts as well
as their ears.
• Research indicates that there is a strong
correlation between commitment in
organization and the proceeded authenticity
of the leader. When you are authentic more
people will follow through with your call to
action.

30. • Keep it Short and Sweet: You want to make
sure that your presentation is easily
digestible for those listening to you.
• If you can complete your speech in 15
minutes, do so, and leave any remaining time
open for questions and comments. No matter
what, don't fluff your audience.

31. • Connect with your Audience: A skilled
presenter knows that public speaking is a
conversation with the audience and
navigates the energy of the room with
material that best connects his message with
the audience. Don't speak with your
audience, speak with them.

32. • Paint a Picture through Storytelling: Humans
are wired for stories. This is why the best
presentations don’t feel like presentations,
they are simply stories told by people with
interesting experiences.
• The latest brain research demonstrates that
even the simplest stories can reshape our
neurology and body chemistry.

33. • Know your audience. Great communicators
know exactly who will be sitting in the crowd
and will tailor their message to that
audience.
• Make sure you know who will be in the room
and where they come from.

34. • Speak with the appropriate energy, passion,
tone, and language for your audience.
• Pay attention to the signs of an engaged
audience.
• Look for eye contact, heads nodding in
agreement, and other indicators of an
actively listening audience.

35. • Have a crystal clear focus. What are you
trying to get across to your audience?
• Before you even write your sermon or
speech, know the concise answer to this
question.
• If you don’t know, then your audience won’t
either.

36. • To hit your target, you have to know where
you’re aiming.
• Have a roadmap for where you are taking
your audience.
• Clarity is the key to articulating your points
without complexity.

37. • Win the hearts of your audience. All of the
engaging church leaders and speakers that I
have heard won the hearts of their audience
members.
• They are authentic, transparent, and down to
earth.

38. • Remember that 90% of communication is
nonverbal.
• People more relaxed appear more confident
and make their audiences more comfortable.
• Engage your audience with humor and tell
your stories, but remember that clear
content is key.

39. • Evaluate yourself regularly. Do you evaluate
yourself and receive feedback from your
church staff on a weekly basis?
• Are you focused on doing whatever you can
to improve your communication?
• Watch videos of yourself to help improve
style and transitions?
• Be sure to remain open for constructive
criticism.

40. • Use a tablet or cell phone to record your
content, and pay attention to the things that
you can improve.
• Pay attention to facial expressions, repeated
words, and the filler words that you
continually use out of habit.
• Once you see yourself speaking, it is far
easier to change ineffective behavior.

41. • Call people to action. Tell your audience how
they can respond.
• Challenge them with next steps.
• It is no longer enough to simply educate an
audience on a topic.

42. • People are looking for more than just an
education and inspiration.
• They want to be moved to behave differently
and called into action.
• Give your audience tangible and obtainable
next steps and goals.

43. • Be prepared. Speakers that are gifted in
captivating the attention of a group are
always prepared and have rehearsed in
advance.
• Don’t leave anything to chance, especially
since nerves can get the best of you when
step in front of your audience.
• Make sure you practice aloud multiple times
so that you are used to the material and can
fit it in within your allowed time segment.

44. • Effective communicators know how to
prepare a message with a singular and crystal
clear focus.
– If you know where you are going, you can take
anyone with you.
– If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.

45. • Effective communicators know how to read
an audience and are able to customize their
presentation to make that audience want to
listen.
– Until the audience is engaged, communication
has not taken place.
– An engaging presentation puts people on the
edge of their seats.

46. • Effective communicators are passionate
about their subject.
– They pour every part of their being into the
presentation.
– If the subject is not worthy of your passion, it
should be distributed in a memo.

47. • Effective communicators leave the audience
no doubt about how to benefit from the
objective of the talk.
– They call people to action.
– They make it easy to respond.

52. Helpful tips to make our students
speak more effectively:
• Teach specific strategies to facilitate their efforts to speak
effectively.
• Work on pronunciation, but do not demand a native-speaker
pronunciation
• The primary emphasis on pronunciation is on stress and
intonation.
• Monitor properly
• Be sensitive when correcting oral mistakes and point out good
correct spoken language and praise the SS
• pre-teach vocabulary : elicit possible words, predict ( KEL – know,
expect, learn) and check meaning and understanding of
vocabulary.
• Avoid topics they are not familiar with in their mother tongue
• Give them time

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