This document provides an overview of key concepts for public speaking, including definitions of various communication terms like kinesics, haptics, and paralinguistic codes. It also discusses proxemics and the four basic physical distances between people. Additionally, it outlines important elements of speechmaking like invention, organization, style, delivery, and memory. The document gives recommendations for combating speech anxiety and building a positive attitude. It provides a recommended regimen for public speaking students and outlines the six steps in speech preparation.

1. Making the First Speech
Chapter 3

2. Terminologies
Kinesics
-study of body motions such as
gestures, movements of the limbs,
torso, head and posture, facial
expressions, eye movements etc.

3. Haptics
- a tactile behaviour or having to
do with the sense of touch.
-refers to a social class of events
that occur when two people come
into physical contact with one
another.

4. Paralinguistic Codes
- deals with vocal
phenomena which make
each individual's voice as
unique as his or her
finger prints.
- “It's not what you say,
it's how you say it”.

5. Pragmatics
-the way language forms are used
-each word varies with the situation where the
word is said
Propinquity
-closeness is the “almost sufficient
condition” to cause interpersonal
attraction between two/ more
persons

6. Proxemics
- the study of the relationships of humans
to the spatial dimensions of the
surroundings.
Four Basic Physical
Distances Between People
1. Intimate distance
2. Personal distance
3. Social distance
4. Public distance

7. 1. Intimate Distance
- 3-18 inches
- high probability of physical
involvement
2. Personal Distance
- 18- 48 inches
-range at which we interact
with intimate/ close associates
with whom we maintain less
sensory involvement

8. 3. Social Distance
- 4- 12 feet
-normally used for
interaction with business
associates and friends
4. Public Distance
- 12- 25 feet
- covers the formal &
informal gatherings of
groups

9. Rhetorical Competence
- a single word that capsulated the essence of good
public speaking
What are the marks of a
skillful and veteran speaker?
1. Poise
2. Fluency
3. Voice Control, and
4. Well coordinated body movement

10. Knowledge about
Speechmaking
Three Important Ingredients
1. speaker
2. message
3. audience

11. 5 Elements of the Whole
Communication Process
1. speaker as a person
2. speaker's intention
3. audience need for communication
4. situation/ occasion of the speech
5. structure of the message

12. Attitudes Towards Speechmaking
1. enthusiasm for
speaking to people
2. a balanced interest
in content and delivery
3. a desire to perfect
one's knowledge
4. a desire to advise
rather than manipulate
the audience

13. Skills of Speechmaking
Invention
- process to gather the “stuff” of the speech
Organization
- represents the arranging of the parts of
the speech to consider the materials one has
gathered and the audience's POV on the
topic

14. Style
Delivery
- matter of wording ideas effectively
Memory
- occurs when your speech “goes public”
- facet of speechmaking that allows you to
put content & delivery together at the
moment of speaking

15. The Nature of Speech Anxiety
“Public speech is a performance”
Trait Anxiety
- different levels of
anxiety possessed
by each individual
State Anxiety
-when people are placed in
a specific performance
situation

16. Building a Positive Speech Attitude
TWO THINGS TO REMEMBER
1. Everyone experiences
anxiety before a speech.
2. Do not underestimate
yourself. Be clearheaded
about your own abilities

17. SIX STEPS TO BUILDA
POSITIVE SPEECH
ATTITUDE
1. Relabel your anxiety feelings so that
they will work for you.
2. View your speech as a communication
experience and not as an avenue for the
display of the communication skill.
3. Anxiety declines as you give speech.

18. 4. Realize that increasing your
skill in public speaking is a way of
containing your anxiety.
5. Visualize yourself speaking
successly.
6. Practicing out aloud your speech in
front of a mirror several times is
one best way of combating anxiety.

19. Recommended Regimen
For students of Public Speaking
1. Breathe deeply, taking in air up
to a count of thirty, then fully
exhale.
2. Loosen the tongue and jaw, let
them drop into relaxed positions
3. Maintain good posture

20. 4. Relax hands and wrists
5. Settle the shoulders in proper
position, straigten the back and
pull in the stomach
6. Relax the head and neck, turn
slowly from side and up and down.
7. Be erect but do not appear like
a MERALCO electric post.

21. STEPS IN SPEECH PREPARATION
1. Develop the purpose;
Every speech speech
occasion has a purpose and
stick to its objective
2. Analyze the audience
3. Develop the thesis

22. 4. Investigate the
subject
5. Structure the
message
6. Prepare the message
for oral presentation