The document discusses the importance of speech and proper techniques for public speaking. It covers key topics such as: - The definition of speech as the expression of thoughts and feelings through sounds. - The importance of pausing in speeches to control pace, emphasize points, and allow time for the audience to process information. - Three components of fluency in reading aloud: accuracy, automaticity in word recognition, and use of expression. - How stressing the correct syllable in multisyllabic words is important for clear pronunciation.

1. SPEECH: ITS NATURE
AND IMPORTANCE
EM 6 (SPEECH AND THEATRE ARTS)

2. SPEECH
The expression or
the ability to
express thoughts
and feelings by
articulate sounds.

3. CREDO
Comes straight from the
Latin word “I believe”, and
is the first word of many
religious credos, or creeds,
such as the Apostle’s
Creed and the Nicene
Creed.

4. PROPER
PHRASING AND
PAUSING
Pausing adds power,
drama, to your speech.
Learning when to pause
and how long for is a skill
and like all skills improves
with practice. That valuable
device, the pause, is a
short period of silence
following a word or a group
of related words conveying
a thought - a phrase.

7. READ WITHOUT ANY PAUSE
"AND THE SHEPHERDS CAME WITH
HASTE AND FOUND MARY AND
JOSEPH AND THE BABY LYING IN THE
MANGER."
The mark / indicates a pause.

8. THE CORRECT READING IS
" AND THE SHEPHERDS CAME WITH
HASTE/ AND FOUND MARY AND
JOSEPH / AND THE BABY LYING IN
THE MANGER."
The mark / indicates a pause.

9. THE BENEFITS OF USING
PAUSES IN SPEECHES

10. - TIME TO BREATHE
- TIME TO CONSIDER WHAT IT IS YOU'RE GOING TO SAY
NEXT
- TIME TO RECEIVE, AND DIGEST THE FEEDBACK
YOU'RE GETTING FROM YOUR AUDIENCE
- CONTROL OVER THE PACE OF YOUR SPEECH
THE MEANS TO CONVEY EMOTION, EMPHASIZE OR
HERALD IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLAY UP A PUNCH
LINE, WAIT FOR LAUGHTER TO SETTLE, SIGNAL AN
ASIDE, INDICATE HOW YOU INTEND THE AUDIENCE TO
INTERPRET WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY NEXT, OR
HAVE JUST SAID
If you're the speaker
A pause in the right place at the right time gives YOU:

11. - TIME TO BREATHE
- TIME TO LET THE IMAGES OR IDEAS YOU'VE GIVEN
THEM ‘FLOWER' IN THEIR MINDS
- TIME TO SUMMARIZE WHAT'S BEEN SAID
(PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR COMPLEX
SEQUENTIAL IDEAS)
- TIME TO PREPARE FOR WHAT MAYBE COMING NEXT
INDICATIONS OF YOUR INTENT - HOW YOU WANT THEM
TO INTERPRET YOUR MESSAGE
If you're the listener
A pause in the right place at the right time gives YOUR AUDIENCE:

12. FLUENC
Y
“The ability to read a text
quickly, accurately, and
with proper expression”
- National Reading
Panel, 2000

13. 1. ACCURACY INVOLVES READING WORDS
CORRECTLY.
2. AUTOMATICITY IS RECOGNIZING WORDS
AUTOMATICALLY, WITHOUT HAVING TO
DECODE OR PROCESS THEM.
3. PROSODY IS READING THAT INCLUDES THE
USE OF INTONATION, PHRASING, AND
EXPRESSION.
Three components to fluency:

15. VOWEL AND
CONSONANT SOUNDS

16.  1 The team appeared weak and uneasy before the people.
 2.He and she will receive the visitors at three pm.
 3.The ink was spilled by the children.
 4.I shall sit in this seat and rest a bit till six.
 5.The wedding reception was attended by many.

17.  1 We are to submit our themes on Thursday.
 2. With strong faith, Paul follow the hard path.
 3. Advertising has been developed with very great vigor in
recent years.
 4.A shocking evidence caused tension during sessions.

18. WORD
STRES
S
The idea in a word with
more than one syllable,
one (or more than one)
syllable will be stressed
or accented.

19. FOUR GENERAL RULES
TO KEEP IN MIND
ABOUT WORD STRESS
AS YOU PRACTICE
PRONUNCIATION

20. 1. STRESS THE FIRST SYLLABLE OF:
MOST TWO-SYLLABLE NOUNS
(EXAMPLES: CLIMATE, KNOWLEDGE)
MOST TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
(EXAMPLES: FLIPPANT, SPACIOUS)

21. 2. STRESS THE LAST SYLLABLE OF:
MOST TWO-SYLLABLE VERBS
(EXAMPLES: REQUIRE, DECIDE)

22. 3. STRESS THE SECOND-TO-LAST
SYLLABLE OF:
WORDS THAT END IN -IC
(EXAMPLES: ECSTATIC, GEOGRAPHIC)
WORDS ENDING IN -SION AND -TION
(EXAMPLES: EXTENSION, RETRIBUTION)

23. 4. STRESS THE THIRD-FROM-LAST
SYLLABLE OF:
WORDS THAT END IN -CY, -TY, -PHY AND -GY
(EXAMPLES: DEMOCRACY, UNCERTAINTY,
GEOGRAPHY, RADIOLOGY)
WORDS THAT END IN -AL
(EXAMPLES: EXCEPTIONAL, CRITICAL)

24. IN ENGLISH, MOST TWO-SYLLABLE
NOUNS ARE STRESSED ON THE FIRST
SYLLABLE.

25. PUTTING STRESS ON THE
CORRECT SYLLABLE IS
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
FOR WORDS THAT ARE
BOTH NOUNS AND VERBS.
USUALLY, IF THE STRESS
IS PLACED ON THE FIRST
SYLLABLE IT IS A NOUN. IF
THE STRESS IS PLACED
ON THE SECOND
SYLLABLE IT IS A VERB.

26. AND
THAT’
S ALL,
THAN
K
YOU!