1. OBJECTIVES
• Identify the qualities of a good speaker
• Ponder on the importance of speaking as
an important form of communication

3. ASPECTS OF EFFECTIVE
ORAL COMMUNICATION

4. Voice
Posture
Gestures
Facial Expressions
Good Delivery

5. What is VOICE?
Voice is the
sound produced
especially by
human beings
mainly by means
of the lungs or
larynx.

6. •Air is the “fuel” needed to power
your voice.
•Your voice is the most important
communication tool.
•Your voice is also the index of your
personality because it reveals the
kind of person you are.

7. VOICE vs SPEECH
VOICE is the production of sound.
SPEECH is the combination and
blending of sounds.

8. ELEMENTS of VOICE
Stress
Intonation
Juncture
Intensity
Quality
Rate

9. STRESS
• It is the weight or prominence given
to a syllable in a word or in a group
of connected speech.
• The symbol (´) is used to indicate
stress in a word.

10. ELEMENTS of STRESS:
• Force or loudness – voice is loud
• Pitch – voice is raised high
• Duration – voice is long

11. CAKES
COLor
FANtasy
organiZAtion

12. INTONATION

13. INTONATION
• Refers to the rise and fall of your
voice when you speak.
• It is the combination of tones and
stresses when pronouncing
syllables that make up the words.

14. FOUR BASIC TONES
1. Low
2. Normal
3. High
4. Extra High is only used in expressing
intense emotions like
anger,excitement,fear or pain

15. Model:
(2)
NORMAL
(3)HIGH
(1)
LOW

16. Other Elements
of Voice

17. Intensity
It is the loudness or softness of voice.
This refers to the various strengths
exerted when uttering a sound.
It can be described as high (as in a
shout) or low (as in a whisper)

18. NO

19. Quality
• It is the timber or tone color of voice.
• This refers to the unique
characteristics of the individual voice.
• This is what identifies your voice as
being different from other voices.

20. Common Voice Qualities
1. NORMAL – the natural voice indicating
little or no emotion.
I’m going to the library after class.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a
man wealthy and wise.

21. 2. FULL – the deep, full voice used in
public speaking when the voice is
projected to a great distance.
To live is to be among men and to be
among men is to struggle.
- Jose Rizal-

22. 3. Chesty – the deep hollow voice that
seems to come from an empty cave.
- voice used when speaking the part of
a ghost or spirit
Here rests his head upon the lap of
Earth
A Youth to Fortune and to fame
unknown.
-Thomas Gray-

23. 4.Breathy– whispering kind of tone,
especially used in a stage whisper or
when an atmosphere of secrecy or
mystery is desired.
Tell the others we will attack tonight.
Only a few guards are left in the prison
cell.

24. 5. Thin – the voice is high-pitched.
This occurs in extreme fatigue, extreme
excitement and old age.
The boat is sinking!

25. 6. Oral- the voice is thin and weak;often
heard among the very sick or weak
7. Nasal – the voice comes from the nasal
cavity;example is the voice of someone
who has a bad cold
8.Throaty – produced in violent anger

26. DURATION or RATE
• It is the fastness or slowness of the
sound produced.
• It is the length of time spent in the
actual production of a sound within a
word.
• The length of time used in pauses or
silence between word.

27. There was an old man who lived out in
the wood
Whose trade was cutting off
Broom,green,Broom!
He had but one son without thrift,without
good,
Who lay in his bed til it was noon,bright
noon

28. Characteristics of a Good
Voice
1. It is pure. It should be pleasant or
agreeable to the listeners.
2. It has a normal pitch.
3. It is loud enough to be heard by all.
4. It is flexible.
5. It produces good and correct
articulation of every consonant and
vowel sound.

29. POSTURE
• It is the position or bearing
of the body whether natural
or assumed for a special
purpose.

30. • Look around you. Are there
listeners sitting erect or are
some slouching?
• Sitting erect means: I’m
listening, I’m interested
• Slouching could mean: I’m
tired!, I don’t care!

31. • Do you stand tall and erect when
you recite?
• You communicate that you are
confident of what you say.
• Or are your shoulders sagging
and your hands are fiddling with
your clothes?
• You clearly say that you doubt
what you say.

42. What is good posture?
• It is sitting,standing and walking
erect with the shoulders back,head
up and chin up.

43. What good posture says
about you?
• You are healthy and mentally alert.
• You are attentive and enthusiastic.
• You have poise. (You are in control
even in emergency situations.)
• You have self-confidence.

44. Good posture
indicates good
health, discipline
and self-
confidence.

45. GESTURES

46. Gesture
• It is a movement, usually of the body or
limbs, which expresses or emphasizes
an idea, sentiment or attitude.
• It is the movement of the body that
supports,reinforces or indicates
meaning.

47. KINDS OF GESTURES

48. 1. Symbolic Gestures
• They communicate words, numbers
and position.
For example:
• A thumbs-up- showing you agree
• Three fingers – number three
• Pointing to show a position – up, down

49. 2. Descriptive Gestures
• They communicate an idea or
movement.
For example:
• Spreading hands apart- to show length
• Using hands to show shape

50. 3.Emotional Gestures
• They suggest feelings/emotions.
For example:
• Clenched fist – show anger
• Hands clasped – show pleading
• Pointed finger – to accuse

51. Basic Hand
Gestures

52. 1. Index-finger pointing
• The index finger is extended up to point
out a person or a group of people, a
place or direction, an object, an idea or
fact
• This is usually used for mild emphasis.

53. 2. Palm-up position or hand
supine
• The palm is facing up to express
welcome, approval,presentation or
request

54. 3.Palm-down position
• The palm is facing down.
• It indicates
disapproval,disgust,disrespect

55. 4. Clenched fist
• The fingers are tightly curved and
closed.
• It is used to show intensity of feelings;
for strong emphasis, also to add force
to what is being said and to indicate
challenge

56. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

57. JOY
• I won!
• It’s nice to see
you.
• How wonderful!
• That’s exciting!
• I like it!

58. SADNESS
• We lost in the
contest.
• I’m not feeling
well.
• I made a mistake.
• I did not mean it.

59. FEAR
• Is somebody in?
• I’m all alone.
• Can you hear
me?
• Who’s knocking?

60. ANGER
• Shut up!
• I don’t want to
see you again.
• Look at me!
• Tell the truth!

61. EYE CONTACT
• It is talking to your listeners, not just
with your voice, but with your eyes.
• When you look directly at your
listeners, you establish rapport with
them.

62. Even before you start to speak, your
bodily action is already saying a lot of
things about you.
It is not enough that you know how to
use your voice effectively.
It is also important that you know how
to use bodily action through your
posture, gestures and facial expressions
to communicate effectively.