This is first lesson of the art of public speaking

1. THE ART OF PUBLIC
SPEAKING
LECTURE BY SAY SOKUNPHAROTH, M.Ed.
Week 1
December 19, 2023
PANHA CHIET UNIVERSITY
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2. PART ONE: SPEAKING AND
LISTENING
Chapter 1 Speaking in Public
• The Power of Public Speaking
• The Tradition of Public Speaking
• Similarities Between Public Speaking and
Conversation
• Differences Between Public Speaking and
Conversation
• Developing Confidence: Your Speech
Class
• Public Speaking and Critical Thinking
• The Speech Communication Process
• Public Speaking in a Multicultural World
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3. The Power of Public
Speaking
• Making your ideas public,
sharing them with other
people and influencing others
• Opportunity Making a
difference in something
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4. The Tradition of Public Speaking
• “Orator” to designate someone with special skills in public speaking.
• The more effective you will be in your own speeches and the more
effective you will be in listening to other people's speeches.
• Public speaking is not Public Reading.
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5. Similarities Between Public Speaking and
Conversation
Organizing your thought logically
Tailoring your message to your audience
Telling a story for maximum impact
Adapting to listener feedback
* Many skills used in conversation also apply in public speaking. As you learn to
speak more effectively, you may also learn
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6. Differences
Between
Public
Speaking and
Conversation
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Public speaking is more
highly structured
Public speaking requires
more formal language
Public speaking requires a
different method of delivery

7. Developing Confidence:
Your Speech Class
*Stage fright: anxiety over the prospect of giving a
speech in front of an audience.
*Adrenaline: a hormone released into the
bloodstream in response to physical or mental
stress.
*Visualization: mental imaging in which speakers
vividly picture themselves giving a successful
presentation.
• Nervousness is normal
• Positive nervousness: controlled nervousness that
help energize a speaker for her or his presentation.
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8. Dealing with nervousness
• Acquire speaking experience “The more you learn public speaking
and the more speeches you give, the less threatening speechmaking
will become”
• Prepare, Prepare, Prepare
• Think positively
• Use the power of visualization
• Know that nervousness isn’t visible
• Don’t expect perfection
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9. Public Speaking and
Critical Thinking
• Critical thinking is a matter of logic- spotting the
weaknesses in other people’s arguments and
avoiding them in your own.
• Critical thinking focused, organized about such
things as the logical relationships among ideas,
the soundness of evidence, and the differences
between fact and opinion.
• The powers of critical thinking you develop in
researching and organizing your speeches can be
applied in many forms of communication,
including meetings and group projects.
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10. The Speech
Communication
Process
• There are seven elements
involved in speech
communication:
1. Speaker
2. Message
3. Channel
4. Listener
5. Feedback
6. Interference
7. Situation
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11. Seven elements involved in speech
communication
1. Speaker: the person who is presenting an oral message to a listener.
2. Message: whatever speaker communicates to someone else.
3. Channel: the means by which a message is communicated.
4. Listener: the person who receives the speaker’s message.
5. Feedback: the messages, usually nonverbal, sent from a listener to
a speaker.
6. Interference: anything that impedes the communication of a
message. Interference can be external or internal to listener.
7. Situation: the time and place in which speech communication
occurs.
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12. Public Speaking
in a Multicultural
World
• Cultural diversity
Factors might affect the responses of your listeners and adapt your
message accordingly.
• Avoiding ethnocentrism
• Adapt to listeners diverse cultural, racial, and ethnic backgrounds.
* Ethnocentrism: the belief that one’s own group or culture is superior
to all other groups or cultures.
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13. Thank for your paying attention
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