English

• Speech


  The use of language in human vocal communication
• Speech


  • Each language uses phonetic vowel and consonant sound combinations that form the sound of its words
  • Speakers perform several different deliberate acts of speech, for example, telling, announcing, questioning, persuading, directing
  • To express meaning, they may use enunciation, intonation, loudness, tempo, and other non-representational or paralinguistic aspects of vocalization
• Speech event


  All social interactions in which language plays a significant role
• Speech event


  • Interlocutors (the people talking to each other) usually face each other in a discussion and do not speak at the same time
  • Most people initiate their conversations and greet each other, then continue to talk in a turn-taking way
• Speech events


  • Delivering a speech during the room-to-room campaign for an SSG election
  • Turn-over speech during the Juniors-Seniors Promenade
  • Welcome address or speech of gratitude during a graduation ceremony
• Structure of a speech

  • 1. Opening (Tell them)
  • 2. Body (Say it)
  • 3. Conclusion (Tell them you said it)
• Introduction


  • Serves as both a sales pitch and a useful outline
  • Gets the audience's attention
  • Introduces the subject
  • Clarifies its importance to the audience
  • States a thesis or intent
  • Outlines the key points
• Body


  • The central section of the speech in which the main ideas and key concepts of the speech are discussed
  • Except for the introduction and conclusion, the body is everything
  • The main points of a speech make up the body of the speech
• Conclusion


  • Summarizes the main points and purpose
  • Leaves a lasting impression on the audience
  • Recaptures the essence of the speech, including the main points and the reason for the speech
  • Does not introduce new points or new supporting evidence
• Convention


  An agreement between states covering particular matters, especially one less formal than a treaty
• Convention (meeting)


  A gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest
• Body Language


  A type of communication in which physical behaviors, as opposed to words, are used to express or convey information. Such behavior includes facial expressions, body posture, gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space
• Articulation


  The act of expressing something in a coherent verbal form, or an aspect of pronunciation involving articulatory organs
• Gesticulate


  To make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech