INSPO LESSON

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Public Speaking

The What

• 3 minute speech 
• Perform in class for an audience
• One of 6 topics:

The Why

• Mark for SE spreekvaardigheid 
• Because you are a TTO'er
• Preparation for your future job in leadership

The How

Step 1: Choosing a topic

- Will the audience be interested in my topic?
- Am I interested (enough) in my topic?
- Can I research my topic effectively?
- Can I properly discuss my chosen topic in the limited time I  have available? 

The How

Step 2: Finetuning the topic

Write down:

• what the purpose of the speech is

• what the main points will be

• give yourself a specific target - what do you want to achieve?

The How

Read these two statements of intent:

“At the end of my speech I want to have persuaded the audience that social networking is damaging face-to-face interpersonal skills.”

“At the end of my speech I want to have persuaded my audience that while social networking has allowed us to connect with more people than at any other time in history, we must be careful that we still maintain an develop interpersonal skills for face-to-face contacts at home, at school and in the workplace.”

Write a short statement of intent for your own speech. 

Write down your short statement of intent
(e.g. “At the end of my speech I want to have persuaded the audience that social networking is damaging face-to-face interpersonal skills.”

The How

Step 3: Structuring your speech

- introduction

- preview points

- main points

- summary

- conclusion

The How

Step 3: Structuring your speech

Introduction

Improve this introduction:

“Today I want to talk about global warming caused by carbon emissions. I will show how the rise in global temperatures will lead to inundations of low-lying ground, droughts and food shortages in some areas, disruption to the ecosystem and civil unrest. I will then tell you what we can do to stop these effects from occurring.”

Introduction

“Floods; famines; plagues of locusts; war, death and destruction on a worldwide scale – no, not prophecies from the bible, not the scenes of some Hollywood disaster movie, but predictions for the real world in the next twenty years from top scientists, if we continue pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and altering the global climate. I want to show you how easy it could be to avoid this doomsday scenario, if we only wake up to the reality that this time it’s fact, not fiction.” 

Why is this one better?

Do an image search for a picture you could use to capture the audience's attention.

Answering questions

When answering questions, you have to speak spontaneously. One way to practise this, is through an imprompty speaking exercise. 

The next few slides each contain a speaking prompt. When chosen, you must speak about the topic on the board for 50-60 seconds. 

Answering questions

If I were an animal I'd be a(n)...

Answering questions

This is unforgivable: 

Answering questions

I wish someone would explain to me... 

Answering questions

The best letter of the alphabet is...

Answering questions

Being young is overrated.