TARGET AREAS
Enunciation: How precisely did the speaker say the individual sounds in his
or her words?
En
Connection: How effectively did the speaker connect with the
audience overall?
.
Cx
"Distracters": How frequently did the speaker avoid distracting
habits such as shifting weight, tapping, "praying hands,"
teeth-sucking,
etc.?
.
Di
Diction: How precisely did the speaker choose specific words for
effect?
.
Dic
Eye Contact: How well did the speaker sustain sufficient "sweeping"
eye contact to connect with the audience?
.
E.C.
Facial Expressions: How expressive were the speaker's eyebrows and
smiles (when appropriate)? Did they establish a connection with the
audience?
.
F.E.
Gestures: How naturally and well-timed were the speaker's use of
the hands and forearms to enhance aspects of the speech?
.
Ge
Inflection (or intonation): How regularly and appropriately did the reader vary
the pitch of his or her voice?
http://www.therapytimes.com/content=6201J6484896BE841
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In
P.P. Pregnant Pauses: How natural were the speaker's use of pauses for
effect?
.
P.P.
Poise: How relaxed and confident did the speaker appear? The link
below addresses how to conquer FEAR of public speaking and how to RELAX.
.
Poi
Projection: How well did the speaker make him or herself heard
across the room by "punching" important words?
.
Pr
Style: How well did the speaker vary sentence constructions and
sentence length?
.
st
Up-speak: How often did the speaker avoid interrogative inflection
when making declarative statements? (Sometimes called "uptalk" or
"high-
rise-terminals.")
.
U.S.
Verbal Non-Fluencies: How well did the speaker avoid "ums"
and "uhs"?
.
V.N.F.
ADDITIONAL HELP...
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Tongue Twisters: Practice these knotty phrases to help you articulate
(enunciate) your words more precisely when you speak. Categorized by sound
and letter.
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http://thinks.com/words/tonguetwisters.htm
See and hear the organs of speech work together to create phonetically
accurate enunciation. (Click on the English Library link to start the
tutorial.)
.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html#
Video Clip #1 (Compare to speech #2 below.) Allow clip to load, then
press "play."
.
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http://college.hmco.com/communication/andrews/public_speaking/1e/instructors/video/clip4.html
Video Clip #2 (Compare to speech #1 above.) Allow clip to load, then
press "play."
.
.
http://college.hmco.com/communication/andrews/public_speaking/1e/instructors/video/clip5.html
How to transform your FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING into your greatest strength.
.
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/zimmer5.html
Don't fall into "verbal slouchery" when you speak...
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http://ronaldbrucemeyer.com/archive/sloucher.htm
Four-hundred-and-two more tongue twisters...
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm
Review the details of enunciation here. (Note: They
call "stops" "plosives".)
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lsp/Phonetics/ConsonantsII/Phonetics3b.html
Phonetics
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/about.html#
The eyes are the window into the soul. That was the main idea in this whole
article. The article explained how certain types of eye contact translate into
either positive or negative body language. The advice was helpful, and can be
applied to both social events and presentations. (c) Lauren E., 2009
More on eye contact...
This website contains information on why proper inflection is important, how
to use your voice properly, and tips on how to perfect the art of proper
inflection and speaking out loud to an audience.
(c) Morgan M., 2009
More on inflection...
One theme of theme the theme most theme important theme things
theme in theme writing theme a theme speech theme is theme to
theme choose theme a theme theme theme. My theme is about
themes. You could probably tell. A speech without a theme is
a jumbled mess that doesn't make any sense, just like what I've
made. Also, I like ducks.
(c) Joe S., 2009
More on theme...