Final Assessment Questions on “The Art of Oratory and Speech Culture” Card – 1 The Art of Oratory in the East: Kaykovus

3. Learn English Body Language. As you watch videos of native English speakers giving public speeches, pay particular attention to the following:
Posture
Hand movements
Eye contact
4. Incorporate Pauses and Stresses. Public speakers, especially comedians, use this technique a lot.
In particular, try to pause:
After key words and critical ideas
During transitions from one segment of your speech to another
After noting something on a chart, graph or other visualWord stress is another way to give your speech rhythm and help your audience understand5. Practice, Practice, Practice
5.Last but not least: practice makes perfect


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   Language and The Art of Oratory
   

In order to understand the dynamic and complex relation between rhetoric and language it is essential to examine the role of natural language use and of human communication mechanisms in shaping and reflecting human thinking processes. This relation can be explored at three levels: (1) semiotic-evolutionary (the role of natural language in enabling distinctively human forms of thinking and communicating effectively); (2) structuralcomparative (the role of specific language codes in shaping habitual thought – the “linguistic relativity” of experience); and (3) functional-discursive (the role of linguistic conventions, specialized discursive practices, and particular ideologies in cultivating specialized forms of thought for various situations and purposes).

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   Emphasis, volume and pauses
   

Emphasis. Practice saying these sentences using the emphasis techniques above. Generally, there are at least two important words per sentence. You can underline or bold the words you want to emphasize in each sentence on your speech outline.
Volume. To find your optimum volume, it is usually best to get into the room where you’ll be speaking and ask a friend to sit in the back row and see if they can hear you. The other way you can know if people can hear you is by reading the body language of the audience.Volume can also be varied to give some energy and excitement to the speech. Power of the Pause.One final note about pausing versus the vocalization of pauses such as ah, ums, like, etc. Instead of using the filler words ah and um, try to take a breath and pause instead. Speakers sometimes feel the pressure to fill dead air with sound.

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