The Art of Oratory and Speech Culture

Mid-term Assessment Questions on “The Art of Oratory and Speech Culture”

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   The close relation between the concepts public speaking and speech culture
   

Speech is a mirror of person's inner world. Throughout human history, people who mastered the effective and clear speech were highly regarded by society. That is why in our modern world, most people who consider mastering perfect speech as a key factor for their successful career, strive to learn the secrets of correct expressive speech. The speech culture is the education of heart and morality. If the speech culture is not reflected in a person’s speech, then this is similar to the non-observance of the Law, and we can hardly to hope that such a situation will benefit the society. Public speaking is the same ability as drawing or poetry. . Public speaking, also called oratory or oration, has traditionally meant the act of speaking face to face to a live audience. Public speaking is used for many different purposes, but usually as some mixture of teaching, persuasion, or entertaining. Each of these calls upon slightly different approaches and techniques. Public speaking was developed as a primary sphere of knowledge in Greece and Rome, where prominent thinkers codified it as a central part of rhetoric.

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   The aim and object of the course The Art of Oratory and Speech Culture
   

The subjects of the Public speaking which are mainly investigatedare the linguistic structure of speech, norms of literary language and communicative speech (required for communication) qualities. These qualities are in any speech not at the same level. Therefore, the speech of different people is perceived differently by the audience. The object of The Art of Oratory and speech culture is language norms, and the main task it is necessary to eliminate the ambiguities in this norm. The concept of the norm is a complex problem, multidimensional that is objective-historical, cultural-sociological and purely linguistic. The aim of public speaking depends entirely on what effect a speaker intends when addressing a particular audience. The same speaker, with the same strategic intention, might deliver a substantially different speech to two different audiences. The point is to change something, in the hearts, minds, or actions of the audience.

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