The art of Speaking Skill

How to Control your speech rate

Your speech should be fluent but neither too hesitant nor too gushy. Say your words slowly enough to be understood and fast enough to sustain the audience’s interest. In speaking, this is ordinarily between 130 and 150 words per minute, and in oral reading between 150 and 175 words per minute. The discussion of light subjects and the presentation of simple narrative material and exciting ideas can be carried on at a faster rate than the presentation of complicated instructional material in unfamiliar subject-matter areas.

When a number of listeners are included in the discussion (other things being equal), the rate should be slower than when there are only one or two persons. Situations involving distraction require a slower rate than situations which are free from distraction.

Rate variation is an effective way of suggesting the nature of the thought being expressed and the relative emphasis to be given to it. The timing of the punch line, for example, is very important.

Practice to determine your most effective rate in speaking and oral reading

Your speaking rate should vary with the relative importance of the ideas, and it should never be so fast that your phrasing or emphasis suffers.

If you dependent on such excess vocalizations as “er” and have a friend listen to your speech and signal. You whenever you use one of these sounds. This will be distracting at first but it will help to break your dependence on this habit.

How to organization of ideas in the speech message.

The organization of ideas in the speech message serves two basic functions.

First, having a pattern of organization helps you to shape your materials.

Second, appropriate structural design will help your listeners to understand and better appreciate your message.

Much of the meaning we would communicate, as well as the meaning others derive from our communication, involves categorizing our thoughts. One sequence of main ideas can convey a different meaning from another.

Your categories of ideas must represent the essence of your subject.  Your organization provides an opportunity to pretest your logic, for it can help you to see the relationship of the details you select to your purpose. It can also help you to control the relative amount of time devoted to each part of your speech. Organizing gives you a chance to consider psychological implications and to select points and lines of development in light of probable audience interpretation. It is also a time to make decisions about the style of your speech. The style to be used may determine your organization.

A clear framework will aid you in recalling your ideas and thus will increase your fluency. It may also enhance your credibility a speaker. Audiences generally respond better to speakers and speeches that are carefully organized. The well-structured speech hold attention and helps listeners to comprehend more easily.

The less motivated the audience, the more important is organization, according to the communication research which has been organization. For an unmotivated audience, it is important to arouse their interest and their need for the information immediately. It is also important that the speech be easy to follow.

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How to Speak Confidently; During Your Speech

1. Deliver the salutation loudly, clearly and slowly. This is the moment when the listener gets his first impression of you, and forms either the idea, “Oh, dear! I’m afraid I won’t be able to hear him very well,” or “Good! I’m sure I’ll be able to hear everything this speaker says. “

Watch the effect of a loud, clear salutation on an audience: a visible relaxation, accompanied by little smiles of relief. Their feeling of pleasure reacts upon you and gives you confidence.

2. Except on the most solemn occasions, smile at the audience as you deliver the salutation. As you exhibit one of the signs of calmness and confidence-a smile-you feel calm and confident.

3. Don’t be ashamed of your notes. When you want to look at them raise them boldly. If you temporarily lose the thread of your speech, take your time; look at the notes until you find the next thing you want to say. The listener does not mind seeing you look at your notes. He knows that is the reason you have them. He is content to revolve in his mind, for a few seconds, the thought you gave him before you paused.

Hold the notes tightly; don’t drop them. The feel of them between your fingers, with the knowledge that they contain all you need for your speech, builds confidence.

Similarly, if you are using a lectern, don’t try to smuggle your notes on to it without letting the audience see them; don’t try to conceal your action when you turn to a new sheet.

4. The first few times you speak, you may find that the gaze of the audience embarrasses you. An easy cure is to avoid looking heads their eyes. Instead, direct your gaze a few inches above the heads of the people in the back row. (Not up at the ceiling!) Keep your eyes moving from side to side at that altitude. Few of the audience will perceive that you are not looking at them. But this should be only a temporary crutch. As soon as you can, practice into the eyes of the audience.

5. Don’t hesitate to keep pausing for breath whenever need it. oxygenation of the blood produces calmness and confidence.

6. Don’t hesitate to pause for thought or to find the right. The audience does not mind. If, during a lengthy speech, your throat gets dry, pause while you pour and drink some water. Take your time! Do it confidently and openly. As long as all of them call see  what you are doing, the audience’s attention will be riveted on you. Don’t try to drink and speak at the same time; this viii probably induce an embarrassing spell of coughing or choking.

7. Continue to speak loudly, slowly and clearly. Low volume, haste and indistinctness are signs of nervousness. But if your voice sounds confident, you will tend to feel confident.