Grade 10

Public Speaking Topic: Manuscript Speech

LESSON
2
Definition of Manuscript
_____ 9. Delivering Speech is not merely reading the piece out to the audience.
a manuscript
This is when a speaker
_____ 10. Eye contact with the audience reads a pre-written speech word
helps in involving by word
them into to an audience.
the speech’s It is when an already prepared
subject matter.
script
FT 2 – Write YES if the statement refers to a good practice in delivering a manuscript and NO if document,
is read in verbatim. The speaker makes the entire speech by referring to the printed it is not. or as seen on the
teleprompter. It is basically an easy method of oral communication.
_____ 1. Modify the contents of the speech that is being offered for a manuscript delivery.
_____ 2. Manuscript
Always keep speaking
a smileis on
generally employed
your face duringaofficial
while reading meetings,
manuscript speech.conferences, and in instances where the subject
matter of3.the
_____ speech
Glance needs
at the copyto from
be recorded. It is used
time to time so as especially
to still keepwhen there is time
the connection constraint,
with and the content of the talk is of
the audience.
prime importance.
_____ Conveying
4. Practice reading the precise and out
manuscript succinct
loud messages is theorinherent
several times, as manypurpose
times asofyouthiscan.
speech. Public officials speaking
at conferences,
_____ and their
5. Memorize the speech
speech being telecast,
that you is a pertinent
are going to read in example.
order to have more time to focus on the eye contact with the
audience. There can be various occasions where this style of speech is used. It depends on the context of the address, the
purpose6.ofBecommunication,
_____ creative with thethe target audience,
projection of the voiceandtothe intended
match impact
the content of of
thethe speech. Even if it is understood to be a
manuscript.
verbatim,
_____ 7. manuscript
Remove some speaking
parts ofrequires
the longimmense
manuscript effort on thefor
in order part
it toofbethe speaker.
finished Precision
right away. in the delivery comes not just
with exact
_____ readingthe
8. Attract of audience
the text, but
withwith
theaclarity
complete understanding
of the words that are of being
the content, and the aim of the talk.
delivered.
_____ 9. Hold out the copy of the speech and refrain from using a podium in delivering a manuscript speech.
Advantages
_____ and Disadvantages
10. Equally distribute your eye contact with the audience in order to make everybody feel that the message of the
✔ Precision
speech is forinthem.
the text or the speech helps catch the focus of the audience.
✔ It3 proves
FT – Answer very the following
effective whenquestions
you have briefly
to putand concisely.
forth an important point in less time.
1. Explain: Manuscript speeches should not
✔ Concise and accurate information is conveyed, especially be simply readwhen
out loud.
talking about contentious issues.
✔ Precise wording can be planned
✔ Timing of the speech can be down to seconds
2. Why is it helpful to have a podium in the delivery of a manuscript speech?
✘ If you are not clear in your speech and cannot read out well, it may not attract any attention of the audience.
✘Most
3. How people do speaker
can one not readmaintain
well enough to read in
eye contact anthe
entire speechoftothe
delivery anmanuscript
audience speech?
✘Most people will not practice enough because they tend to assume that reading a paper verbatim does not require
practicing beforehand
✘ As
4. Give one situation
compared whenspeech,
to a direct a manuscript speech is going
in a manuscript to read,
that is be delivered.
the natural flow of the speaker is lost. So is the relaxed,
enthusiastic, interactive, and expressive tone of the speech lost.
✘ A manuscript speech can become boring if read out plainly, without any effort of non-verbal communication with the
5. Why is it that the natural flow of the speaker might actually be lost while delivering a manuscript speech?
audience.

Tips for an Appealing Manuscript Speech

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
❶ Use a light pastel paper in place of white paper to lessen the glare from lights.
SELECTION
❷ Make sureTO BEthe
that DELIVERED IN CLASS:
printed or written speech is in a bigger font size than normal, so that you can comfortably see what
you are reading, which would naturally keep you calm.
This
❸ MarkI Believe by Carlos
the pauses in yourP. Romulo
speech with a slash, and highlight the important points.
❹ You can even increase the spacing between words for easier reading (by double or triple spacing the text).
❺ Highlight in bold I believe above
the first all of
word that a man
a new should
section or be
firsttrue to himself.
sentence I believe atoman
of a paragraph helpshould
you find be the
prepared
correctat allfaster.
line times to
sacrifice everything for his convictions. Twice during my
❻ Don't try to memorize the text, highlights, or the pauses. Let it come in the flow of things. life I have been called upon to make this kind of sacrifice.
❼ PracticeAfter Pearl itHarbor,
reading out aloud theseveral
Philippines
times, was
or asinvaded
many times by Japan.
as you can.I had never been a soldier. I was a journalist. But
something impelled me to
❽ Try keeping a smile on your face while reading. enlist.
❾ Keep in mind I was
that attached
a manuscript to General
speechMacarthur’s
does not mean staff 'mere
and went readingwithout'.
himMaintaining
first to Bataan and later
frequent eye to Corregidor.
contact with theIn
Corregidor, I was placed in charge
audience helps involving them into the subject matter. of the broadcast called the Voice of Freedom. The Japanese reacted violently to
the broadcast. I learned that a
But most importantly, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!! prize had been put on my head, and worse that they had gone after my wife and four
sons who had been left behind in the occupied territory. I suffered indescribable torment, worrying about my loved
SAMPLE: ones.
TheIFilipino
wanted Is toWorth
go back to Manila
Dying For by atBenigno
whatever cost. But
"Ninoy" I was Jr.
Aquino ordered to proceed to Australia on the eve of the fall
of Bataan.
I have asked myself From
many Australia,
times: Is theI was sent on
Filipino worthto the UnitedorStates,
suffering, wherefor?
even dying, I continued
Is he not atocoward
make who the Voice
would of Freedom
readily yield heard,
to any
colonizer, be he foreign or homegrown? Is a Filipino more comfortable under an authoritarian leader because he does not wantbytothe
regardless of the consequences to my family. I did not see them again until after the liberation of my country be
burdenedAmerican forces of
with the freedom under
choice?General Macarthur,oraided
Is he unprepared, worse,by the Filipino
ill-suited guerillasorwho
for presidential had carried
parliamentary on a vigorous resistance
democracy?
during the more than three years of enemy occupation.
The second
I have carefully weighed time and
the virtues I wasthecalled
faults upon to makeand
of the Filipino a considerable
I have come tosacrifice for mythat
the conclusion convictions
he is worthwas during
dying the 1953
for because he
national
is the nation’s elections
greatest untapped in the Philippines. I had never been a politician, but having become convinced that I should do
resource.
everything I could to help effect a change of government in my country, I resigned as Ambassador to the United
States and permanent representative to the United Nations in order to enter the field against the incumbent
ACTIVITIES
president. I founded a third party, the Democratic Party, and accepted the nomination for president—started a
FT 1 – Write TRUE
vigorous if the sentence
campaign to awakenis correct and FALSE
the Filipino peopleif ittoisthe
not. Write
need foryour answer
a change on the given space.
in administration.
_____ 1. Memorizing the manuscript helps in establishing a better
Midway in the campaign, it became apparent that the two opposition parties connection (rapport) with the
might listeners.
lose the election if they
_____ 2. One advantage in doing a manuscript speech is the precision
remained divided, but had an excellent chance to win if they would present a united front. of the words that is going to be delivered.
I made the painful
_____ 3. The speech
decision that is being
to withdraw delivered inAfter
my candidacy. a manuscript
withdrawing speech my is own
pre-written and memorized.
candidacy, I was the campaign manager of Mr.
_____ 4. Delivering
Ramón a speech
Magsaysay anddisplayed
campaigned in a up
teleprompter
and down is theanland
example
for him.of aI manuscript
could not have speech.
worked harder if I had been the
_____ 5. The conciseness
candidate myself. and accuracy of the conveyed information can be more evident in a manuscript speech.
_____ 6. The deliveryMagsaysay of a manuscript speech isThe
won by a landslide. as dramatic
temptation as that
was of a declamation
strong for all thosespeech.
who had worked for him to share in
_____ 7. the rewards of victory. I was convinced, however, that the first duty of everyonedown
A speaker who delivers a manuscript speech can control the time of the speech who to had seconds.
helped to bring about a
_____ 8. change of government was to give the new president a completely free hand in making use
One helpful tip in order to calm oneself in the delivery of a manuscript speech is to make of fine index
appointments to cards
keep
with thepositions
fine printinofhistheadministration.
speech so that the speaker will be able to determine what
Immediately after the elections, I left for the United States.words to say.
As I look back, I see this pattern of action and renunciation repeated over and over again in my life—in
things great and small, in war and in peace. Some may call this a credo of self-sacrifice. I prefer to describe it as
being true to one’s self, no matter what the cost.