UPM-CALC/SEM2/2020-21/LPE2301/SCL WORKSHEET 9

LPE2301 ACADEMIC INTERACTION AND PRESENTATION

SCL WORKSHEET 9

WEEK 11 (DELIVERING THE SPEECH)

Name :
Matric No. :
Group :
Due date : 14 June 2021

Exercise 1 (Using effective vocal variety)

1. Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9H9WXe5WC0 and comment on

the speaker’s vocal variety.

Features Comments Advantage Disadvantage

Rate Good. I love her pace. People are interested to -
listen to her speech
Pitch Very nice. She did not Her voice was so soft -
use high pitch. and ear pleasing.
Volume She used appropriate People are comfortable -
speech volume based to listen to her speech.
on each points.
Pause She did pauses at some She was able to shorten Audience might
points of her speech but her speech duration. miss out some of
she also missed the her points.
pauses sometimes.
Stress Great. She used the People will understand -
stress correctly. better.

2. What did you like about the speech?

I love her confidence and the way she delivered her speech smoothly. I think her
speech is not boring at all because she did not depending on her slides only. It makes
her looks well-prepared with her speech. Everyone seems like they enjoy her speech.

3. What could the speaker have done differently to make the speech more effective?

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She can communicated with her audience by asking a few questions. Besides, she can add
some more pauses in her speech so that she did not seem too rush.

Exercise 2 (Using appropriate para-linguistic features)

Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ1nW9PNil8 and complete the

checklist.

Features Yes No
Personal appearance /

 Speaker is well-groomed and

looks professional

Movement /

 Speaker utilises the space to

engage with the audience.
 Speaker appears confident and /

energetic.

Gestures /

 Gestures is appropriate and not

excessive.
 Gestures does not distract /

audience.

Eye contact /

 Speaker is able to maintain eye-

contact with the audience.

Submission:
Submit the completed exercise 1 and 2 in PDF format.

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