English

QUARTER 3 | S.Y. 2023-2024

Lesson 1: Multimodal Elements Note: Your platform behavior affects the

effectiveness of your speech.
A text is multimodal when it combines two or
more semiotic systems. ● Content - What are you going to talk
about?
It may be presented: ○ Delivery - How will you talk about it?
★ Physically
☆ Digitally Essential Public Speaking Skills
★ Live/real-time performance Use both verbal and nonverbal strategies to
effectively communicate with your audience.
5 Multimodal Elements
➔ Linguistic - words, written, or spoken Verbal - Unleash the power of your voice to
★ ex. essays, articles, novels effectively communicate
➔ Visual - images or characters that people ⤷ Record yourself and ask a friend for
see feedback. Incorporate these qualities:
★ ex. icons, vectors, emojis, illustrations
➔ Audio - focused on sound ★ Proper Loudness - Make your voice
★ ex. speech, music, podcast have appropriate power, intensity
➔ Gestural - the way movement is interpreted and projection
★ ex. facial expressions, hand gestures, ☆ Good Voice Quality - Avoid being
dance, sign language breathy, strident, harsh, or nasally.
➔ Spatial - arrangement of elements, ★ Correct Pronunciation - Pay
organization attention to your sound production,
★ ex. seating arrangement, layout, rhythm and cadence.
blockings, dance formation ☆ Be Articulate - Form distinct
sounds so every word is clear and
deliberate.
Lesson 2.1: Public Speaking ★ Sensible Rate - Align speed to the
OPPA speech's purpose; fast if exciting,
○ O - order/organization slow for sad and +180
● P - purpose words/minute if informative.
○ P - point/main point (what is your advocacy about?) ☆ Be Expressive - Emphasize each
● A - audience phrase with the right pitch, pace,
pause, and power.
★ Dynamic Energy - Amplify and
Lesson 2.2: Public Speaking intensify points.
The art of effective oral communication with an
audience.

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 Practice with Tongue Twisters! Practice Effectively
★ Record yourself
01. Three gray geese in the green grass ☆ Identify your points for improvement
grazing; gray were the geese and the (verbal and nonverbal)
green was the grazing. ★ Focus on SOLUTIONS, not the problems.
02. The sun shines on the shop signs (repeat 3
times)
03. The sixth sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick.
Types of Speeches According to
04. Fanny Finch fried five flounder fish for
Francis Fowler’s father. Delivery
05. A big black bug bit a big black bear and ★ Read
made the big black bear bleed blood. ⤷ ex. news reporting, people who read
06. She stood at the door on the balcony, in mass, narrator
inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, ☆ Memorized
amicably welcoming him in. ⤷ ex. monologue, poem
★ Extemporaneous
Nonverbal - Leverage body language to ⤷ Prepared
communicate beyond words. ☆ Impromptu
⤷ Rehearse in front of a mirror or record ⤷ Speaking on-the-spot with little to
yourself. Look for these qualities in your no preparation.
body language:
REEC
★ Engaging Eye Contact - Avoid R - Respond
staring down your audience or E - Elaborate / expound
reading directly from your notes. E - Extra detail / example
☆ Natural Gestures - Use supportive C - Conclude (reiterate, question, promoting)
hand gestures but don’t force
anything
★ Facially Aware - Make natural and
deliberate facial expressions.
☆ Purposeful Movement - Be
intentional with every move, shift,
pace, and hair and clothing
adjustments.
★ Professional Appearance -
Represent your organization
appropriately. (look neat)

I'm scared of Public Speaking!

Feel the fear and do it anyway.
01. Take deep breaths (box/square breathing)
02. Stretch your body. Loosen your mouth and
tongue.
03. Talk it out. Seek support.
04. PRACTICE!

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