You have probably delivered a

speech before an audience once,

twice, or thrice in high school in the
forms of reporting, research
presentations, or creative
presentations or might have read
Biblical passages in church .
How did the experience make you
feel? If the experience made you wish
to speak more in public or made you
confident of yourself, then you belong
to the few who do not fear public
speaking or who have overcome it. If
the experience made you feel the
opposite, you are not alone Jerry
Seinfield was quoted saying.
“According to most studies,
people’s number one fear is
public speaking. Number two
death. Death is number two.
Does that sound right? This
means to the average person,
if you go to funeral , you’re
better off in the casket than
delivering the eulogy.”
Fear of the public speaking,
is therefore, common to
most people, but despite
this fact, many have turned
speaking into their ticket to
success. Brian Tracy
phrased his idea
“Your ability to
communicate with others
will account for fully 85% of
your success in your
business and in your life.”
What apparently matters is your
reaction to fear of public speaking.
How should you handle fear? Mark
Twain suggests: Courage is
resistance to fear, mastery of fear–
not absence of fear.”
Your awareness of your fear
of public speaking is a good
starting point. With your
awareness, you
acknowledge that you need
to take actions to overcome
that fear.
You might also need a strong
reason to overcome that fear.
While it is true that not all
professions require public
speaking skills, you must
consider the fact that public
speaking is an essential skills in
your academic life.
Also, in many professions such as
those in business, education, mass
media etc, public speaking skills are a
requirement. In some other professions,
public speaking skills are an
advantage. Most importantly, public
speaking has long been the tool for
activism that paved way for social
political changes.
Is a process of
speaking in a
structured, deliberate
manner to inform,
influence or entertain
an audience.
 Speech
- Is a term used to refer
to the body spoken
expressions of
information and ideas.
A speech may be delivered in
any of the following modes: 1.
read from a manuscript 2.
memorized and delivered
extemporaneous o impromptu
The choice of mode of
speech delivery is
determined by factors
such as length of
preparation, complexity
of message, purpose, and
occasion,
 Reading from a manuscript

- is appropriate when the

speech is long when details
are complicated and essential
such as they need to be given
completely.
Reading is also
appropriate when one is
asked to deliver a
prepared speech on
behalf of another
speaker.
Reading may pose the
least challenge in public
speaking but the
speaker maybe tricked
into thinking that no
preparation is needed.
When a message is delivered
through reading, the force,
naturalness, and eye contact
may be diminished because
the eyes have to travel from
page to the audience and
vice versa.
1. Memorized speech requires a
speaker to commit everything to
memory. This method is excellent
for short messages although it is
also used for long pieces in
oratorical declamation and other
literary contests.
Just like a read speech,
memorized speech also poses
challenge in naturalness.
The worst experience one could
have in delivering a memorized
speech is to forget the lines and
fail to shift smoothly to another
mode of delivery.
 2. Extemporaneous speaking
May have short or long preparation. The
speaker may use an outline to guide him
through his speech to achieve better
organization and to avoid leaving out details.
But unlike reading, extemporaneous speaking
necessitates the speaker to formulate his
sentences while he is speaking.
Extemporaneous is a method that most lecturers
and teachers use. A good extemporaneous
speaker must be spontaneous.
 3. Impromptu
- means speaking at the spur of the
moment. Since there is minimal or no time
for preparation given for impromptu, the
content and organization may suffer.
Impromptu may not deliver the best
thought in the best way but it brings out
the most natural thing to say at the
moment.