Types of Speech According To Delivery
Types of Speech According To Delivery
According To Delivery
OBJECTIVE:
DISTINGUISHTHE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
SPEECHES ACCORDING
TO DELIVERY
1. Extemporaneous
Speaking with limited
preparation
Guided by notes or outline
Delivered conversationally
Most popular type
Speaking
Situations
When you are a candidate for a
post in a student government and
you deliver your campaign
speech before a voting public
When you are assigned to report a
topic in class
Advantages
Helps you look
confident
Engages the
audience
Disadvantages
May not have adequate
time to plan and organize
thoughts
Lacks opportunities to
prepare and rehearse
Tips
Create an outline
Organize your points logically (most important
to
least important or vice versa)
Use facts and real-life experiences as your
examples
Manage your time well
Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse
2. Impromptu
Speaking without
advanced preparation
Unrehearsed speech
Spoken conversationally
Speaking
Situations
In an event where you
are asked to say a few
words
First day at work or in
class, or during an
interview
Advantages
Spontaneous or
natural speaking
More focused and
brief
Disadvantages
Tendency to be disorganized
Lacks connection with the
audience
Nerve-racking for
inexperienced speakers and
beginners
Tips
Once you are requested to say
something, pause for a moment to
plan in your head what to say.
Stateyour main point briefly and
deliver it at a pace your audience can
follow.
Bridging. This entails building a connection
between what you do know and what you do
not
know.
Reframing. This means rephrasing or
redefining the topic into something that you
want to talk about. This usually occurs if you
think the topic is inappropriate or it is not
meant for you.
3. Manuscript
Speaking with advanced
preparation
Planned and rehearsed speech
Reading aloud a written
message
Speaking
Situations
Newscasting with a TelePrompter
or an autocue device
Presenting the legal proceedings
and verdict in court
Reading the rules and criteria in a
contest
Advantages
Exact repetition of
the written words
Guided speech
Disadvantages
Boring and
uninteresting
presentation
Lacks audience
rapport or connection
Tips
Rehearse the speech over and
over again until you sound
natural.
Observe accomplished news
anchors and note how
conversational they sound when
they deliver the news.
4 . Memorized
Speaking with advanced
preparation
Planned and rehearsed speech
Reciting a written message
word-for-word from memory
Speaking
Situations
When you perform in a stage
play
When you deliver a
declamation, oratorical, or
literary piece
When an actor or actress in a
scene performs a script from
Advantages
You do not need notes anymore. Since the speech is
memorized, you do not have to worry about when to
read and when to glance at your audience.
You can plan gestures, facial expressions, and
movement. When you know the speech by heart, it
will be easier for you to work on nonverbal
communication.
You can concentrate on visual aids and props. A
memorized speech will help you focus more on your
props if you have any.
You will feel more confident. If
you know that you have
committed the speech to
memory, you will not be anxious
about running out of words or not
knowing what to say.
Disadvantages
You might forget what you are supposed to say. Long
pauses can create a very awkward moment between
you and your audience.
You might memorize the speech mechanically. This can
result in a very unnatural delivery
You might focus on content. Consequently, groping for
the right words might make you look uptight and stiff.
You might be too tied to remembering your script. This
will give you no chance to pay attention and respond to
audience feedback.
Tips
Break it down! You cannot memorize a speech in one
sitting. If your speech has four paragraphs, you should
focus on one paragraph at a time. Once you have
memorized the first paragraph, focus on the next one.
Build it up! After memorizing the speech in snippets,
you need to put them together. Recite the first
paragraph and move on to the second. After this,
recite the first and second paragraphs and move on to
the third.
Speak out! Do not memorize the speech silently.
Identify keys! Identify a key point in every
paragraph.
Record and listen! Record yourself delivering the
speech and listen to it over and over again. Like a
song, the speech will get stuck in your head.
Use note cards! Write one key point on one note
card. Bring these note cards wherever you go and
take them out whenever you have extra time to
memorize, especially during idle times of the day.