PUBLIC SPEAKING (ORAL
PRESENTATIONS)
Dr. Rajesh Lankapalli
Lecturer in the dept. of English
Mail id: [email protected]
Contact: 9676652125
“There are three things to aim at in public speaking: first, to
get into your subject, then to get your subject into yourself,
and lastly, to get your subject into the heart of your
audience.” –
Alexander Gregg
Language Lab by Dr. Rajesh L is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
License.
Definitions:
Delivering an address to a public
audience.
Formal way of speaking with
communication purpose
Expressing ideas in a structured
manner
Overcoming Fear
Successful or professional speaker need to overcome the fear
People never fear in informal setups but they do in formal setups
Choose your mode of presentation (Ppt, Black board, OHP, Handouts, Charts etc.)
Understand that fear is a common phenomena that is experienced by many
Fear doesn’t come with English language (whose mother tongue is English will also fear the same)
Aspects Making You Frighten in
Public Places: Humiliation
Unfamiliarity with situation (that
something would go wrong)
Stage fright (facing crowd)
Anxiety
How to get rid of fear
Stage fear: Visualize earlier
Think positive (think its an opportunity
to grow big, have a good image of
yourself)
Take initial movements to get rid of
fear
Prepare well the concepts
◦ Know your subject
◦ Believe/confident in you subject
◦ You’re the centre of your presentation
◦ Practice practice and practice
Reducing Anxiety
Visualize your delivery of talk
Know your subject
Respect preparation
Practice preparation
Relax your mind
Respect your audience
Breath in and out (inhale and exhale )
How to become the professional
presenter: View the venue (get familiar and
rehearsal)
Welcome the audience (greet, smile,
introduce topic and create interest)
Master your material (practice, extra
information, be thorough and time
limit)
Clear your mind
Visualize yourself
Some Tips:
Realize that people want a winning
leader (authoritative and decision
maker)
Avoid apologies (never say I couldn’t
prepare)
Focus on your message (not the
medium; never bother the language as
you can not use the language
artificially, you suppose to be learning
language to use it in a natural way)
Turn nervousness in to positive energy (channelize)
Gain experience (through practice /volunteer /observing/ initiation part by part)
Main objectives:
To create the necessity of talk(create interest and clear picture of talk )
To educate (information or teach)
To provoke (to stimulate or impress)
To influence (to convince or persuade)
Structure your Speech:
Make three to four major points
Keep audience interest by anecdotes and start well (quotation, joke, real time incidents, story)
Summarize your main pint in an outline
End with strong positive point
Tell audience what your going to tell them and then start (introduction)
At the end tell them again what you have told them.(conclusion)
Way of Presentation:
◦ Perfect body language is very important to
give good oral presentation
◦ By being conscious you can rectify (relax
or smile)
◦ Speak in natural tone
◦ Slow down your body movements
◦ Eye contact (don’t leave anyone)
◦ Body gestures (don’t hide behind podium)
Body language
◦ Posture
◦ Eye contact
◦ Facial expression
◦ Hand gestures
◦ Appropriate dress
Voice quality
◦ Volume/tone
◦ Inflection
◦ Articulation
◦ pitch
Body language does and
don'ts: Does ◦ Face the audience
◦ Look at each person in the audience
◦ Glance at notes or screen when ever required
◦ Smile
Don'ts◦ Don’t hold anything
◦ Do not read directly from your notes or system
◦ Do not put your hands in pockets
◦ Don’t keep on looking at the screen
◦ Do not look at the examiner or evaluator
Voice quality: does and
don'ts: Does:◦ Speak loud and clear, enunciate well
◦ Speak slowly but with confidence
◦ Emphasize important points
◦ Make a transition to the next speaker (group presentation)
Don'ts:◦ Racing through the speech
◦ Reading directly form the notes
◦ Talking too fast or deliberately too slow
◦ Mumbling
◦ Avoid repetition
◦ Do not take too long pauses but when ever necessary only
Do not shout but speak loud Do not start immediately at your turn Do not mismatch the pitch and tone with
the context of the presentation
All the best, Practice well and become successful public speakers and professional presenters
THANK YOU
“90% of how well the talk will go is determined before the speaker
steps on the platform.” – Somers White
“It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation
time.” – Wayne
Burgraff