PUBLIC SPEAKING
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: NGUYỄN MINH THƯ ([Link])
EMAIL: thunm@[Link]
EXTRA CHAPTER:
CONSTRUCTING A PUBLIC
SPEECH
KEY IDEAS
➢FORMAT OF A PUBLIC SPEECH
➢SIGNAL AND TRANSITION
WORDS USED
➢TOPIC FOR GROUP
PRESENTATION
FORMAT OF
A PUBLIC
SPEECH
FORMAT OF A PUBLIC SPEECH
• A public speaking form of speech is constructed as follow:
I. INTRODUCTION:
• Hook
• Thesis statement
• Preview:
- Point A
- Point B
- Point C
FORMAT OF A PUBLIC SPEECH
II. BODY:
1. Point A (Ideas supporting for point A)
2. Point B (Ideas supporting for point B)
3. Point C (Ideas supporting for point C)
III. CONCLUSION:
- Restate thesis and main ideas (point A, B and C)
- Offer a final statement (suggestion/ quotes/ solutions, etc.)
SIGNAL AND
TRASITION
WORDS
SIGNAL AND TRANSITION
WORDS: THE INTRODUCTION
Introduce the topic
• This presentation will investigate/ examine/ identify/ the
effects of …
• My topic today is …
• The topic I intend to discuss is …
• Our team/group will be discussing …
SIGNAL AND TRANSITION
WORDS: THE INTRODUCTION
Provide an outline/ preview of the presentation:
• I want to start by …, and then I’ll …
• Let’s begin by … , before looking at …
• I’m going to divide this talk into three parts.
• There a four main points I’d like to discuss: A, B, C and D
• Before I start, let’s take a look at (…) main reasons of…
SIGNAL AND TRANSITION
WORDS: THE BODY
Introduce the main point: Move to another main point:
• The crux of the matter is … • Now let’s consider …
• A major concern is … • I’d like to move on to/ look at …
• Fundamentally, … • My next point is …
• The central problem is that … • Now, turning to …
• The (first) basic point was … • Let me move on to …
SIGNAL AND TRANSITION
WORDS: THE BODY
Introduce an example Rephrase a main point
• Let me illustrate this by … • So now what we have is …
• Take the case of … • The point I am making is …
• This is illustrated by… • Let me put that another way …
• This is demonstrated by … • In other words …
• An example of this is … • As I have been saying …
SIGNAL AND TRANSITION
WORDS: THE BODY
Draw the audiences’ attention to the visual:
• Now, I’ll show you …
• As you can see here …
• I’d like to point out …
• The (picture) indicates …
• Let’s move on and look at the … of …
• Let’s take a look at …
SIGNAL AND TRANSITION
WORDS: THE CONCLUSION
Concluding the content
• Well, that brings us to the
conclusion ...
• Now I’d like to conclude that ...
• To sum up …
• In conclusion …
• In summary …
• To summarise …
DON’T FORGET TO THANK YOUR
AUDIENCES!
Always remember to
thank your audiences
before finish up the
presentation:
“That brings the
presentation to an end,
thank you for your
listening!”
TOPIC FOR
GROUP
PRESENTATION
Each group choose 1 of the
topic below and prepare to
present in week 5 and 6 (10-15
mins each group)
• EDUCATION
• GENDER AND ROLE
• HEALTHCARE
• CAREER