Module No.
and
4 – CAN YOU SPEAK CLEARLY?
Title
Lesson No. and
Lesson 1: Importance of Speaking Clearly
Title
Learning
Demonstrate fluency in Speech to sound humorous
Outcomes
Time Frame Week 7 (3 Hours)
You can only be understood to your satisfaction if you speak clearly. You have
to remember that every speech sound counts and can mean a lot. The urgency of
Introduction what you say depends on whether you are understood. If you tend to eat your
words or garble, the people who listen to you will not respond according to your
expectations.
Activity The students will watch a comedy speech
1. What is the main message or theme of the speech?
2. How is humor integrated into the speech?
Analysis 3. What techniques does the speaker use to create humor?
4. How does the speaker’s tone and pacing contribute to the humor?
You can only be understood to your satisfaction if you speak clearly. You have
to remember that every speech sound counts and can mean a lot. The urgency of
what you say depends on whether you are understood. If you tend to eat your
words or garble, the people who listen to you will not respond according to your
expectations.
Bernardo et al. (2013) pointed out that when you enunciate carefully, others can
understand what you say. Words that are clearly spoken are likely to be taken
seriously because they are understood. Abulencia (2004) is convinced that it is
necessary that the utterance of words must be clear. Pagcaliwagan (2014) is in
accord that proper pronunciation adds to the dignity of the message you utter. It
allows a listener's attention to be focused on the message you say rather than on
mistakes in pronunciation.
You slur when you seem to be not too sure on what you are saying or feel too
timid that your mouth is not opening inadequately. Oftentimes this can be
beyond your control as your jaw muscles grind and lips produce undiscernible
speech sounds. Your unintelligible speech emanates from conflating speech
sounds, syllables, and words that sound indistinct and incomprehensible. You
fail to speak clearly when you miss a speech sound, such as morphemes, or
meaningful sounds, that signal plural number or verb tense. Tendero et al.
(2014) encouraged you to speak and read individual words clearly with proper
enunciation, sufficient volume, and at a reasonable pace.
Cayanan (2000) promoted individual words correctly. This involves using the
right sounds to vocalize words, stressing the right syllables, and in many
languages, giving proper attention to diacritics. Abulencia (2004) recommended
learning to make good use of a dictionary, asking someone who reads well to
listen to you and offer counsel, and taking note of pronunciation used by good
speakers. You can also compare your own with theirs.
If you want to speak clearly, you have to have knowledge of the nature of
spoken language. Speech is a stretch of sounds. In reality though, what you are
hearing are distinct speech sounds, constituting meaningful forms built up upon
each other - a speech sound, a morpheme, a syllable, a word, a phrase, and a
sentence. Cayanan (2000) suggested that one of the keys to saying words clearly is
understanding the makeup of words in your language.
If the words of a language are made up of syllables, it is important to place the
primary stress on the correct syllable. Many languages that use such a structure
have a fairly regular pattern of oral stress. Where there are exceptions to that
pattern, an accent mark may be part of the written word. This helps to make
proper pronunciation relatively easy. However, if the pattern is not consistent,
the problem is more difficult. Dealing with it successfully requires much
memorization.
Module No. and
3 – CAN YOU SPEAK CLEARLY?
Title
Lesson No. and
Lesson 2: Delivering a Humorous Speech
Title
Learning
Demonstrate fluency in Speech to sound humorous
Outcomes
Time Frame Week 8 (3 Hours)
Delivering a humorous speech requires speaking clearly. You have to speak
without hesitation, roundabout, and excessive fillers. You should be able to
Introduction
express thought groups clearly to convey the kind of idea the audience will find
funny.
Activity The students will watch a comedy speech
1. What is the main message or theme of the speech?
2. How is humor integrated into the speech?
Analysis 3. What techniques does the speaker use to create humor?
4. How does the speaker’s tone and pacing contribute to the humor?
Humorous speech is not just telling a joke. Its goal is not just to entertain but to
enlighten people about things they may overlook or even ignore but, given a
second look, make them or the world seem irrational, odd, or outright ridiculous.
You have to be witty, honest, serious, or sometimes a bit sarcastic to deliver a
humorous speech. Your speech does not have to be entirely about being
humorous. Saying humor is just a part of your speech, spicing it up. Humor will
make hosting a program, giving an informative speech, or making a presentation
engaging, fascinating, and illuminating. Below are some suggestions on how you
can give them:
a. Fire away a joke in three acts. Just learn how to tell a story. You
definitely know a lot of stories, many of them are your experiences or
those of others. If you become good in recounting a story, being familiar
with story elements such as exposition, conflict, and a resolution, you can
be humorous. Know how to deal with the concept of suspense.
b. Jokes can be putting two things, utterly a contradiction, throwing off
listeners from something they expect. You draw them to a particular
path, only to show them something what they have not anticipated. This is
a two-story joke: kick it off with a setup, then dash to the finish line with
a punchline.
c. Make sure you and your listeners share social context and experience,
easily cocking the set-up. Do not explain too much or give away punch
line by a hint.
d. People invest time to wait for your punch line. Polish your punchline
by testing it to your family and people you know. Observe their reaction
5. Go for the rule of three-pop-joke structure. For example: same, same,
different: Forbs, White Plain, Smokey Mountain.
6. Laugh at yourself. Make fun of yourself and your idiosyncrasy. experience, or
blunder.
7. Do not be a Chinese action movie with your joke. Never say, "I have a
funny story tell you. Oh my, this is really a hilarious joke I am about to share
with you."
8. Never give up for your joke. Bring it home. Once you ride the horse, run
breakneck fast with it until you get to your destination. If it does not get the
giggle, at least you have tried, and not many know if you turned out a dud
anyway.
9. Timing is everything. You have to know when to give it to the audience. Be
aware of the audience and learn to be spontaneous.
Abstraction 10. Generate tension. Hold it off until the maximal moment you can make the
one-liner the funniest. No need to race through your joke.
11. Be felicitous. Remember the power dynamics. The powerful are the fair play.
They are always open season to you. They will not lose their wealth or power,
only maybe a little of their dignity. The poor who do not have much, only have
Module No. and
3 – CAN YOU SPEAK CLEARLY?
Title
Lesson No. and
Lesson 3: World English and Communication
Title
Learning
Recognize the international Varieties of English
Outcomes
Time Frame Week 9 (3 Hours)
The state of English as a spoken language the world over has entered the period
labeled as "World English," a phase of English evolution "witnessed by the
transformation of English from the mother tongue of a handful of nations to a
language being used by far more speakers in non-mother tongue settings, […]
Introduction
(Brutt-Griffler, 2002). It could be added that “accompanied this spread—the
multiplicity of varieties—result not from the faulty and imperfect learning of the
non-mother tongue speakers, but from the nature of the process of micro-
acquisition, language spread, and change" (Brutt-Griffler, 2002).
Task 1: Video Presentation- The students will record themselves reading a script
clearly.
Activity
Task 2: Compare and Contrast- the students will compare and contrast variety of
English in terms of word usage, and accent
1. What lexical differences are evident between American English and British
English?
Analysis 2. Are there specific accent features that distinguish the two varieties?
3. How does globalization or technology influence the vocabulary of this
variety
World English and Communication
The state of English as a spoken language the world over has entered the period
labeled as "World English," a phase of English evolution "witnessed by the
transformation of English from the mother tongue of a handful of nations to a
language being used by far more speakers in non-mother tongue settings, […]
(Brutt-Griffler, 2002). It could be added that “accompanied this spread—the
multiplicity of varieties—result not from the faulty and imperfect learning of the
non-mother tongue speakers, but from the nature of the process of micro-
acquisition, language spread, and change" (Brutt-Griffler, 2002).
Nordquist (2019) listed the following varieties of English today which are spoken
internationally: American English, Australian English, Babu English, Banglish,
British English, Canadian English, Caribbean English, Chicano English, Chinese
English, Denglish (Denglisch), Euro-English, Hinglish, Indian English, Irish
English, Japanese English, New Zealand English, Nigerian English, Philippine
English, Scottish English, Singapore English, South African English, Spanglish,
Taglish, Welsh English, West African Pidgin English, and Zimbabwean English.
The variation of these varieties are pronounced principally at the phonological,
morphological, lexical and syntactic levels. These varieties can be regional and
international. Below are these varieties and how they may differ:
U.S. Major Regional and World International Varieties of English
Lexical Level:
U.S. Northern U.S Southern
Pal Bucket
Bag Sack
Faucet Spigot