Bravo-Purposive Communication

Your own languages may also change as you constantly interact and communicate with each other.

• Language acquisition

• Language learning

• Language contact

• Language change

Which is the LEAST effective way when practicing speaking effectively?

• Avoid a monotonous tone.

• Use expressions to add interest and depth to what you are saying and it will keep your listener interested.

• When speaking, be aware of your pace and try not to mumble, speak clearly.

• Put your shyness aside and strike up a conversation whenever you are given an opportunity to do so.

• When speaking, try to impress your audience with your vocabulary.

This is defined as "purposefully and actively exchanging information between two or more people to convey or receive the intended meanings through a shared system of signs and symbols”.

• communication

• encoding

• talking

This completes the communication process on the basis of response.

• Conext

• Feedback

• Composition

• Reply

Public speaking is...

• performing a live speech to an audience.

• speaking to your friend.

• talking on the phone.

Historically we can trace the origins of modern public speaking in...

• ancient Greece and Rome.

• modern England.

• present - time USA

Even though today public speeches are less formal, it is still important that they were...

• prepared on the spot.

• well - organized.

• learnt by heart.

How to improve public speaking skills? (more than one option is correct)

• write your speech (prepare)

• take breathing exercises to overcome your fear

• practice giving speeches

• avoid public speaking

Saying "Practice makes perfect" implies that...

• you have to practice much before giving a speech.

• you should avoid any practice.

• on the spot made presentations are the best.

Engage with your audience!

• True

• False