INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study “Language most shows
a man: Speak, that I may see thee”. –Ben Jonson Most of people
judge the other from how good they are at saying something. Therefore, we must pay attention to
the way we present something, as in a speech. How to the message in a speech
can be conveyed and understood well by the audience.
For example, one day we walk to
the downtown, we occasionally would be
interested in seeing a crowd of people
around an old charlatan. He is in rumpled
black suit, he has moustache, bearded and his eyes are a bit red like lack of sleep. Of course the crowd of people do not
want to enjoy his style, but they gathered
for watching the charlatan convey expertly the messages about the drug efficacy
with several performances. Like a magnet, the power of words of that charlatan
are able to make the audience do not move for a long time. Actually, the charlatan
already have an ability in public speaking that he had not learned in a formal or informal educational institutions.
There is a myth that great
speakers are born, “not made,” that somehow certain individuals have the innate ability to
stand in front of an audience with no anxiety,
and give a moving, dynamic speech. Well, that just isn’t so! People consider
great speakers usually have spent years developing and practicing their skills. They had to start at
the beginning and learn the basics of organization,
preparation, delivery, and dealing with anxiety. Once the basics were in hand, they had to continue to build
their abilities.
Professional athletes constantly
practice the basics because they know that
without such practice they will not survive. To an outsider, the thought of a professional golfer, for example, spending
hour upon hour practicing the basics seems
ridiculous. But to that professional, the mastery of those basic skills are the
very foundation of success.
Learning to be a better speaker
is similar to learning any activity. In the beginning it can be frustrating. After a few
lessons in which we learn some theory and
practice some of the basic skills, things usually improve. To really learn to
do anything well takes constant practice
and mastery of the basics.
Speaking is no different, for
example present a speech. Before becoming comfortable as a speaker, we need to learn
some basic skills and then actively seek
places to practice those skills. This may mean walking into our boss’ office and volunteering to give more presentations,
or joining a speaking club which allows
us to speak in an organized setting. The more experience we gain, the more proficient and comfortable we will become.
If we can convey our ideas
attractively, the others may think that we are an attractive person. But not
everyone can express his ideas well and attractive, even still a lot of people find it difficult
to convey the subject-matter that they have
prepared since some of them experience a nervous tension when they come in front of many people, especially in a
speech. Because a speech is very close to our daily lives, such as in a Friday
preach at the mosque, a ministration at the church, some situations like a commemoration,
the dedication speech, speech of eulogy,
welcomed the arrival of the guests, the official events, inaugural address, a campaign, etc.
Therefore, the writer would like
to divide her knowledge about strategy to present a speech well.
1.2 Scope of the study The main purpose
of presenting a speech
to convey the messages contained
in the speech to be understood by the audience, so the writer would like to devide several strategies to present a
speech.
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How to prepare ourselves to present a speech, - how to prepare the subject, - how to use body language effectively, - how to use visuals and graphics, - of course, how to deliver what we have
prepared.
1.3 Purpose of the study We present a speech to
convey a message to the audience. Therefore, this paper aims to
help to develop
the necessary skills to give more
confident, enthusiastic and persuasive presentations.
The writer hopes in the presence
of this paper will contibute the readers give a good and attractive presentation. If we
give an attractive presentation, so, the
audience will be interested to listen carefully. Nevertheless, if we give a boring presentation and difficult to
understand, so, the message would be difficult conveyed to the audience.
1.4 Significance of the study We already know
that the ability to present a speech well to be necessary nowadays, especially in the work place.
Because someone with a good ability in this
topic is needed in this globalization era that an increasingly broad and easy.
Therefore, many people are
encouraged to discuss this topic specifically and systematically. From a source said that in the
big countries, like the United States have
made some majors related to this topic with a Master degree. Approximately 294 colleges of this country opening the
majors like Speech, Public Speaking and Debating,
etc.
Those statement tell us that the
learning to present a speech is able to help us to stand the broad world
outside. Thus, the writer expects this paper will have a contribution to the readers to prepare
a presentation of speech that may be equipped
in the future.
1.5 Method of the study For completing the
materials of this paper, the writer has applied known as the book stores, library and internet
research. In the book stores, the writer finds and selects some books, and buys the
books that supports the main topic. In the
library research, the writer reads some references related to Strategy to
Present A Speech and gets some
information about this topic. Another possibility, the writer also gathers the materials from the
Internet Website.
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