Organize your speech
Speech Plan - outline
 What
is the difference between a speech
outline and the notes you make for a speech?
 Why
are organizing and outlining so
important?
 What
is the effect of organization on your
credibility as a speaker?
Speech Plan - outline
Organize and develop ideas into a wellstructured speech outline
structural
logical
elements
elements
Speech Plan - outline
 structural
elements are:
Opening
Body
Conclusion
Speech Plan - outline
 logical
elements are the familiar advice:
● Tell them what you’re going to say
● Tell them
● Tell them what you’ve said
Speech Plan - outline
 Put
these together, and you have the start of
a generic speech outline
Speech Plan - outline
 Generic
speech outline:
A. Opening
1. Captures audience attention
2. Leads into speech topic
Speech Plan - outline
A.
Opening
1. Captures audience attention
2. Leads into speech topic
B.
Body
1. Main point
2. Main point
3. Main point
Speech Plan - outline
A.
Opening
1. Captures audience attention
2. Leads into speech topic
B.
Body
1. Main point
2. Main point
3. Main point
C.
Closing
1. Review or summary
2. Call to action or memorable statement
Organization

List main points
 Organize them
 Plan the opening
 Plan the closing
Organization
 some
organizational patterns you could use:
● past-present-future (chronological)
● spatial
● cause-effect
● problem-solution
● topical
● comparative
Organization
 past-present-future
(chronological)
● internship training: banquet – bar - room service
● the five steps to getting a good TOEIC score
Organization
 spatial
● planning a kitchen – fridge, sink, cupboards
● NKUHT – by building
Organization
 cause-effect
● talk about how typhoons are started
● what happens if you don’t do your homework
assignments
Organization
 problem-solution
● effects of air pollution
Organization
 topical
● radio programmes – music, news, talk shows
● saving money – eat at home, shop in sales,
reuse everything
Organization
 comparative
● compare and contrast different proposals or
plans
Organization
 some
organizational patterns you could
use:
● past-present-future (chronological)
● spatial
● cause-effect
● problem-solution
● topical
● comparative
Organization
 Make
I
a speech outline for the following:
should be the President
● what kind of organization would you use?
● what support would you use?
Organization
 Make
a speech outline for the following:
● why you should study Applied English
● what kind of organization would you use?
● what support would you use?
Discussion Questions
 What
is the difference between the outline for your
speech and the notes you make for your speech?
What purpose does each serve? How are they
similar? How are they different?
 Why are organizing and outlining so important?
How does it make you seem more creditable?
 With your partner think of some speech topics.
What would be a suitable ways to organize a
speech on these topics?
Assignment
 Think
of a speech topic.
 For the speech topic prepare an outline
 Think
of 3 speech topics.
 For each speech topic, what kind of
organization would you use?
Vocabulary