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Helping Students Make Speeches


Public speaking is feared by most people. It is often reported as being more feared than death!

 

In this day and age, our young people need to have strong public speaking skills.

 

TLSC Tumbi Umbi Campus has several assessment tasks which involve public speaking. Teachers give much support. We do need your support and so do your children.

 

Here are some tips

 

  • spend some time listening to your child's speech
  • try to avoid doing anything else at the same time because your child  needs to  practise looking at faces when they talk.  If we give our children our full attention we are better placed to give them feedback on how they present
  • time them with a stopwatch so that they can pace their speech to reach the correct time.

 

Make sure they practise:

  • saying the ends of words clearly
  • using a variety of pitch and pace to add expression and interest
  • look at the audience while speaking glance at speech cards - they are valuable and can be keywords, pictures or key points

More tips at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/news/ezine/yr2009/issue04/public.php