COMMUNICATION PRESENTATION SKILLS ORAL SKILLS SPOKEN ENGLISH MILIND
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COMMUNICATION & PRESENTATION SKILLS ORAL SKILLS & SPOKEN ENGLISH MILIND MALSHE Professor Department of Humanities & Social Sciences IIT-BOMBAY
MAIN POINTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT ORAL PRESENTATION • • (i) effective use of visual aids (ii) adequate eye contact : size of the audience (iii) clarity in pronunciation and fluency (iv) maintaining a proper speed of presentation (v) posture and body movements suggesting confidence (vi) seeking and making proper use of visual feedback (vii) noting down important points arising out of discussion
DEVELOPING ORAL SKILLS • 1. Speech & Writing/Printing: a comparison • Speech : pitch, volume, tone, speed, pauses, body movements, facial expressions • Writing/Printing: punctuation, capitalization, spacing, margins, fonts
DEVELOPING ORAL SKILLS (continued) • 2. Pronunciation of Words: (a) vowel and consonant sounds • (comparison of sounds with letters a-z); The letter “a” in : fat /æ/, father /a: /, fate /eɪ/, about /ə/ Or the letters “th” in “thin” /ɵ/ & “then” /ð/. Also notice (b) word-stress: ‘language, communi’cation
DEVELOPING ORAL SKILLS (continued) • 3. Use of the phonetic script and the (Pronouncing) Dictionary: International Phonetic Alphabet: free downloading is possible • Dictionaries on CD : listening to the pronunciation and it variety (e. g. British & American) now possible
DEVELOPING ORAL SKILLS (continued) 4. Pronunciation of Sentences: intonation and rhythm INTONATION: rising / (yes /) falling (yes ) combination / (yes /) RHYTHM: de dum x ’
Vowel sounds of English • (Pure Vowels/Monophthongs) initially medially finally • 1. /i: / east sheet key • 2. /I/ it hit duty • 3. /e / end send • 4. /æ/ and sand • 5. /a: / art heart car • 6. /ɒ/ ox fox
Vowel sounds of English (continued) ooze medially ball put choose 10. / / up cup 11. /з: / 12. /ə/ earn ago learn police 7. /ɔ: / 8. /U/ 9. /u: / initially all finally saw chew stir maker
Vowel sounds of English (continued) Diphthongs • • 13. /eɪ/ 14. /əʊ/ 15. /aɪ/ 16. /aʊ/ 17. /ɔɪ/ 18. /ɪə/ 19. /eə/ 20. /uə/ eight oak ice out oil ears airs straight joke mice shout boil beard paired cured stay slow my how boy peer hare tour
Consonant sounds of English • • 1. /p/ 2. /b/ 3. /t/ 4. /d/ 5. /k/ 6. /g/ initially pin bin tell day keep get medially spin tubs stick heads skill jugs finally keep club light laid stick bag
Consonant sounds of English (continued) • initially medially finally • 7. /ʧ/ chin reached teach • 8. / ʤ / joke hinged large • • met net smoke snake rings fling team tin sing full 9. /m/ 10. /n/ 11. /ŋ/ 12. /l/ lot
Consonant sounds of English (continued) • • 13 /f/ • 14. /v/ initially fan van medially finally soft if leaves thief • 15. /ɵ/ thin months bath • 16. /ð/ then clothes bathe
Consonant sounds of English (continued) • • • 17. /s/ 18. /z/ 19. /ʃ/ 20. /ʒ/ initially sip zip ship measure medially list loser rushed rouge finally less buzz hush
Consonant sounds of English (continued) • • • 21. /h/ 22. /r/ 23. /w/ 24. /j/ initially hot rot watt yatch medially finally behave try sweat tune
Word-stress • Two-syllable words • Stress on first syllable • ‘bargain • ‘govern • ‘secret • ‘mischief • ‘message • ‘cabbage • • • ‘surface ‘furnace ‘husband ‘butcher ‘proverb ‘thorough ‘oven ‘onion ‘compass
Word-stress (continued) Two-syllable words • Stress on second syllable • ad’mit • for’bid • suc’ced • sup’press • po’lice • pay’ee • dis’miss • • • ag’ree se’lect re’quest pre’fer oc’cur ar’rest com’mence per’haps
Word-stress (continued) Three-syllable words Stress on first syllable • ’advertise • ’educate • ’illustrate • ’furniture • ’government • ’literature • ’recognize • ’signature • ’tentative Stress on second syllable • ad’venture • com’mercial • de’cision • ex’ternal • in’ternal • per’mission • re’vision • spec’tator • um’brella
Word-stress (continued) Three-syllable words Primary Stress on third syllable • , addres’see • , ciga’rette • , coin’cide • , devo’tee • , engi’neer • , guaran’tee • , recim’mend
Word-stress (continued) Four-syllable words Primary Stress on first syllable • ’applicable • ’accurately • ’comfortable • ’honourable Primary Stress on second syllable • ad’vertisement • ap’preciate • a’rithmetic • e’xaggerate • par’ticipate • pho’tography
Word-stress (continued) Four-syllable words Primary Stress on third syllable • acci’dental • appli’cation • exhi’bition • inde’pendent • indi’vidual • Primary Stress on fourth syllable • dedica’tee • exami’nee
Word-stress (continued) words with more than four syllables Primary Stress on first syllable • ‘favouritism • ‘cannibalism • ‘secularism Primary Stress on second syllable • ad’venturousness • en’thusiasm • con’servatism Primary Stress on third syllable • elec’tricity • irre’sponsible • popu’larity Primary Stress on fourth syllable • acade’mician • civili’zation • pactici’pation
Word-stress (continued): stress change according to part of speech • COMPARE: Noun/Adjective • ’absent • ’accent • ’concert • ’conflict • ’export • ’produce • ’subject Verb ab’sent ac’cent con’cert con’flict ex’port pro’duce sub’ject
Attributes of good oral communication • • 1. Sounds and sound combinations 2. Stress 3. Rhythm 4. Intonation 5. Speed: pausing 6. Clarity of articulation 7. Voice modulation: volume & pitch variation (avoiding “monotonous speech)
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