PUBLIC SPEAKING DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS What is a

PUBLIC SPEAKING DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS

What is a public speaking? Public Speaking is a process or act of performing speech to live audience. We find it in our environment. For example: A man who offers his products in a traditional market is accustomed to speaking in front of many people. Without a formal education, he has trained himself to be a public speaker.

Functions • To convince (meyakinkan) • To instruct (memerintahkan) • To inform (memberitahukan) • To actuate (menggerakkan) • To entertain (menghibur)

TO CONVINCE Some expressions used to convince: • I am convinced that. . . • I believe (that). . . • I am sure that. . . • There is no doubt that. . . • It appears to me that. . . • I would firmly say that. . .

TO INSTRUCT Some expressions used to instruct: • It will be better if you. . . • I want you to. . . • Would you. . . ? • There is no other way but we have to. . . • It is a good idea to. . .

TO INFORM Some expressions used to inform: • I would like to inform (that). . . • I would like to announce (that). . . • According to the researchers, . . . • Further studies show us that. . . • Generally speaking, . . .

TO ACTUATE E xpressions used to actuate: • I do hope that. . . • I live in a hope that. . . • Hopefully, . . . • There is reason to believe that. . .

TO ENTERTAIN To entertain the audience, the public speaker should be carefull to make a joke or something that the speaker aims to make the audience laugh. If the speaker fails, s/he will look ‘fool’.