SPEECH ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE 1 SPEECH Speech

SPEECH ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE 1

SPEECH �Speech is the vocalized form of human communication. � It is based upon the syntactic combination of lexicals and names that are drawn from very large (usually about 10, 000 different words) vocabularies. �Each spoken word is created out of the phonetic combination of a limited set of vowel and consonant speech sound units. �The vocal abilities that enable humans to produce speech also provide humans with the ability to sing. 2

SPEECH �A gestural form of human communication exists for the deaf in the form of sign language. �Speech in some cultures has become the basis of a written language. � Speech in addition to its use in communication, it is suggested by some psychologists such as Vygotsky is internally used by mental processes to enhance and organize cognition in the form of an interior monologue. 3

�Have you imagine how the world would go without speech? �If you would record your day-to-day activities, which activity do you think occupies much of you time? �Are you aware that you are spending most of your waking hours talking? 4

ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE �For us, speech is well-worth careful study because we depend on it so heavily for our communications with others. The development of human civilization owes it to a great extent to man’s ability to share experiences, to exchange ideas, and to transmit knowledge from one generation to another. 5

ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE According to Christian Bulkner speech are embodied to the following CREDO: �I believed that in all human functions the gift of speech is the most miraculous. �I believed that, if speech were to stop, all civilized living would suddenly vanish. 6

ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE �I believed that the ability to be articulate is essential to inner harmony, to emotional maturity, and to mental balance. If all people could be completely articulate at all times, human relations might improve to the point where there would be no more jails, more stable homes and more happy people. 7

ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE �I believed that speech is essential to the growth of the human personality and that it provides a way for selfdiscovery and self renewal. For many, it is a way of self -expression without brush or pen. �I believed that the act of speech is a total process, that when it reaches optimum effectiveness, the whole man communicates. What one is, is always part of what one says. 8

ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE �I believed that there is no substitute for content in the speaking process. Material or intellectual worth provides the essence of eloquence. Speech skills have their importance, but they no more make the speech than clothes make the man. The center of gravity in all speech communications is thought and idea. 9

ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE �I believed that every student should develop a concern for truthful and responsible speech, exhibiting sense- not nonsense, sincerity- not cleverness, forthrightness- not superficiality, and should never be a party to plagiarized or dishonest work. �I believed that speech has no absolutes. That a completely perfect speech has not yet been made. I believed that speech offers a lifetime challenge in which there is never a final summit of achievement beyond which one cannot climb. 10

ITS NATURE AND IMPORTANCE �I believed that the individuality of the speaker is a valuable asset in the speaking process, and that any person with no normal intelligence, normal emotional balance, and normal speech mechanisms has at his command the resources enabling him to make certain speeches that can be equaled by no other person. Every student has the potential to speak superbly at some time. 11

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