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Keywords

Public speaking, Types of speeches, Speaking to the mirror, Understanding your audience,
Overcoming inhibitions

Discussion f Career enhancement.
Why are speaking skills important today? f Personal satisfaction.
The shortest answer is that it is the most effec- f Critical thinking
tive way to communicate. Speaking is an essen- f Making new social connections
tially important method of communication. f Building leadership skills
The four language skills of listening, speaking, f Developing vocabulary and flu-
reading, and writing are all interrelated. A good ency
level of command over each skill is essential Public speaking is an interesting art, and it
to make an excellent communication. The can become more attractive if the speaker has
ability to speak perfectly provides the speaker an objective in mind. Having a direct objective
with several advantages. The ability to order and purpose of speech in mind turns the speech
words together meaningfully to communicate writing process simpler and easier. There are
thoughts, opinions, and feelings provides the different types of speeches; they all follow the
speaker with these important benefits: same speech format but serve different pur-
poses. The primary purpose of a speech is to
f Ability to inform, convince, and deliver a message to the audience. Speeches
direct. have the power of touching hearts as long as
f Ability to stay different from the they are well designed and presented.
rest.

Fig 3.1.1 Speeches

90 SGOU - FYUGP - SLM - English for Communication