The Basics of Public

Speaking

PART 1

CHAPTER 1Introduction

SPEAK

Old Englishsprecan

Later specan,of West Germanic origin;

related to the Dutchspreken and

German sprechen

PUBLIC

Latin publicus,a blend of poplicus of

the people(from populus 'people'

and puebes 'adult')

The most important words in

the human language today

are:

speech communication

speech

- is the expression of thought or feeling by means of spoken words resonating in sounds used seperately or in combination.

When used

with a group,

we have

public speec

h.

Public speech is just a mere enlarged private conversation.

We are all organization men.

We need to communicate, argue, integrate and interrelate and

sometimes engage in intelleutual debates.

These phenomena occur because the Filipino loves talking.He or she loves to talk in the cabinet, on the radio, on TV, in the market, in the houses, in classrooms and in public plazas.