Speak up!

Table of Contents

1. About this section
2. Language change
3. Standard Australian English
4. The language of evaluation
5. Public speaking
6. The structure and features of a speech
   1. Engaging your audience
   2. Keeping your audience engaged
   3. Language and language features
   4. Organisation
7. A recipe for great public speaking
8. Evaluating a speech
9. Making a speech
10. Research
11. Preparing a speech
12. Speak up!
13. Storytelling
14. Speak up! activity
15. Copyright/Disclaimer

Organisation

How you organise and present your information may be the difference between keeping your audience engaged and having them wriggle and fidget and look out of the window instead of paying attention to you. You should consider your audience's needs, interests and skills, and your purpose, when you plan and organise a talk.

Organisation

1	Visual aids Visual aids can be used to help you summarise or illustrate points you want to make, and add interest and variety to your presentation. List some visual aids that you could use to enhance a speech.