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Task 3.4
GROUP WORK: Perform the exercise to practice articulation coupled with vocal
variety i.e. speech rate and volume.
1. Divide your class into groups consisting of four students.
2. Get some tongue twisters for each group from your teacher
a. Three members in each group will be the speakers and the fourth, the
conductor.
b. The speakers repeat the tongue twister responding to the conductor's
direction.
c. He/she can make them go faster or slower, louder or quieter.
3. Swap the conductor role around to give everybody a turn.

2. Non-Verbal Communication
Showing our skill in public speaking is not only expressed through our verbal
competence, but also by our non-verbal competence. For instance, our posture, facial
expression, gesture, and eye contact can clearly reflect our thought and they are very
significant in communicating our ideas to our audiences. Personal appearance,
movement, gesture, and eye contact are the aspects of non-verbal communication that
contribute to the result of our speech (Lucas, 2012).

 Personal appearance

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A speaker’s dressed appropriately is expected by his/ her audiences

suited to the occasion of the speech. A number of studies have confirmed that
personal appearance plays an important role in speechmaking (Perloff in Lucas,
2001). Audiences will look at the speaker even before he/she starts his/her
speech. It is important to adjust our dress and groom in the same way as adjusting
our language to the audience. Our dressing will evoke our first impression
throughout our audience and it is likely to make audiences more receptive to our
speech.

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