MODULE 2

LEVEL :ADVANCED

MODULE:2

Topic: Speaking skills

1.1 Speak with stress and pause

Learning English is not learning words and sentences. It is necessary to learn how to avoid the interference of mother language in order to improve the utterance near the native speakers. The role of mother tongue influences in a language acquisition for rhythm, stress and intonation when they adapt the same process of acquisition. So, it is necessary to learn stress, rhythm and intonation because they are parts of pronunciation. All words have a word-stress.  This means that at least one of the syllables is  longer and louder than the other syllables.

In the following examples, stressed syllables are in capital letter

• InforMAtion
• VolunTEEr
• SOcial
• PerFOrm
  
• ImPOrtant

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ACTIVITY 1

    Practice the following sentences. Read them aloud with appropriate stress.

He ate dosa yesterday. (It was him who……….)
He ate dosa yesterday. (He ate not drank……….)
He ate dosa yesterday. (It was dosa that……….)
He ate dosa yesterday. (It was yesterday….……….)

PAUSE

When listening, the listener can't see the punctuation, so you have to communicate verbally. We do this with pauses. Pauses allow you to punctuate your spoken words, giving your listeners clues as to when one phrase, one sentence, or one paragraph ends, and the next begins.

For example;  I can say ‘Let’s eat Grandpa.’ or ‘Let’s eat, Grandpa.‘and the English rhythm  pause in the second sentence (pause where the comma is), gives it a totally different meaning. In the first one, they are going to eat their Grandpa, and in the second, they are telling Grandpa that it’s time to eat their food! You can also use the pause to help you speak clearly in English to slow your speech down.

Use the ‘Pause’ Correctly -PRACTISE the following.

i) Cover the cat with a blanket, and close the cupboard.
ii) After the festival, the conversation was very lively.

VIDEO EXPLANATION

1.2 Extempore and Short Speeches

 Mention a few differences between a conversation and a speech.

Extempore speech is a public speaking speech which is slightly more competitive than the other tasks. It is a very simple speech and also a speech without any preparation. We need the ability to think, organize and speak.

Tips for extempore.

•  Take your time getting ready to speak
•  Be confident, hold a confident body language.
•  Make eye contact with the audience.
•  Put a smile on your face while presenting the speech and mainly don’t get nervous,
•  Present the speech in an effective way. We must speak fluently as well as naturally.
•  Deliver the topic briefly.
•  Remember to conclude your topic perfectly.

Sample Extempore Speech on Time

Speak about a topic
Dear friends. Let me speak a minute on the topic

Value of time

As it is rightly said, “Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” For every one, time is very precious. Time can neither be bought nor sold. It can also hamper our health if we don't perform our timely routine like eating, sleeping and exercising timely. One should be punctual and act sincerely with time. In modern life, people run after money and forget to give time to their family. These quarantine days at home have given us time to learn and earn love. Thank you.

Video Explanation

Speaking About images

Extemporaneous speaking is easy when you look at a picture and convey your thoughts about it.

Look at the following picture and complete the blanks with words or phrases.

Hi everybody! 

I am going to speak about the picture given to me for extemporaneous speech activity. 

The picture has three ............................ They are poor but ......................... I remember my childhood days when I used to..........................    Street games and playing with siblings and friends remain nostalgic. Thank you.

Write a short photostory on the following image.

Activity 2 (Video Recording)

Speak on “ My Everyday routine” or “ a travel experience” and upload the video.

LINKERS

Linking words or phrases, also known as linkers, are important features of cohesion that help you connect your ideas in a logical way

Activity 3 (Writing)

Complete the following with the suitable linker

1. I go to the gym to keep fit __ meet my friends.
2. At the gym I usually either lift weights __ use the treadmill.
3.My doctor told me I needed to lose weight __ I went on a diet.
4. __ there are no parks near my house, I decided to join the gym.
5. I like the gym __ the coach is very friendly.

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