MODULE 12 Public Speaking

ACTIVITY 1

Directions: Write True, if the statement is correct, and if it is NOT, underline the word/s
that make/s it wrong, and write the word/s on the space provided.

True______ 1. Public speaking is simply speaking in public.

Glossophobia 2. Hydrophobia is the fear for public speaking

True______ 3. Informative speech is focused on talking about people, events, places

etc.

True______ 4. Argumentative speech explains a specific topic & attempts to convince

the audience.

True______ 5. Persuasive speech tends to be biased and subjective.

True______ 6. Memorized speech is the most difficult because the speaker may forget
the rest of details.

Without preparation 7. In Impromptu speech, the speaker is given a short period of time
of preparation.

Impromptu_ 8. Extemporaneous speaking is delivering speech without any preparation.

True______ 9. Gesture is a combination of verbal and non-verbal communication.

True______ 10. Posture described as how the speaker stands and moves around.

ACTIVITY 2

A. Directions: Identify if the following is a symptom of stage fright. Write yes, if it is and
write no if it not. Write your answer on the space provided.

Yes______ 1. Shaky hands Yes______ 6. Fast pulse

Yes______ 2. Dry mouth No_______ 7. Headache

No_______ 3. Hunger Yes______ 8. Trembling lips

No_______ 4. Thirsty No_______ 9. Itchiness

Yes______ 5. Cold hands No_______10. Shaky knees

B. Directions: Identify if the following helps you fight stage fright. Write yes, if it does
and write no if it does not. Write your answer on the space provided.

Yes_____ 1. Be extremely well-prepared.

No______ 2. Be in a hurry.

Yes______ 3. Organize your speaking notes.

Yes_____ 4. Practice a lot.

No______ 5. Be at the program at the exact time.

No______ 6. Yawn, relax your throat.

No______ 7. Drink alcohol or coffee before you deliver your speech.

Yes______ 8. Concentrate on your speaking ideas.

No_______ 9. Eat a lot right before the program.

No______10. Picture the audience in their underwear.

ACTIVITY 3

Directions: Identify expression that each face shows. Choose your answers from the
choices below, then write your answers on the space provided.

contented shy bossy angry sad

suspicious surprise happy crying afraid

1. Happy
2. Angry
3. Shy
4. Bossy
5. Contented
6. Sad
7. Afraid
8. Suspicious
9. Crying
10. Surprise
ACTIVITY 4

Directions: Write on the table the different meaning of the following hand gestures.
Choose your answers below.

Palms facing the Clench fist

Pointing Open palm
audience
Location Receiving Stop Emphasis
Direction Giving Rejection Strength
Welcome Dislike Determination
Anger

Strength Location Dislike Anger

Giving Rejection Direction Receiving
Emphasis Welcome Stop Determination

ACTIVITY 5

Directions: Listen to and observe the speakers in your church, community and or
programs. Report to the class your observation based on the following questions.

1. What is the occasion of the gathering?

Youth Camp
2. Dive the name of the speaker, his profession, his office or position.
His name is Rhob De Jesus, and he is a Teacher.
3. What is the topic or message of his speech?
Something between the line of the importance of our youth or in this context
ourselves in making a difference in the community.
4. Is the speaker nervous or confident?
Our speaker is known for giving out worships in feast. IN terms of how he convey
himself and his words, years of experience makes him confident or at least that is
how I see it.
5. Give some manifestation that he is nervous.
The only thing I can point out is his posture at the start he seems awkward but he
regains his composure almost immediately.
6. If he is confident, describe how he conducted himself when he delivered his
speech.
 First of I think his voice Is made for things like this, he can command anyone with
the way he use his voice, it’s clear and have authority in his tone. The use of
hand gesture looks so natural. That’s why he is very effective.
7. How long did he deliver his speech?
Maybe 10 to 15 minutes.
8. Are the listeners attentive or not?
Most of us are very attentive since this person was very well known in our
community.
9. What mode of speech delivery did he use?
I think most of it is a memorized speech but some instances felt like it was
impromptu nonetheless he makes it seemed like it was very natural.

ACTIVITY 6

Directions: Write and deliver a speech based on the suggested topic. Other topics of
your interest may also be considered.

Suggested Topics:
 DNA Evidence
 Woman in the Military
 Herbs as Medicine
 Medicinal Marijuana
 Alternative Fuels
 Nanotechnology
 Genetically Modified Crops
 Internal Crimes
 Increased in Childhood Obesity

How Social Media Shapes the People of Today

If you’re wondering who I am and what will I do on this platform then I’ll gladly
explain. First of all, this is not a pyramid scam so everyone can be rest assured that no
one will leave with their pockets empty, instead I hope that everyone can be more
informed about the topic that I will discuss. To everyone here I am James Buenviaje 19
years of age and the reason I am here is because of how scary social media is. To back
you up on what is Social Media. Social media is computer-based technology that
facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts, and information through the building of virtual
networks and communities. With how our technology is evolving, Social Media is now
accessible to everyone even your Grandma uses it, so it is safe to say that social media
is the center of this generation, but is it safe for everyone?

To answer everyone. No social media is not for everybody even adults have
struggles using it. In fact, it is also considered as one of the harmful elements of society.
The oversharing on social media can be dangerous. It can attack our privacy. Also,
overusing leads to spending too much time on social media which can deviate children
from their studies. Sometimes fake news is also spread with its help disturbing the
people.

In conclusion, if we will compare social media to something it will be compared to

as a diary or journal that we had as a kid, all that information for everyone to access,
isn’t scary to think about. Strangers knowing us as if they have been with us all of our
life. So, to those people who overshare their personal information in social media be
aware of the consequences that it might bring to everyone.

Thank you!
MODULE 16

Linguistic Landscapes, Geosemiotics, Kinds of Signs, and Online Landscapes

ACTIVITY 1

Directions: Write in the box the six questions to help you evaluate messages. Discuss
each in one or two sentences.

1. Who created, or paid for, the message? The company, group or institution that
creates a media message or that pays for the creation of a message has a
reason or motive.

2. Who is the target audience? Message producers direct their message to

specific groups. When the producers want to reach several groups, they typically
produce separate messages targeted at each group.

3. What is the product? Media messages, especially in advertising, have

something to promote. Usually, the product or service is obvious; sometimes, the
product or service isn’t clear until the end of the message.

4. What are the direct messages? Direct messages are easy to identify. They
include the name of the product and price, and its benefits to the consumer are
stated explicitly in text, dialogue or voice-overs.
 5. What are the indirect messages? Indirect messages are not stated directly,
either in text, dialogue or voice-overs. These messages may be just as powerful
as the direct messages.

6. What is omitted from the message? In advertising, messages often highlight

the positive qualities of their product, service or cause. They downplay any
negative qualities. Often, they just don’t talk about anything that would cause
consumers to dislike what the message is promoting. Ask yourself what is
missing from any message you read, see or hear.

ACTIVITY 2

Directions: Answer the questions that follow in 1 or 2 sentences. Write your

answers in the blank provided.

1. What is your idea of linguistic landscape?

From what I can recall linguistic language are the semiotic planes that hold
meanings that can help us familiarize and help whenever we are looking for a
location or just finding out what our location is.
2. What is the top-down feature of linguistic landscape?
The top-down feature of linguistic language are signs that are made for the
public, created by the state and our local government bodies.
3. What is the bottom-up category of linguistic landscape?
The bottom-up is created by shop owners, private businesses, and graffiti.
4. Why is linguistic landscape important in communication?
Not only does linguistic landscape helps us on knowing where we are or where
we are going but, it also acts as a language learning resource. It influences how
we communicate as a group and allows us to have our identity
5. What is the significance of geosemiotics in communication?
Geosemiotics is the study of the social meaning of the material placement of
signs in the world. By signs, we mean to include any semiotic system including
language and discourse.
6. What is the difference between regulatory sign and infrastructural sign?
The difference between regulatory ad infrastructural sign is that in regulatory
sign, it indicates authority with official or legal prohibitions (e.g. stop sign, wrong
turn,) or just any sign that indicates traffic laws, regulations or requirements
which apply either at all times or at specified times or places upon a street or
highway, the disregard of which may constitute a violation, or signs in general
 that regulate public behavior in places open to the public. In infrastructural sign it
labels things or gives directions on the maintenance of a building
or any infrastructure.
7. Why is commercial sign different from transgressive sign?
Unlike in an commercial sign where it advertises or promotes a product, an
event, or a service in transgressive sign it violates the conventional way of
putting up signs.
8. What is online landscape? Why is it essential in communication?
Online landscape is unlike linguistic language where we can identify signs in the
real world but it seems like in online landscapes we communicate in a virtual
space. It is essential to communication because most of us have been actively
participating in this platform not only we can communicate easily but also
steadily.
9. What are memes? Why are they salient in communication?
Meme is a term given to any post, language, or photo that has an uptake to a
social, moral, or political idea that most of the time seems funny. They are
effective way of communication because of how viral it can be, making way
through awkward conversation.
10. Why do you think online landscapes are important in communication?
Online landscape is important because the fact they are shared across different
platforms and contexts is crucial in shaping the way they are understood.

ACTIVITY 4

Directions: Draw or choose one of the kind of signs from the internet. Paste or draw it
in the box provided. Then, answer the questions that follow.

1. What is the kind of sign chosen?

Regulatory Sign
2. What is the message of the sign?
U-Turn Prohibited
3. What is the purpose of the message?
The purpose of the message is to warn drivers that in that specific zone U-Turn is
prohibited.
4. How is the message conveyed by the text or images?
It is conveyed by the images.
5. Who is the target audience of the message?
The target audience of the message is drivers. It is specifically use for controlling
the traffic.
6. What are other ways of presenting the message?
In text form they could put a sign that says “No U-Turn”
ACTIVITY 5

Directions: Compose an original Twitter post or facebook meme. Print, cut, draw, or
paste it in the box provided. Then, answer the following questions.

1. What is the message that you are trying to convey?

The message that I want to convey is how I struggle because of the exam that I
looked deranged.
2. What is the purpose of your message?
The purpose of the message is to let everyone know that I am struggling to
review for the exams.
3. How did you convey the message using the text or image?
I used the combination of both.
4. Who is the target audience of your message?
Student that are just like me who can relate to what the meme is about.
5. What other ways could you have used to present your message better?
Maybe a picture of my actual self would be better.

ACTIVITY 6
Directions: Identify each of the following descriptions. Write your final answer on the
space provided before each number.

Linguistic Language __________1. A kind of language that does not use a word or
kinesthetic.

Netizen ___________________2. The modern term for online users

Linguistic Lanscape___________3. A space wherein language is used in its context

Top-down___________________4. A symbolic discourse created by people in authority

Bottom-up __________________5. An unofficial symbolic discourse

Online Landscape_____________6. Language landscape in the World Wide Web

YouTube __________________7. An online landscape that caters to video

production

Transgressive Sign____________8. A kind of sign that does not follow official function

Meme ______________________9. Funny online posts that take on varied issues

Graffiti ___________________10. Considered by traditional thinkers as vandalism

ACTIVTY 7

Directions: Choose the best answer from the given options in parentheses, and write it
on the blank provided.

No two individuals, not even twins, are exactly alike. We are all different even if
__we__ (us, we, ours) belong to the same cultural group, __and__ (so, yet, and) that is
a fact. We have __distinct__ (meaningful, distinct, exciting) experiences, backgrounds,
interests, levels of education, __jobs__ (foods, recreations, jobs), and so on. We vary in
__our__ (our, ours, their) association with others. We do not __read__ (browse, read,
consult) the same books nor travel to __the__ (the, those, these) same places. But no
matter how __dissimilar__ (alike, comfortable, dissimilar) we are in many ways, we
__must__ (must, can, will) still understand the message of commercials __and__ (and,
plus, also) advertisements we see around us. In __other__ (these, those, other) words,
as members of just one __cultural__ (cultural, distinct, particular) group, we are
exposed to the __same__ (many, same, common) words whose meanings we share
and __use__ (perceive, understand, use). Since words are signs, we, therefore,
__interpret__ (use, interpret, know) the same signs that are organized __in__ (for, by,
in) codes of the language common to __us__ (us, ours, many) and our culture.
 It is then __somewhat__ (not, very, somewhat) surprising for us to use our
__signs__ (signs, language, dialect) meanings, and codes in interpreting another
__language__ (language, code, variety) like English. Because of this transfer __in__
(of, in, for) linguistic forms and meanings, we usually __end__ (end, sign, break) up with
funny misinterpretations and mistranslations.