Types of Speech According to Delivery

• Extemporaneous speaking is a type of speaking with limited preparation, guided by notes or outline, delivered conversationally, and is the most popular type.
• Speaking situations for extemporaneous speaking include when you are a candidate in post in a student’s government and you deliver your campaign speech before a voting public, and when you are assigned to report a topic in class.
• Advantages of extemporaneous speaking include helping you look confident and engaging the audience.
• Disadvantages of extemporaneous speaking include the possibility of not having enough time to plan, organize, and rehearse.
• To prepare for extemporaneous speaking, create an outline, organize your points logically (most important to least important or vice versa), use facts and real-life experiences as your examples, manage your time well, and rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.
• Impromptu speaking is the act of speaking without advanced preparation, often seen in situations such as first days at work or in class, or during interviews.
• The advantages of impromptu speaking include spontaneous or natural speaking, more focused and brief speech, and less time spent preparing.
• The disadvantages of impromptu speaking include a tendency to be disorganized, lack of connection with the audience, and nerve-racking for inexperienced speakers and beginners.
• To prepare for impromptu speaking, it's important to pause for a moment to plan in your head what to say when you are requested to say something.
• When delivering an impromptu speech, it's important to state your point briefly and deliver it at a pace your audience can follow.
• Ending an impromptu speech should include a thank you.
• Impromptu speaking can be used in various situations such as meetings where you give your opinions or suggestions, ambush interviews where journalists ask you questions, and class recitations.
• In an impromptu speech, it is important to present a definite point of view and to start with an attention-getting opening sentence.
• The organization of an impromptu speech should always support the point of view with reason and logic, and present at least some specific data like statistics if possible.
• It is inappropriate to ask for an apology in an impromptu speech.
• To deliver an impromptu speech, speak with confidence, maintain eye contact with your audience, avoid fillers, and speak with enthusiasm.
• Good posture is important in an impromptu speech.
• Hiding your blunders is crucial in an impromptu speech.
• Sitting down silently when you are done is a good way to end an impromptu speech.
• Speaking with advanced preparation is known as Manuscript.
• Planned and rehearsed speech is also known as Manuscript.
• Reading aloud a written message is known as Manuscript.
• Newscasting with a TelePrompter or an autocue device is a speaking situation that uses Manuscript.
• Presenting the legal proceedings and verdict in a court is a speaking situation that uses Manuscript.
• Reading the rules and criteria in a contest is a speaking situation that uses Manuscript.
• The advantages of using Manuscript are exact repetition of the written words and guided speech.
• The disadvantages of using Manuscript are a boring and uninteresting presentation and it lacks audience rapport or connection.
• To overcome the disadvantages of using Manuscript, rehearse the speech over and over again until you sound natural and observe how accomplished news anchors sound when they deliver the news.