Tips dan Trik Pidato Bahasa Inggris

An Introduction to Speech Contest

Speech contest is a kind of individual competition where the participants convey their own original speech according to the theme provided by the committees. Speech Contest is purposed to encourage the participants in improving their public speaking skill and also to gain an inspiring experience through participating in it.

The Assessment Criteria

The assessment is based on six categories:

Ø  Speech Development

This is the way how the content of the speech is developed, the cohesion and coherence of the whole speech.

Ø  Effectiveness

It is how effective the use of the words, grammar and structures of the speech as well as gesture in delivering the message of the speech to the audiences.

Ø  Speech Value

It refers to the value or the lesson provided explicitly or implicitly in the speech.

Ø  Physical Appearance

It is related to what you wear during delivering the speech, how neat and tidy you are.

Ø  Voice

Voice refers to the clarity of your speech, intonation and volume.

Ø  Manner

Manner is the way how you deliver the speech, politeness.

Ø  Appropriateness and Correctness

These refer to the appropriate and correct word choice and grammar used in the speech.

Argumentation in Writing a Speech

Ø  Assertion

The statement you give about the theme or topic of the speech.

Ø  Reasoning

The core logics you provide for your assertion.

Ø  Evidence

You introduce one or two examples as demonstration for your logics in practice. The examples may be real, or they may be in the form of an analogy. In the context of a speech, examples are important element of an argument. They don’t really mean without the evidences.

Ø  Link Back

You link your arguments back to whatever the overarching theme of your case is (i.e.: the bigger picture in which your argument is merely trying to convey). Links are important to make your arguments united as an integrated part.

Here is a simple example of an argumentation in a speech:

Assertion: We must master English because English is an international language.

Reasoning: English is an international language. It is used by most people all around the world. It also becomes the introductory language for accessing books, research journals, information, technology and many more. Mastering an international language gives us a great opportunity to play our roles in globalization era.

Example: The best example for this is Dr. Dzakir Naik. By mastering English as an international language, he succeeded to preach Islam to people around the world.

Link: Therefore, we must master English language.

That’s a full argument right there. And you realize now, writing this, that AREL’s also probably why you sound be more intelligent in writing than when you do speaking: my writing forces me to lay out my thoughts in a rough AREL form. And that’s a good thing.

As for our startup-related problem: an argument on accepting features, say, should sound like this:

“I think the best way to respond to a feature request is to ask ‘why?’ or 'what do you really want?’” (Assertion) “It’s important to get the features right - if we don’t get them right, or we add something that we regret later, there’s no way of retracting a feature without making our users angry. So we have to be careful. What that really means is getting to the root cause of what they want.” (Logic) “Sometimes, when a user says that he wants X, what he really means is that he wants something else, but he doesn’t know how to communicate that to you because he has never thought in terms of product design. So what happens is that he’s seen Feature X somewhere and thinks this would solve his problem. Whereas it’s a better idea for us to ask him what he really wants, and then figure out if Feature X is the best way of solving his real need. Or if there’s a better way, or a simpler one.” (Example). “That way we won’t do any features we regret, and we’ll still please our users in new ways.” (Link).

Kumpulan Teks Pidato Bahasa Inggris

1. The Role of Islamic School Teachers Association to Grow Professionals for the Education Development
2. Mastering Languages for the Purpose of Dakwah
3. Conserve Our Languages to Conserve Our Cultures
4. A New Concept in Preserving the National Cultures of Indonesia
5. The Perfect Chance
6. The Importance of Mastering English
7. Save Our Environment
8. The Role of Madrasah to Build Islamic Characters of the Future Leaders
9. The Role of Islamic Students in Developing Indonesia
10. The Importance of Education in Society
11. AFTA - AEC and Indonesia Indonesia Opportunity
12. Poverty and Its Solution in Developing Countries
13. Youth and Drugs
14. Preserve Indonesian Cultures
15. Problems of Unemployment
16. Child Labor
17. Be A Young Entrepreneur