English Public Speaking Chapter 6

Supporting Your Ideas

复旦大学《英语公众演说》教学团队

• “What do you mean?”

• “Why should I believe you?”

• “So what?”

Three Questions to Remember

Supporting Materials

• Examples

• Statistics

• Testimony

Supporting Materials

• 1. Example

• Examples are specific cases used

to illustrate or to embody people,

objects, ideas, processes,

conditions, experiences, etc.

Supporting Materials

• 1. Example

• 1.1 actual example

• --- brief or extended

• 1.2 Hypothetical example

• --- third-person or second-person

Tips for Using Examples

• 1) Use typical and representative

examples;

• 2) Make examples vivid and richly

textured;

• 3) Polish your language and practice

your delivery;

• 4) Combine statistics and testimony

with examples.

Supporting Materials

• 2. Statistics

• Statistics means numerical data,

namely, numbers and figures,

mathematical generalizations.

--- multiple or single

Tips for Using Statistics

• 1) Quote statistics from reliable sources;

• 2) Identify the sources of information;

• 3) Explain the numbers in familiar terms,

• 4) Round off complicated figures;

• 5) Use visual aids to reinforce the

statistics.

Supporting Materials

• 3. Testimony

Testimony refers to quotations or

paraphrases used to support a point.

--- expert testimony

--- peer/lay testimony

--- prestige testimony

Tips for Using Testimony

• 1) Quote or paraphrase the words

accurately from qualified and

reliable sources;

• 2) Always remember to identify

the people you quote.

Direct Quote VS Paraphrase

• Direct quote: Testimony

presented word for word

• Paraphrase: Restating

source’s ideas in own words

Citing Sources Orally

• Name of document

• Author, sponsoring organization

• Qualifications

• Date

References

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and Many: The Art and Science of Public Speaking. 6th

Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.

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Louisiana State University, 2014.

• Gregory, Hamilton. Public Speaking for College and

Career. 7th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

• Lucas, Stephen E. The Art of Public Speaking. 10th

Edition. Beijing: FLTRP, 2010.

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Manual. Beijing: FLTRP, 2011.