Question about HSC Assessment Tasks - Speeches (1 Viewer)

[strawberries122]

I'm currently in Yr 11, and am just wondering;

If you have a severe stuttering problem, like me; everytime I have to talk or even read out anything to the class, I constantly shake, I start to sweat and have so much difficulty getting out words prolonging them, and it's too panful to listen to.

Just wondering; suppose there is an HSC assessment on a speech, would it be allowed "under special provisions" to do it in writing instead or just read it out in front of the teacher?

I recently had a Prelim assessment task speech for one of my subjects, and my teacher allowed me to just read it out to her instead in front of the whole class. But I don't know if that would be allowed for HSC assessment tasks.

 

[Ealdoon]

I'm currently in Yr 11, and am just wondering;

If you have a severe stuttering problem, like me; everytime I have to talk or even read out anything to the class, I constantly shake, I start to sweat and have so much difficulty getting out words prolonging them, and it's too panful to listen to.

Just wondering; suppose there is an HSC assessment on a speech, would it be allowed "under special provisions" to do it in writing instead or just read it out in front of the teacher?

I recently had a Prelim assessment task speech for one of my subjects, and my teacher allowed me to just read it out to her instead in front of the whole class. But I don't know if that would be allowed for HSC assessment tasks.

That was a nice thing your teacher did. I have a friend who did that as well because he was really scared. Thank goodness we have such great teachers

 

[strawberries122]

Yes, she understands that I have this problem.

 

[madharris]

I had this problem as well, for speeches what you have to do is basically memorise it and make sure your speech isn't excessively long so you don't have to talk fast.

But seriously from years 7-10 speeches sucked, i always got <14/20, last year, I memorised my speech, timed myself constantly and practiced and I got 18/20. Even if you don't realise, while you're practicing, you will slowly memorise it.

Of course when reading in class, I still stumble, get nervous but that doesn't matter.

By the way, standard english at my school did their module A speeches last term, and apparently it was infront of two teachers, not in front of the class, I haven't done a speech yet this year (as I haven't done module B yet) so i'm not 100% sure, but it should be the same for me and in fact all schools

 

[Ealdoon]

I had this problem as well, for speeches what you have to do is basically memorise it and make sure your speech isn't excessively long so you don't have to talk fast.

But seriously from years 7-10 speeches sucked, i always got <14/20, last year, I memorised my speech, timed myself constantly and practiced and I got 18/20. Even if you don't realise, while you're practicing, you will slowly memorise it.

Of course when reading in class, I still stumble, get nervous but that doesn't matter.

By the way, standard english at my school did their module A speeches last term, and apparently it was infront of two teachers, not in front of the class, I haven't done a speech yet this year (as I haven't done module B yet) so i'm not 100% sure, but it should be the same for me and in fact all schools

Do you have any other tips for memorising speeches? I just cannot do it!

 

[madharris]

Do you have any other tips for memorising speeches? I just cannot do it!

Write it out a few times (if your hand gets tired then you should type it out, but you should do it more times as you don't remember things as well when you type, say it out loud.

Memorise two sentences, go onto the next two, then write out/say the 4 you have memorised, then go onto the next two, then write out/say the 6 you have memorised (long process, I recommend doing this over two or more days). <--- I did this for french in year 10, I looked on google translator, wrote an 800 word speech, didn't know what the fuck I said, but got 10/10, because I just memorised it (we couldn't use palm cards for that assessment).

To get good marks in a speech you need to:
-Speak loud and clearly
-Lots of eye contact (people seem to think looking up from their palm cards once every paragraph is sufficient, but the point of a speech is talking to your audience [that's why you memorise so you don't need the palm cards as much])
-Use lots of personal pronouns, ask rhetorical questions (this will challenge the audience into thinking about the notion you are talking about and involve them more), etc
- Remember to acknowledge the audiences presence by saying things like, "therefore members of the audience", etc...

there's probably a lot more but i'm just thinking from the top of my head

 

[Ealdoon]

Write it out a few times (if your hand gets tired then you should type it out, but you should do it more times as you don't remember things as well when you type, say it out loud.

Memorise two sentences, go onto the next two, then write out/say the 4 you have memorised, then go onto the next two, then write out/say the 6 you have memorised (long process, I recommend doing this over two or more days). <--- I did this for french in year 10, I looked on google translator, wrote an 800 word speech, didn't know what the fuck I said, but got 10/10, because I just memorised it (we couldn't use palm cards for that assessment).

To get good marks in a speech you need to:
-Speak loud and clearly
-Lots of eye contact (people seem to think looking up from their palm cards once every paragraph is sufficient, but the point of a speech is talking to your audience [that's why you memorise so you don't need the palm cards as much])
-Use lots of personal pronouns, ask rhetorical questions (this will challenge the audience into thinking about the notion you are talking about and involve them more), etc
- Remember to acknowledge the audiences presence by saying things like, "therefore members of the audience", etc...

there's probably a lot more but i'm just thinking at the top of my head

Thanks so much madharris!

 

[strawberries122]

My stuttering is not an anxiety problem, because I do it even when I'm reading things out by myself with no one around. However anxiety makes it worse.

 

[Kimyia]

Try reading it out in front of friends/family. Practice really does make perfect because the better you know your speech, the more confident you are. You can probably ask your teacher if there would be exceptions for HSC but I'm not sure there will be. Just keep at it As long as you have a decent speech, you can pull anything off

 

[Ealdoon]

Try reading it out in front of friends/family. Practice really does make perfect because the better you know your speech, the more confident you are. You can probably ask your teacher if there would be exceptions for HSC but I'm not sure there will be. Just keep at it As long as you have a decent speech, you can pull anything off

So for the HSC, does it have to be fair for everyone?

 

[OzKo]

In my opinion, I think you've got a chance of doing a speech in front of a teacher instead of the rest of class. If you have a diagnosed speech impediment, I don't see why they wouldn't allow this.

 

[Demento1]

A good idea is to record your speech and then listen to it on an ipod or something over and over again. I generally do this for my English speeches when I feel I want to maximise eye contact and reduce anxiety.

 

[cem]

You need to see your Year Adviser or Director of Studies. You can get special provisions for a speech related to things like a stutter but you would need documentation.

You may even be able to record the speech at home and submit it on disk (I have had students authorised to do that in the past).