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1. • Speech Choirs are performance group that recite speeches
in unison, often with elements of choreography and
costuming to help bring the speech to life.
• A speech choir is a powerful art that is experiencing a
revival. There is tremendous satisfaction that comes from
learning to speak well, and even a greater
enjoyment that comes from speaking
elegantly and powerfully as a group.
•There are two types of Speech Choir:
Conventional or Traditional Speech Choir
and Dynamic or Theatrical Speech Choir

2. But how to
control
stage fright?

3. Controlling Stage Fright....
• Stage fright is an emotion- oftentimes fear of the
audience- arising from the difficulty in coping with
a situation.
• In its severe form, stage fright can make your mind
go blank. This is the first problem that besets a
speaker or a performer.
• Stage fright comes from feeling “inadequate” to
meet a situation; from fear of not living up to the
expectation of the audience; fear of forgetting and
fear of failure.

4. According to Psychologists:
Physiological changes can increase our
adequacy as a speaker if they are
controlled and directed. Therefore, a
reasonable amount of stage fright can
make us better speakers or performers.
The problem is not how to overcome stage
fright but how to reduce and control it.

5. a. POINTING. This is done by pointing your index
finger to locate or identify a thing or an idea.
b. DIVIDING. Extend the hand with the fingers
close together and make a chopping motion or
move the hand from side to side.
c. DESCRIBING OR IMITATING. Both hands or
sometimes one hand is used to describe or
imitate certain size, shape or movement of
things.
d. APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL. Nodding or
shaking the head suggest certain connotations.

6. e. GIVING AND RECEIVING. This gesture is made by
extending either or both hands with fingers not
too close together nor too spread out, palm(s)
upward or toward the audience.
f. REJECTING OR RESTRAINING. The hand(s) are
extended in front at about shoulder height,
sometimes with a sweeping motion, palms turned
down facing the audience and away from the
speaker.
g. EMPHASIZING. The fist is clenched with the row of
knuckles parallel with the speaker’s shoulder and
the wrist is slightly bent.

7. h. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. An action of the face or
the facial expression is an effective instrument if
gesture
i. VOICE QUALITY, PITCH, VOLUME AND RATE.
Speak in a pleasant tone and with adequate
loudness. Do not shout. Raise or lower your voice
to achieve variation but make it spontaneous and
natural, not mechanical.
j. ARTICULATION. Pronunciation of words should
be accurate and should meet accepted
standards.

8. Hand gestures are a form of nonverbal
communication, which allow a person to
communicate a range of thoughts and feelings
with or without speech.
Gestures differ from other types of body
communication such as purely expressive
displays, as they generally carry a greater
association with language and speech and usually
have specific linguistic content.

9. There are several types of hand gestures, which are
commonly used.
• Iconic
Iconic gestures, also referred to as illustrators, are
descriptive gestures often used to illustrate speech,
much like painting a picture with the hands. These
types of gestures are useful for demonstrating a
second viewpoint and adding details to an image a
person is conveying, without any accompanying
speech.

10. • Deictic
Deictic gestures locate the space in between a
narrator and a listener after the narrator introduces a
physical or nonphysical entity into the conversation
and then repeatedly refers to the entity.
•Beat
A beat is a staccato strike, which grabs a person's
attention by creating emphasis. Beat gestures are
small rhythmic beating movements of the arm, hand
or finger, which keep the same form as the content of
speech. These types of gestures may be a
short and single beat, or repeated beats,
which carry out as long as necessary to
convey a point.

11. • Metaphoric
Metaphoric gestures, or representational
gestures, are beneficial when explaining an
idea without any physical form, with specific
shapes such as waving of the hands or
pinching with the fingers. The
accompanying narration generally will not
have a productive metaphor, as the
gestures will represent the implied
metaphor.