Speech Delivery: Impromptu Speaking

Video Transcript

"Now, the first type of method of delivery is impromptu, and impromptu is where you and the topic meet for the first time and you have zero preparation time to speak about the particular topic. Now, there are actually lots of ways that you speak impromptu already. Sometimes, maybe in class or at work, or when you...wherever it is that you go, that you live, that you exist in the world when you are asked questions, and you have to answer them right on the spot. Of course I thought about school immediately, because let's say you've been given a chapter to read or a book to read and the teacher asks you a question about that chapter or book, you're going to answer and that's impromptu. So, it's also a speaking method, but it's something that you actually do in real life. Now, in UIL competitions there is sometimes impromptu speaking. Sometimes in a business setting or a personal setting you might have to give an impromptu speech, it's a birthday party and no one planned a speaker, no one planned a special occasion speech, so in that moment you are asked, "Can you give a quick speech about Jim?" Well, you don't have time to prepare so you're going to give an impromptu speech."