A Study on English Speech(英语论文).doc

A Study on English Speech Nowadays, people pay much attention to the study of English, especially with the development of economy, the English study become more and more popular in China. And the English speaking in public has become a way to show individuals. Owing to these, I will divide into three main parts studying on public speaking. I. What is speech? And where is it come from? Simply speaking, speech is that some people use the language and gesture as the way to express their own opinions and propositions in public. Most of chief speakers are famous persons or someone who have special experiences. But now, many colleges and clubs also hold some speech competition to expand the influence of public speaking. With the development of the language in human beings’ society, humans started to use language to convey the emotions and feelings. Gradually, humans’ language system developed more and more completely. Phonic language as a major expression way replaced the letters. However, people connected the phonic language with the body language for delivering their stronger and deeper feelings. This process is the origin. II. How many parts of speech? Generally speaking, there are three main parts of public speaking: First, according to content, the speech includes political speech, inaugural speech, conference speech, assemble speech, military speech and so on. For example, the famous speech “I Have a Dream”, this is a classical assemble speech. Second according to the purpose, the speech include speech for entertainment, speech for scholar, and speech for lobby and imbue one’s emotion and for lament. Like president Obama’s competition speech full of lobbies and imbues. Third, according to the location of speech, it includes street speech, church speech, court speech, class speech, TV speech and itinerant speech. As for us, we are familiar with class and TV speech. We can many chances to touch these types speech. III. Speech is not only a simple clarificat