Why do people speak in public? What do they want to achieve?
Public speaking is generally performed with one, or more, of these functions:
– to inform
– to persuade
– to entertain
There is a model of communication (Lasswell, 1948) that includes 5 elements which can be thought of when you analyse or learn about public speaking. Here they are, but we intentionally left one out, so please write it in the comment box below, then click NEXT to see how close you came to the correct answer.
– the speaker
– the channel
– the effect
– the audience
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