We've already gone over two objectives. Which are one, answer the question directly, and two, provide organization to your answer. Next, we will go over the remaining two objectives. Three, expand your answer with more details. Four, talk continuously for 1.5 minutes. Expand your answer with more details. One issue that people run across is not having enough to say. The most common reason is due to nervousness, or as native English speakers say, my mind just went blank. Which means you don't know what to say. In order to overcome this challenge, you can start by using the second objective, which is applying an answer structure to the question. Do you remember the list versus time order structures? Once you have the structure in your mind, you can train your brain to fill in the blanks with relevant details such as who, what, when, how, etc. You may still insist that your mind becomes blank. But this skill can definitely improve as you do it more. On a side note, reading or listening to news, books, or presentations like TED talks can increase your knowledge of a lot of different topics, which also becomes handy during impromptu speaking. Finally, the last objective is to be able to speak continuously for 1.5 minutes. Talking continuously means trying to minimize the awkward pausing or hesitating with fillers like um or uh. Sometimes we use fillers or have awkward pausing because we aren't sure what to say next. If you practice the second third objectives constantly, it won't be as difficult to talk for 1.5 minutes. Let's listen to an example and use a rubric to review the different aspects. On the rubric, you can see that there are six areas. Organization. Your presentation had an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. You use transitions between your main points in the body. Content. You answer the question directly and provided relevant details. Accuracy. There are very few grammar mistakes and they didn't interfere with understanding. You use vocabulary accurately and appropriately. Pronunciation. Your pronunciation was clear and easy to understand. You used word stress pauses, and intonation appropriately. Verbal delivery. You spoke smoothly and naturally without too many hesitations. You're speaking was not too fast and not too slow. Finally, time limit. You spoke for 1.5 minutes. The topic is, tell us about the last time you cooked something. I'm not a very good chef, so I don't cook often. But sometimes I do cook just to save money. The last time that I cooked, I made a scramble. I first took out the ingredients. I usually like to make my scramble. Obviously, there's eggs and then there's ham, mushrooms, some cheese, some peppers, and some tomatoes. I cut it up. Next, I put the things that are harder or that take longer to cook into the pan with a little bit of oil. I like the mushrooms and the peppers, and I cook those first. Then I put in the eggs and tomatoes after that. Then I cook all together, and then finally after a few minutes when everything looks cooked enough, I put it on a plate and then I can enjoy it. This is a very simple meal, but it fills me up and yeah, it tastes great. After listening, we can review how the speaker did. This topic is about an experience. The speaker used the time order structure. If you noticed, she used transition words indicating time. She started with a main idea and ended with a conclusion statement. Next is content. The speaker told us about her cooking a scramble, and explained how she did it. She did well here too. For accuracy, the speaker spoke with almost no grammar or vocabulary mistakes. Pronunciation is also good. For horrible delivery, the speaker did you some fillers and it wasn't extremely smooth. She sounded like she had some uncertainty. She did okay on this part. Lastly, the speaker did talk continuously for 1.5 minutes. In this lesson, you've learned about impromptu speaking. For those of you who are poor at this skill, remind yourself that it is possible for you to get better at it. Just remember to one, answer the question directly. Two, provide organization to your answer. Three, expand your answer with more details, and four, talk continuously.
