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 SPEECH SCRIPT WRITING

It is used to express views in the public on a dais. There are some features of a good speech. Before getting on to the dais one has to plan it. It is important to deviate sensibly to another topic.

 Features of a good speech:

1.      Salutation or greetings

Useful Phrases:

a.      Respected Principal, teachers and my dear friends …. (in a school)

b.      Honorable Sarpanch, SMC Chairman, Respected Principal, teachers and my dear friends

c.      His highness Minister of Finance, Honorable Sarpanch, Chairman, Respected Head Master, teachers and my dear friends …   (etc.)

2.      Disclosure of topic

Useful Phrases:

a.      Today as we are observing the children’s day that is ….

b.      As to day we are gathered here to observe …………….

c.      It’s happy to tell you that ….

d.      I wish you all ……

e.      It would be happy to me to be the part of this occasion …  (etc.)

3.      Narration of facts, presentation of data, relevant examples, etc.

4.      Draw conclusion in an innovative and imaginative way.

Useful phrases:

a.      I am really thankful to you for giving me such an opportunity

b.      Thank you one and all

c.      Thank you… Jai Hind

d.      It’s really proud to be here with you… thank you.    (etc.)

E.g. 1.  Write a speech to deliver on the dais on Teacher’s Day Celebration in your school.

 

               Honorable Sarpanch, SMC Chairman, Respected Head Master and my dear friends! Good morning one and all. First of all, I wish you everyone a happy teacher’s day.

               It would be happy to me to be the part of this occasion of the teacher’s day celebrations. Teacher’s Day is celebrated as a tribute to the valuable contribution made by teachers to the society by imparting knowledge and enlightening and shaping the career of students. Celebration of Teacher’s Day is fairly popular in many countries across the world.

               In India 5^th September is observed as Teacher’s Day on the birthday of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. As a mark of token to the contribution of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, who was a staunch believer of education, and was the well-known diplomat, scholar, President of India and above all a Teacher.

               On this auspicious day we owe to the nation to be the best citizens. I am really thankful to you for giving me such an opportunity.

               Thank you …

               Jai Hind.

E.g. 2: Tree is the most useful thing in the world. It is the actual life for every life. But for the greed of the people the global warming is being increased day to day. Now, keeping in view of the importance of the trees in the world prepare a speech on “Tree Plantation” taking help from the following points.

              Greeting – importance of trees – present status (disappearance of trees – deforestations – problems …) need of plantation – reforestation – seedlings distribution responsibilities of students.

Speech on “Tree Plantation”

Honorable Sarpanch, SMC Chair person, Respected Head Master, teachers and my dear friends

Good morning to all!

               First of all, I congratulate everyone who present here for your concern for the environment. We are happy to conduct “Tree Plantation” programme today. Let me recall the importance of trees.

               Tree plantation means planting trees in large number. Trees are very important to us in many ways. We cannot think of our existence without trees. Trees cover a great deal of our food deficiency by providing fruits and vitamins. They supply timber for various uses. Trees prevent soil erosion. Many kinds of medicines are prepared from leaving roots and barks of trees. Above all they help us to keep ecological balance supplying oxygen.

               Generally, trees are planted in Italy and August. They are planted in July and August. They can be planted at road sides and in all educational institutions. But our trees forests are not sufficient in proportion to our total land area. Why does it happen? There population and the cities increased. People started to cut down the forests and make their towns and functioning.  It because deforestation. As deforestation increased naturally ecological imbalance occurs. As a result, we are facing many problems like various deceases, weather changes, global warming and loss of habitat for many species.

               To preserve our environment, we should plant more trees. The government should encourage people for reforestation by various media and has to distribute saplings and, seedlings for free and share responsibilities to the people to protect them.

               Now let’s come to our students’ responsibilities. We are the next generations. We too have responsibilities to protect trees and support reforestation. For that every student has to take oath today to plant and protect ten each. I do it. Do you?

               At the end I would like to thank all for giving me this opportunity.             

Jai Hind.

E.g. 3: Imagine you are the person in charge for the ‘Discipline Committee’ of your school. The students of your school have been carrying cell phones to school. The Headmaster of the school has asked you to give a speech enlightening them not to bring the cell-phones to school.

                          Write a script of the speech on “Cell phones should not be allowed in school”.

                          Your speech should reflect the following ideas in it.

                          Use of cell phones – where the use of cells phones prohibited – how they hinder the duties of employees in offices, schools and other educational institutions – how it, causes disturbance for learning to the students’ community – etc.

 

Speech on “Cell phones should not be allowed in schools”

Respected Principal, teachers and my dear friends …

Good morning to all!

It would be my pleasure to speak on this topic. Although there are quite a few advantages of bringing cell phones to school, the disadvantages of doing so surely are more important than them.

Allowing cell phones to school would be equivalent to giving an open invitation to distraction. This is because with so many activities in a single gadget, students are bound to be tempted to indulge in them, hence deviating from the main objective of coming to school. Their concentration towards studies would get worse. Teachers would also get distracted, as it is likely that the cell phones will ring during class, destroying the tempo of the entire class.

Not only would this, with a cell phone in everyone’s hands, there naturally be unhealthy competition to see who has got the latest model and the hottest brand. This would only increase the worries and expenditure of parents as every student would pester their parents to buy them new cell phones. Also, it would make students with not so latest cell phones be a victim of inferiority complex. Worse still, it may also create a barrier or ‘cell phone-fueled class difference’ between students as cell phones models and brands are now considered a status symbol.

Bringing cell phones to school would also pave way for theft. With expensive cell phones in every other person’s bag, anyone could steal a cell phone, disrupting discipline and making school a very unsafe place.

Cell phones can be seen as a means employed by students for cheating during examinations. They can simply text anyone and ask for assistance. Not only this, it can give rise to after school gang activities and be misused in many ways, like making prank calls just for fun. This can lead to serious consequences and cause unnecessary panic as well as waste time.

The aforementioned points clearly establish the fact that the reasons for not allowing cell phones in schools are based on clear reservations and not on flimsy ground, hence cell phones should not be allowed at schools.

At the end I would like to thank you all for lending me your ears for my speech.

               Jai Hind.

Practice Questions:

1.      Ants are very tiny creatures but their life style is very interesting. They have many great qualities that we also should possess. We have many things to learn from the ants. Now prepare a speech script to motivate the audience by talking about the things we can learn from the ants. You can write about their hard-working nature, discipline, savings for the future, sharing, adaptation to any surroundings, unity, achieving, bravery etc.

2.      Write a script for a speech on the importance of English in the present generation. You may focus on the following…

·        English is a global language

·        Spoken throughout the world

·        Jobs require English-speaking skills

·        Most of the books are printed in English etc.

3.      Now-a-day many children are observed wasting their time watching cartoon shows and playing video games at the cost of their time and health. Doctors say that this is an addiction and cause huge damage to our eye sight and brain. They lack in physical fitness also. Now prepare a speech script on ‘spending the leisure time at home’.  You may use the clues below.

·        Greetings and introduction

·        Playing brain activating games

·        Things to be avoided like too much watching T.V. and video games

·        Spending time with parents

·        Giving slot to play physical games

·        Reading newspaper etc.

·        Conclusion

4.      Assume that you have been elected ‘School Pupil Leader’ of your school. Now, prepare a script for speech that you are going to address the students for the first time. You may focus on…

·        Thanking all for electing

·        The changes you want to bring in your school like assembly, classrooms, cleanliness etc.

·        Programmes that you are planning to organize for the year like competitions and celebrations.

5.      Now-a-day children are busy with technical gadgets and playing games on mobile, tabs etc. sitting somewhere. You felt that it may harm the generation. You felt that physical exercise is needed to every child to be healthy and strong. Now prepare a speech to deliver in the prayer on ‘the importance of the games and sports’. You can use the ideas…

·        Need for proper sports and cultural activities

·        Need to conduct sports and games competitions

·        Finding the sports talent at school level

·        Why importance is given to sports and games too

·        Awarding marks for sports and games etc.

6.      Now-a-day, almost 90 percent of children are using smart phones. Though the smart phone is useful, it is equally harmful. A seminar is going to be conducted in your school on “The impact of smart phones on teenagers”. Imagine you are going to give your message. Now, prepare a write up to give the speech on the occasion. You can include the following points…

·        Addressing the gathering

·        Advantages of smart phones like: instant communication, web surfing, camera, entertainment, education, productive application etc.

·        Disadvantages of smart phones like: health hazard, effects on academics and hobbies, inappropriate use of internet etc.

·        Your reflections

·        Precautions to be taken by parents and elders

·        Thanking and conclusion

7.      Imagine that your school planned to conduct a farewell to the class 10 students. On behalf of the class 9 students you are asked to deliver a speech. Now prepare a speech script for the purpose focusing on the following points …

·        Greetings

·        Experiences with your seniors

·        Your wishes for the seniors

·        Expectations from them in the future

·        Gratitude for their sincerity and helping nature

·        Thanks

8.      The best way of improving English language is to read Newspapers, Journals, Story books and selected material every day on diversified themes. When you make the habit of reading every day, you can improve your vocabulary and understand the sentence structure (syntax) of the language.

    Now write a speech on the importance of regular reading for language acquisition. You may make use of these hints…

·        Importance of English language learning

·        Ways to improve language skills

·        Dictionary and its importance

·        Watching news in English

·        Listening is important skill to lean a language etc.

9.      Your school has planned to organize “Speech Competition” on the occasion of world environment day. Now prepare a speech script on the topic “Global Warming”. You may use the hints given below….

·        Introduction

·        The topic

·        Causes of global warming

·        Steps to reduce global warming

·        Role of citizen

10.   Suppose your school has started a campaign against corruption and you are entrusted to lead the rest from fore front. Now you want to stimulate the young minds first to instill strong ideas to fight corruption. Draft a speech script throwing light on the ill effects of corruption and the rate of future citizen to build corruption-free nation.

11.   Your city police came to your school to educate the students about traffic education. Prepare a speech script to be given about “Road Safety Week.”

12.   Your school has planned to organize ‘speech competition’ on the occasion of “International Women’s Day”.

Now prepare a speech script on the topic “Women Empowerment”

You may include the details… Present status of women… Reasons for inequality… Role of women in development

13.   Prepare a speech on “Tree Plantation” taking help from the following points.

Greeting – importance of trees – present status - disappearance of trees – deforestations – problems – need of plantation – reforestation – seedlings distribution – responsibilities of students. (TS – SSC March 2016)

14.   Now a day, children of many schools celebrating a new programme to honour their mothers at schools. Imagine that today your school also going to conduct “Mothers’ Day Celebrations” at your school. Now prepare a speech script to address on the dais.

               You can use the following ideas…

·        Importance of mothers’ day

·        How to respect/honour parents

·        Greatness of mother

·        How to take care of parents

·        How to prevent sending them old age homes

·        How to convey love and affection

·        When to take advice from them etc.

15.   Imagine you are one of the speakers on the occasion of ‘World Girl Child Day’ in your school. Write a speech script to present on the occasion.

               You can use the following ideas…

·        Girl should be treated equal to a boy

·        Equal opportunities to study

·        A girl should be allowed to study higher education

·        A girl to be allowed to stand on her own feet

·        An educated girl – a happy family

16.   You got a chance to speak on the advantages of tree plantation and how the trees serve as better air conditioners and play a vital role in maintaining equilibrium of ecosystem. Now prepare a speech script taking the help of the following hints.

·             Taking heat of the earth and air

·             Keeps the environment cool

·             Absorbing CO₂ that helps in controlling temperature rise

·             Bringing rains

·             Checking direct sunlight

Providing shade, fruits, wood, medicine etc.