Active speaking is the release of inner motives, suggestions and perceptions with an effective use of gestures, mime, signs, pantomimes and voice conveying a chosen message live to a listener (audience). This communication does not always have to be live or face to face, but it can be through other kinds of media. When someone is speaking on the telephone; the way he/she uses his voice to convey the message(voice moderation), how he/she responds with clear explanations, how effective he/she understands the points, confidence and readiness to communicate…show how he/she is actively speaking. Active speaking is taking out the whole of you.
This may seem complicated to understand, but remember when you are listening to a speech and the speaker says sentences like: “what can I say!” or you can’t see his/her face because he/she has made the whole concentration on reading; this is not an active speaker and it doesn't demonstrate that he/she is confident about the topic. Mixing many languages everywhere which is a mistake made so often by young people (adolescents and street kids) is not an active speaking skill though it is a self-defense way of communication for non-native speakers.
Active speaking is not about pace, eloquence, fluency, utterance or grammar, ... It's all about how quick you hear, listen and respond relevantly. And that is not limited through voice mechanisms but also through written communications. There are those who speak by the word of mouth, signs or written/drawn materials, …
Qualities Of An Active Speaker:
- Know his/her identity (who he/she is in front of the audience)
- Understand and know what is to be said
- Master and analyze what he/she got to say
- Know who to address to
- Plan how to deliver or say their arguments
- Expect the listener's reactions and interpretations about the argument
- Be self-motivated and determined
- Not be an oppressor or offender
- Listen attentively, carefully, and decisively to understand the point
- Be persuasive and dramatically oriented
- Be a good tremmer (i.e to be themselves without imitation of anyone's character).
