Student Resource
Gamble, The Public Speaking Playbook, 2nd Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Discussion Questions
Chapter 16: Physical Aspects of Delivery
1. What advice would you give a speaker about appearance who has to speak before the
following audiences: high school students, an adult audience struggling with substance
abuse, an audience of financial analysts, and a law professor giving a lecture to law
students?
2. How can a speaker who has to speak in a large lecture communicate immediacy to an
audience?
3. How does culture influence the audience’s perceptions of a speaker’s eye contact and
facial expressions?
4. How does culture influence the use of gestures in a speech?
5. How do body language and eye contact communicate speaker’s level confidence?