Extemporaneous Speech Event -
Description: In Extemporaneous speaking, the competitor answers a given question based on recent events in the news. The competitor researches national and international current events and may create reference files of newsworthy information.
Extemporaneous speech should be regarded as a demonstration of personal knowledge on the topic, as well as an original synthesis of numerous sources.
Goal: To develop a well-informed student who can critically evaluate current issues by expressing his/her position on a given question. The speech should be the competitor’s original work and delivered with credible, pertinent, and sufficient evidence to support his/her position on the topic.
Extemporaneous Rules
Extemp Central
Extemp Central is a website that provides weekly questions for students to practice their research and delivery skills in the Extemporaneous speech event. Weekly there is a News Quiz with answers that make for good practice in covering various newsworthy topics.