Reflection paper Qifei Song
Public speaking
Instructor: Eric Sucher That was a good speech, I am very happy that I can have the chance to listen to Elie Wiesel. He is a survivor of the Jewish holocaust and he is also political activist. I have some constructive thought of his speech. First, I like his delivery. At the beginning, he was trying to get attention of the audience so he made some jokes at first and that really works. He acted very relaxed and humorous in his introduction. But when he move into the main part; he became serious and talking professional. I think it is very important for public speakers to control their mood while they are change their parts of speech. I think I did a horrible job in my informative speech on the delivery; I was nervous and always look sad. A good speaker should be always be enthusiastic about his or her speech and always keep in mind of the content. Other thing I like is Elie’s speaking is very smooth and natural, even though something I didn’t catch up very clear but that’s my fault. Elie really prepared his speech well and he wants to share his views with us. After hearing the speech, I want to treat every person equally and respect different opinions. Besides, the structure of the speech is very good, main points seem very clear. Compare to last time I hear the speech from Vicente Fox; Ellie’s speech is more impressive and thoughtful. His examples are from his true experience and they are persuasive. I think one important thing in public speaking is that making sure your examples are real and persuasive. Other than that, Ellie is very confident when he was giving the speech and act very naturally. His eye contact seems good but I was sitting too far so I didn’t see him very clearly. But overall, I like his