...I was much more prepared for my informative speech compared to my Shield speech. All I did to prepare was make sure my outline was done and write notecards. I felt fairly comfortable in front of the class. I knew what I was going to talk about, my topic was not too hard to get enough information in four to six minutes without leaving anything out. The speech went well. I was in the time limit. I had good eye contact. My technology worked perfectly. The only thing I did not do was verbally cite my sources. Once I was done, I instantly thought about not citing my sources. I originally planned to cite each source at the end 0f each main point. I forgot about the first source and then quickly decided while giving my speech that I would throw them...
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...done with my persuasive speech in communication arts class. I thought that I did a wonderful job and that I put in a lot of hard work and practice into my speech. My topic was violence in video games and why it should be drastically reduced or prohibited completely. My persuasive speech had numerous points in which I excelled in, some points in which I improved in from my impromptu and heritage speech, and some items that I still need to work on in upcoming speeches. First off, my persuasive speech had numerous points in which I excelled. While I was listening to my speech, I saw that I had a solid and strong appearing physical stance. Furthermore, I also noticed that I had good content in my speech and went in depth into all of my points. I also talked with a loud voice and did a good job of walking and talking in my speech. These are items that just seem to come natural to me when I am speaking in public in front of an audience. Overall, my persuasive speech had a variety of points in which I excelled....
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...When I was younger, my family and I traveled to Georgia Aquarium for a little get away. They had all sorts of aquatic animals such as a hammerhead shark or even a stingray, but one particular animal caught my eye. This animal was an adorable, playful sea otter. There was a lady around the tank that held the otters talking about the facts about otters. I spent most of my time around the otters, watching them play with toys and eating tons of fish. Ever since then I have loved watching otter videos and learning facts about them. In 11th grade, we were required to take speech class at Alabama School of Math and Science. Our first assignment was a tribute to something, which I chose to do my speech on otters. I did tons of research for this...
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...ANALYZING MY SPEECH According with a record to my speech, I found a lot of mistakes and errors when I´m talking English, so it’s difficult to organize all of ideas, find the correct form to tell it and use the correct words to communicate properly, but when you checked and know the errors you could recognize that ‘the second-language acquisition is concerned with the internal representations of a language in the mind of the learner, and in how those representations change over time’ (Rod Ellis, 2003). Firstly, there are a lot of errors as misinformation, omission, overgeneralization and transfer errors, in this recorder you can find someone, for example the second language learner was talking about the climate changes in the town the last days, then she said “I don’t watch this climate here” (Recorder 2), the sentence could be a misinformation error because these errors can use one grammatical form in place of another grammatical form, even if this sentence is already said correctly, it’s unsuitable for the context which the learner’s answer was talking, it could be in past tense “I hadn’t seen this kind of climate here”. Another error with this topic, it is when beginner said “when the old woman do tortillas, she turn on the fire and so with this the air is contaminated”, beginner is making a lot of errors as omission because she is leaving out an item that is required for an utterance to be considered grammatical such as “the old woman do tortillas” and “she turn on the...
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...The last day I spoke to my biological father, Kevin, was on January 1st, 2017. Until that night, my father and I had a picturesque relationship to those around us, including our family, friends, and even my teachers. We resembled the majority of American families; accomplished and clean-cut, middle class people. Behind closed doors my father was always poor, drunk, and unemployed, yet no matter how many jobs were lost nor how many trips to the redemption center we made, I loved him dearly. This love still grew even through the years of his abusive nature; The abusive varied from physical, emotional, and sexual over an eight year span and continued till my junior year of high school. My guilt developed from these eight years and I now know this is because of the emotional abuse I subsided because of the age of which it started and because of my close relationship with my father. He was my rock when I lacked parental guidance and my worst critical that torn my self esteem apart. Weeks passed and the daily phone calls I once always answered turned into voicemails. Guilt flooded my emotions every time I ignored the phone and I cried each night that passed in the first month. I felt as though I was choosing to lose a parent, a support system, and a family. I now know that I was remembering to breathe for the first time...
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... 1. What I most liked about my speech was the first three and a half minutes because I started out my speech with confidence and strong voice that carries throughout the room. I also followed my outline and stick to it which made my purpose clear and showed the importance of the topic to the audience. Moreover my eye contacts was on entire audience , my posture was good , legs did not cross, no leaning on podium, and my hands movement was minimal and did not move too much which is the case when I usually talk to people. I think I also was able to show the importance of my topic to audience by getting their attention. I avoided making my speech to technical so it will be easy for those who are not familiar with the topic to understand. 2. After the three and a half minutes I started to rely heavily on my outline instead of eye contact and that the main point I need to work on. Also, I had multiple problems with stumbling over my words and using fill in words instead of speaking clearly and using very descriptive words. Furthermore, I saw that I tended to sway a lot, and that is something I will consciously try to fix during my next speech. In term of content, my outline needed more information and examples that will encourage the audience to ask questions after the speech and that will reflect their interest in my speech. For delivery , I was very nervous and I stumbled over my words and I had to pause longer than I should to recall my points and I wanted to end this...
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...Journal #1 My speech wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be, but it could have been better if I put more time into getting more information from my partner. The body paragraphs needed to give more information and go into more detail. Although it wasn’t that bad of a speech giving the thought that we met up for about thirty minutes. Back in high school when someone was giving a speech, we, the audience always tried to make them laugh, or simply just didn’t pay attention to the speaker and did something else. Now the audience was paying attention and being respectful which calmed me down when giving my speech. As the speaker I needed to be more enthusiastic while giving my speech, because how is the audience going to be interested if I don’t even seem interested. I noticed very few people glancing at their phones or just with a blank look in their face; this made me relax a little more for some reason. Even though I could have had more information and gone more into detail, my speech did flow from the thesis statement to my conclusion paragraph. I was getting more nervous as the names kept getting closer to mine, once my partner Aldo, brought me up when he gave his speech, which calmed my nervousness down a bit because it wasn’t that bad being in front of the class and having everyone’s eyes looking at you. Once my turn came to speak, I took deep breaths as I made my way to the front of the classroom, and once there I paused, and took one last deep breath, and then...
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...Part A My Video Title | | SourceUnderline as appropriate | http://www.englishcentral.com/video/10084/introductions-meet-the-boss | Part 1(~ 50 words) | This is a video about Obama speech, every word of his speech was so powerful and in this half and a minutes long speech, he brightly pointed out what the follow speech is all about and also made the good atmosphere that everyone draw attention to that speech. | Part 2 & 3(~ 100 words) | Some one said that Obama’s speech is like a symphony. His speeches are so powerful because it has a shape, it has forms. During his speech he used the technique like Fast/slow, loud/quite, all of which may be separated by a short pause or silence. He has different movements and forms, also it has a harmonious whole. His powerful symphony and well crafted and delivered speech, in his ways, move the listener. Audience pay all their attention to Obama. I learnt a lot as I was lack of symphony preformence. | Do either Part B OR Part C to complete your reflection record for this module. Submit only one part. Part B My Activity Language ActivityUnderline as appropriate | CILL activity Others pls specify | Title | Movie watching – The Ring | Part 1(~ 50 words) | It is a horror film that produce from America , adapt from a famous horror film from Japan-----Ringu. Its about a girl who become a ghost and the story behind it. All that history is discover by the Main character. | Part 2 & 3 (~ 100 words) | At first,...
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...I have faced many challenges and obstacles throughout my whole life due to my battle with stuttering. Stuttering is a speech disorder that affects my ability to fluently communicate with other people. It makes something that should be a very easy task, such as telling a waiter what you would like to order at a restaurant, very difficult for people like me. Throughout my childhood and early teen years, I let my speech disorder control me. I would never raise my hand or ask for help during class. I remained quiet when I had a million things I wanted to say, all due to self-judgment and the fear that I would speak dysfluently and embarrass myself. I can recall a particular situation from the seventh grade where I felt a great deal of embarrassment...
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...1:30-3:00pm Phone: 480-965-5095 (HDSHC main office) and by appointment WELCOME TO COM 225! The purpose of this course is to enable you to better understand theories and practices of public speaking. This course is designed to improve not only your delivery techniques but also your speech-writing and persuasion abilities. Additionally, this course is arranged to develop the skills necessary for you to critically evaluate both written and spoken speeches of others and to enter the public dialogue on issues that are important to you and your life. I am confident there is much to gain from the study of public speaking. The skills developed by engaging in this course work have practical applications in each of your lives. Although your participation may take place in various forms and environments, each of you will inevitably face the task of delivering, constructing, or consuming speeches. Developing your public speaking skills will prepare you for school or work presentations, job interviews, political campaigns, community meetings, and many other situations as well. BENEFITS OF THIS COURSE The objectives of this course are to: • Improve your speech delivery • Understand the ability to create effective speeches • Improve your listening skills • Improve your ability to think critically on a variety of subjects and genres • Improve your research skills • Develop skills to analyze your own and other’s speeches ...
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...It’s about time (and how to manage it) My article was by John Zimmer, CC, CL. This article is focused on time and how to manage your time while giving speeches. This article starts off with a quote from Benjamin Franklin that says “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time.” This article gives a lot of great tips for preparing your speech and knowing what to expect. Speakers must stay on time, by respecting the time you are given you’re also respecting your audience, other speakers that may be following you and the event coordinator that allotted you your time slot. Practicing your speech timing is critical. If you are given twenty minutes of speaking time, read your speech allowed to yourself or maybe a family member and have a timer with you. Although, know that practice time and live event time may not be the same. Laughter, questions and unexpected interruptions can make your presentation carry on longer that you may have expected. Having a handout for your audience that reads the most important parts of your speech is a great way to be prepared for any interruptions and to focus on your main key points of your presentation. Not only will this make your presentation better it’ll also make your presentation shorter. Always have a plan to cut your presentation short. If you are one of many speakers, not everyone is going to end their speech on time. “You can prepare two versions of your presentation...
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...BIG SPLASH by Celeste de Clario Davis In the 2015 “bigsplash” Australian volunteer presentation Stephanie Bennett introduces the event as the Chief Executive Officer, saying the award “offers a $100,000 donation to further the aims of Australian volunteer organisations in any field” and announces the winner, being ‘tradespeople without borders’. Mathew Nguyen being the spokesperson of this organisation accepts the award with a improvised speech. Bennett’s contention is that Australian volunteers are “heroes” yet don’t receive the level of acknowledgment and appreciation that they deserve. Ngueyen fundamentally agrees with Bennetts philosophy, but also clarifies that he has a different perspective about the way volunteers are viewed in the community and executes his speech with gratitude towards the kindness he receives from communities. Both speakers are being viewed two audiences, the audience attending the event and those who are viewing it on television. Both Bennet and Ngueyen use a sympathising tone, of which, emotionally appeals to their audiences. Although both speakers use this appeal differently they both give off a inclusive quality. For Bennet this is seen when she uses phrases such as “we take it for granted”. This method of speaking reinforces the value of the volunteers work efforts while simultaneously encouraging the audience to collectively. Contrarily Nguyen states that “those of us who have been lucky enough to live in comfort.../shouldn’t ask for...
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...Figurative Language versus Literal Language Professor Veronica S Critical Thinking – PHI 210 January 22, 2013 Figurative Language versus Literal Language Figurative language is writing or speaking where ‘figures of speech’ such as metaphors and similes freely occur (Oxford Reference, 2003) where as literal language is opposed to figurative it suggests the influence of the letter as a measure of strictness and rightness: the literal truth is seen as being true in a basic and absolute way. If something is done literally, a person follows instructions ‘to the letter’, without flexibility or imagination (Oxford Reference, 2003). In this paper several figurative language expressions will be defined and discussed by providing examples for each term, appropriate circumstances for using the expressions and when it might lead to misunderstanding. An idiom is an expression established in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in grammatical construction (as no, it wasn’t me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived as a whole from the conjoined meanings of its elements (as Monday week for “the Monday a week after next Monday”; many a for “many taken distributively”; had better for “might better”; how are you? for “what is the state of your health or feelings?”) (Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, 2002) Also an idiom doesn’t mean what its individual words mean. In Italian, “In the mouth of the wolf” is an idiom, it means “Good luck”, and “kick the bucket”...
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...On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, I preformed my life in a bag speech. Overall, I feel that my speech was decent, especially for being the first speech assignment for the course. Though I definitely believe I have areas in improve in, such as the rate that I am speaking, my tone in voice, and dividing my time accurately for each set of point. Before the presentation, I was slightly nervous. I felt confident in my topic and the contents of my speech, but I was worried about the length of my speech and the grade I might get on it. When I had practiced my speech at home, my lengths varied greatly at first. As I refined my speech, the variations decreased, but were still present. My anxiety towards the grade was mostly present since this was the first...
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...help me improve my English. What I did not realize was that learning to speak in the public would also make me more confident person………………………………………………………………………………………………. The new situation always makes me a bit nervous, and my first speaking in the public lesson was no exception. After I knew my topic subject a day before I represent my speech. I went early to my school and I stood timidly by the side of the class waiting for my teacher and other students to show up. After a couple of minutes, the teacher came over. He smiled and two more students joined us. Although they were both older than me, they did not seem to be embarrassed about not knowing how to give a speech front of twenty students. I began to feel more at ease. The teacher start calls our names randomly. I was praying to the last person to represent my speech. I concentrated on the students speech and try to avoid their mistakes not just listening, but also write down the important points. ……………………. At 10:30 a.m. I still remember that moment I was the third person on my teacher list, he called out my name I was already prepared for my speech. I take out my note and I looked to the students they were waiting to hear my speech. I got scary, nervous and sweating from everywhere, I forgot my topic subject I was confused. I try to calm down and taking a deep breath also, I feel like a butterfly in my stomach. The teacher asked me if I'm ready to give the speech, my answer was no...
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