Course Reflection
1. After taking the course Speech 301 during spring semester of 2017, I have learned that before any speech is presented it first needs to go through a process of constructing it, which takes time and effort. But that’s not all, it takes research, creativity, and practice to prepare and deliver a good speech. You need to get the audience attention before even telling then what your speech is about. After you start delivering the speech it is also important to keep the audiences attention throughout the whole speech such as, keep them interested, entertained, or in a suspense. I’ve also learned that all of the speeches that I delivered meant something to me. My first hero speech was about my brave and talented mother who means …show more content…
Class participation is not just constructing speeches and presenting them. It also requires coming in to class on days that you don’t have to present. Supporting classmates with just being present and being interested in their speeches, because we know we want everyone else to do the same for us. Also, helping and supporting each other is another definition for class participation. Coming into class on days we don’t want to, or think, “I don’t need to come in to class today. I can just do it myself or follow the schedule.” Even though there might not be any new information in class it is helpful to show up to class. The more we miss the more behind we get and don’t continue going as fast as the class is. Which will put us behind and can hinder our speech development and presentation. I believe I participated in class discussions, group work, and just showing up to class when I didn’t feel like. Coming to class on days I didn’t have to present my speech, and supporting my peers with my presence and …show more content…
When professor Coach Austin presented our next speech topic, which was persuasive I wasn’t sure what topic to pick for this speech. My previous speech was informative about cancer. I tried to expand it and make it persuasive but I wasn’t feeling a strong connection to it. That’s when I started sorting out in my head different events, why they’re important to me and why do I want to share it with the class. As a medical assistant who worked in Internal Medicine and at rehab for drugs and alcohol I had many stories that came to mind. But from all these stories one stood out to me; it involved an infant. This event occurred when I worked as a Medical Assistant at Internal Medicine. I knew the mother because she would see the doctor I worked for and the same doctor also saw the infant. When I was remembering this story and jotting down the main details I had chills all over my body. Each time I thought about it I got chills going through my whole body. I couldn’t come around how everything turned out. Knowing that the mother had many chances to change her and the infant’s lifestyle. But without taking any actions the mother ended up losing her child. Child protective services took the child away. When I was preparing this speech I wanted everyone to know how secondhand smoke affects infants, children’s, as well as adults. I wanted my peers to be informed and aware of the consequences that can happen. I wanted them to share this with their friends and family members. Even if
1. After taking the course Speech 301 during spring semester of 2017, I have learned that before any speech is presented it first needs to go through a process of constructing it, which takes time and effort. But that’s not all, it takes research, creativity, and practice to prepare and deliver a good speech. You need to get the audience attention before even telling then what your speech is about. After you start delivering the speech it is also important to keep the audiences attention throughout the whole speech such as, keep them interested, entertained, or in a suspense. I’ve also learned that all of the speeches that I delivered meant something to me. My first hero speech was about my brave and talented mother who means …show more content…
Class participation is not just constructing speeches and presenting them. It also requires coming in to class on days that you don’t have to present. Supporting classmates with just being present and being interested in their speeches, because we know we want everyone else to do the same for us. Also, helping and supporting each other is another definition for class participation. Coming into class on days we don’t want to, or think, “I don’t need to come in to class today. I can just do it myself or follow the schedule.” Even though there might not be any new information in class it is helpful to show up to class. The more we miss the more behind we get and don’t continue going as fast as the class is. Which will put us behind and can hinder our speech development and presentation. I believe I participated in class discussions, group work, and just showing up to class when I didn’t feel like. Coming to class on days I didn’t have to present my speech, and supporting my peers with my presence and …show more content…
When professor Coach Austin presented our next speech topic, which was persuasive I wasn’t sure what topic to pick for this speech. My previous speech was informative about cancer. I tried to expand it and make it persuasive but I wasn’t feeling a strong connection to it. That’s when I started sorting out in my head different events, why they’re important to me and why do I want to share it with the class. As a medical assistant who worked in Internal Medicine and at rehab for drugs and alcohol I had many stories that came to mind. But from all these stories one stood out to me; it involved an infant. This event occurred when I worked as a Medical Assistant at Internal Medicine. I knew the mother because she would see the doctor I worked for and the same doctor also saw the infant. When I was remembering this story and jotting down the main details I had chills all over my body. Each time I thought about it I got chills going through my whole body. I couldn’t come around how everything turned out. Knowing that the mother had many chances to change her and the infant’s lifestyle. But without taking any actions the mother ended up losing her child. Child protective services took the child away. When I was preparing this speech I wanted everyone to know how secondhand smoke affects infants, children’s, as well as adults. I wanted my peers to be informed and aware of the consequences that can happen. I wanted them to share this with their friends and family members. Even if