Alex Montoya's Speech Analysis

The speaker that will be analyzed is Alex Montoya, and he is getting his Business Administration Masters at West Texas A&M University. He spoke in a conversational and informative context, which was very helpful to get all the questions answered. The method of delivery that Alex chose was impromptu. He had a PowerPoint which helped him with his speech, but he also gave plentiful and useful information that was not on the slides. The Purpose of this paper is to analyze the vocal and physical delivery of the speech Alex gave our class. Alex had very good physical aspects of delivery. He had consistent eye contact throughout his speech and presentation. His eye contact was effective, because it helped the listener feel as if he was talking …show more content…
He also spoke clearly and loud enough to where everyone could hear him. Personally I thought he talked faster than the normal speaking rate, but it did not affect his speech to a great extent. He did use correct pronunciation but sometimes he did get tongue tied, but was able to pronounce the word correctly. Alex’s articulation was adequate, as he was able to explain everything very well. The beginning and ending sounds of his words was easily understood. There were no articulation errors that I noticed throughout his speech. I did notice some dialect that possibly he was using to relate to the younger college generation. The dialect was not so pronounced that it made the understanding difficult. Even with using some of the dialect it did not affect the speech. Alex did have good fluency and his delivery would be characterized as smooth and not choppy.
His speech was conversational and impromptu which helped his delivery. By making it conversational, it helped the listeners get all the questions answered. Alex had an effective delivery in communicating the message about the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for studying abroad. He had very good vocal and physical delivery aspects of his