Improving My Critical Speaking Skills

Over the course of this semester, I have learned about things that I did not know and things I did know. Some things that I have learned is how to be a critical thinker but in more detail. Over the semester, you gave us a list of questions that we would have to answer after analyzing a piece whether it be a painting or music video. The questions consisted of considering the audience of the piece, considering the argument of the piece, and even considering what we thought about the piece. These questions seem simple enough but they taught me alot. Something that these questions have taught me is that even though you think you have analyzed every aspect of something, there is more you can say. This is proven by the small groups that we got together in almost every day of class. Each time I would talk to somebody, they always had a different opinion about something that I never have noticed before. The insights of other class helped me slowly improve my critical thinking skills. My critical thinking skills went from stating the obvious like how the Beyonce music video we watched was a movement for Black people to Beyonce is making a statement about black children …show more content…
Even though I said that this helped improve my critical speaking skills, speaking in front of others was the most challenging part of class. I do not know if you have noticed but I am extremely shy. Because of my shyness, I never spoke out loud in class. On top of shyness, I do not like sharing my thoughts to others because I am scared that they might sound silly. To me personally, I feel that these people surrounding me, at this very moment, have better responses to the questions that you asked. This may not be true, but it was how I felt the whole semester. I feel that gaining confidence in what I think is the area in which I need to improve. Once I improve, it might get easier for me to speak up in class and in small