What I Learned From Spoken Language Analysis

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Do you want to know why i'm here today, well i´m here to tell you what I learned from speaking and listening this quarter.The first thing I learned was, if you fidget with something the speaker will get distracted, The second thing I learned was, if the speaker is messing with the podium then the listeners will probably get distracted, The last thing I learned was, the first word is the hardest part of the speech.

Point one, if you fidget with something the speaker will get distracted. If you're fidgeting with something, then the speaker will probably look at you and get distracted. If you are messing with something like a fidget spinner, which you shouldn't be, and you drop it, the fidget spinner might hit something metal and make a loud
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If the listeners concentrate on the speaker messing with the podium, then they will probably zone out, then if they zone out and start doing something else like, messing with the desk they're at, then it might be the same deal with the first point. Not only could the speaker lose points for messing with the podium, but, the listener could lose points for not listening to the speaker.

Point three, the first word is the hardest part of the speech. If you get by the first word, then the rest is a breeze because, when you are about to start your speech you are all nervous and you might stutter on that word, but when you are past it then you're like ¨wow that was easy¨, then after that, the rest will be super easy.

In conclusion, I have talked about the things I learned from speaking and listening like, if you fidget with something the speaker will get distracted, the second one was, if the speaker is messing with the podium, then the listeners will not pay attention to the speaker, the third one was, The first word is the hardest part of the speech. So I hope that when you have another speaking and listening project you will know about the things that I have learned and prepare for

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