Public Speaking Essay

the beginning of the semester, I was terrified of this public speaking class. I mentally prepared myself to accept that fact that achieving a good grade in this class was impossible. I just knew that I would not be good at this one class. I had flashbacks of my high school graduation and the terrifying practices in order to speak a five sentence ceremonial speech. Through this class, I was able to overcome any feelings of anxiety about speaking in front of others and learned how to create strong…

This wasn’t my first struggle with speech anxiety. Public speaking had always been a challenge for me ever since my parents immigrated to the United States from India when I was seven years old. Because of my thick Indian accent and a lack of fluency in English, I landed in English as Second Language (ESL) classes in elementary school. Although I later became fluent in English and lost my accent, my anxiety remained, inhibiting me from speaking in front of class or participating in class…

speeches are given only for special occasions. Speeches for special occasions are different from the other speeches discussed in the textbook. Special occasion speeches are help give the occasion. In chapter eighteen of The Art of Public Speaking Stephen Lucas discusses speaking on special occasions. Lucas breaks, special occasion speeches in too four categories speeches of introduction, speeches of presentation, speeches of acceptance, and commemorative speeches. Lucas starts this chapter by…

College begins and everyone is getting ready to return. The night before, my mind was going back and forth deciding whether I should take Public Speaking online or in campus. I decided to give it a try and take in campus. Maybe this way I could face my fear of speaking in public. Woke on a beautiful Monday August 22nd as I open my eyes I was staring at the ceiling with my heart raising as I become more awake knowing it was time. I get to the campus 40 minutes before class in a warm and humid…

At the beginning of the term I was determined to become a better speaker. My speaking goal for the class was to become more enthusiastic and louder while publicly speaking. I chose this goal because I was lacking enthusiasm and loudness. This goal would help me become a better public speaker and get my message across to everyone listeninging. Completing my goal was a challenge. I partially did achieve my goal anyhow. I achieved the part of getting louder but I don't feel like I became more…

back and reflect on my time in law school, one of my proudest accomplishments is seeing how much I’ve grown as a public speaker, but something weird happened Wednesday afternoon. After completely bombing my presentation during the students’ visit to SJU I tried to make sense of what happened. The last time I was that nervous during a presentation was freshman year of college, my first public speech in a Communications class. On Wednesday, before the speech I wasn’t nervous, as I walked to the…

I can run out of that castle in the ESPN Center at Disney World. I can stand under the spot lights. I can perform in front of thousands of people. But I cannot speak in front of a class of 25 students and one teacher without my voice shaking and having to stop and compose myself. The summer of 2015 I learned to ease my fear, because there is no way I could conquer it in one week. On Sunday, June 14th, I headed up to the University of Colorado at Boulder for the week long Business Leadership…

first issued, I felt a bit reluctant to deliver the speech; I’m only friends with a handful of students in the class, and probably disliked by the rest, so I couldn’t be confident in having a receptive audience. Due to my previous experience public speaking during coffee houses however, my apprehension was easily surmountable. I believe these types of opportunities to perform in front of a crowd on a limited scale are an excellent skill builder for affairs later in life, be it an impromptu toast…

was clear and got the audiences attention. It was something that everyone knew about it and could relate too. However, once I got past the Attention grabber, I started to stutter, and my wording got a little messed up. I was thinking faster than I speaking. Although I did not say a clear preview statement in my head I did, so I have to learn to speaker slower, so I can process what I am saying. Before I presented my speech I had planned out everything clearly and organize; with the layout…

Just like talking yourself up, you have to remember what you have accomplished. I am taking public speaking at Edgecombe Community College and if you do not know already, the class is based around giving speeches and learning to better project your ideas to a public audience. Whenever I am about to give a speech, I go back to the night of the Distinguished Young Women Program. I think about how well I did and how I felt when I…