Public Speaking Experience Essay

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…

In our presentation “Lysistrata” I took part of Myrrhine, what I was accomplishing in this scene was to be as precise as I could be. To also have a classy pitch to match the tones of my classmates, as I listened to myself I felt like I did an okay job for the level that I'm at in theatre I wasnt too quiet nor too loud. Something that I would do differently would be probably be to a better pronounciation of words and have a good fluency of the lines that I have to read. My character didn't have…

work on. Some of these are: (1) Volume of my voice. I noticed when watching my speech video cast that some parts of my speech were hard to hear. I should have raised my voice at the parts of the speech. This was a personal error. I thought I was speaking loud enough but it’s important that I keep that in mind. (2) Changing my position. I wished I could have moved more towards the center of the room. The reason why is because I faced my group of classmates, not to the entire room. It probably…

As I stared into the blinding spotlight, about to recite the paragraph that I had ingrained in my memory, I began to recall the beginning of my journey, and the ascent of my competitive public speaking career. … The bus was humid and muggy as I hunched over the “cheat sheet” Mr. Garner had given me to memorize a month before. However, being the mindful person I am, I decided to start the memorization process the night before. I poured over the paragraph I had been allocated over and over,…

I have came a long ways since week four. I have learned so much about preparing and delivering speeches throughout my time in this course. Both Brad, and the DK Guide to Public Speaking book have given me a great amount of knowledge on the topic of Public Speaking. From speech one to speech speech four I have improved in language/style, organization/structure, supporting my ideas, vocal delivery, and physical delivery. Words are anything but powerless language helps the audience to understand…

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…

another public speaking class. After having taken it in high school, I believed my time taking such a course was over. But I was wrong. I was told that it was a college requirement and was absolutely essential that I take another public speaking course. Fast forward to now and here I am, finally having taken the class in what is now the summer before my senior year of college. With the class over now it is time to reflect. As is the case with a great many things I can say that public speaking…

Pericles’s and Lincoln’s funeral orations both reflect the use of constitutive rhetoric as they use persuasive speech to build up the community. As funeral orators, it is both Pericles and Lincoln’s job not to make the pain go away, but rather bring the grieving community together through overcoming the divide within their respective communities both deaths and civil wars cause. Although providing s successful rhetoric for a grieving community often seems impossible, both Pericles and Lincoln…

I have been in speech ever since I was in fourth grade. I really took to it, and found out that I was a really good public speaker. Through Speech I have honed my public speaking skills. I have to do multiple things in order to get ready for a speech meet including personal hygiene, wardrobe, and pre round exercises. The first thing that I do to get ready for a speech meet in the morning is personal hygiene. Personal hygiene includes showering, cologne and deodorant, and the most important: my…

Toastmasters is well known as a leader for training public speakers, and part of what we do in Toastmasters after prepared speeches is provide real time feedback with an evaluator. As you might imagine some first speeches are not very good but if the evaluation is too harsh do you think the speaker would…