Speech Essay

For this extra credit opportunity, I watched the first Republican debates of the 2016 campaign. Given that this assignment is for an advanced public speaking course, I focused most of my attention on the nonverbal communication of the debaters and their use of rhetorical devices, two qualities that distinguish advanced public speakers. During the course of the debate, several candidates showed strengths and weaknesses in these areas. Every candidate appeared to understand the importance of…

(Part A) I can now say that I understand the importance of ethical speaking, along with the capability of analyzing a presentation for logic and evidence. It is important to know your audience, doing so will make your presentation much better. In chapter 3, both authors Alyssa Miler and Rachel Price, affirm this by stating, “Knowing the speaking setting, the audience, and our knowledge of the topic, we are able to confront ethical dilemmas…” (p 3) In my case, I can use this as an advantage when…

The article “Why Do Language Die?” by Noah Tesch reminds me a conversation that I had with a Cherokee when I visited a Cherokee preservation festival several years ago. The young man I have talked with had told me that they are demanded from the government to adapt the endangered Cherokee culture into their everyday lives, which include their younger generations to learn Cherokee languages along with English. Languages are not only a way to communicate, they also represent different cultural…

After slamming the GOP tax cuts and doubling down on calling bonuses to hard-working Americans "crumbs," a patriot stunned Nancy Pelosi with just six words. During a town hall event Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona, a heckler asked the House Minority Leader, "How much are you worth, Nancy?" The remark was in response to Pelosi rambling about how the GOP tax cuts allowing Americans to keep more of their hard-earned money was pathetic and unpatriotic. “These are kitchen table issues for America’s…

To: Ms. Harris Working with your daughter, Sarah Lee, has been a wonderful experience. On November 1st, 2010, you signed a parental permission form that allowed me to begin our sessions together. I administered two different tests to Sarah Lee in order to understand why she has been feeling speechless and tongue-tied. The tests were the MAVA and the Told I;4. The MAVA, or Montgomery Assessment of Vocabulary Acquisition, is broken into two parts: an expressive vocabulary part, and a receptive…

Language has always been something in the back of my mind. You never think to in depth about language, but you do think about what to say and when all the time. Language is so important because you use it everyday. I always thought that my language was average, but if im around people who have a broader vocabulary, it makes me feel like my language is horrible. When i start thinking about a memorable time that involved language, right away I think about my eigth grade English class, it was by…

Dear Parents of English Language Learner Students, I want to take a moment and welcome you to the U.S. I hope that this transition will bring you lots of opportunities, joy, and health. Immigration, with all the changes and necessary adaptations to the new environment, is a challenging journey, but it is doable. I am happy to be the teacher of your children and working hard to make sure they learn and enjoy their time in my classroom. I put an unprecedented amount of time in preparing special…

What I think I did well: I think I played long notes well and extended the notes to their full value, for example, in measures 6-8 I didn’t pause in between the half notes. I also think I articulated well because at the slurs I didn’t tongue and on the notes without slurs, I remembered to tongue them. There are many measures in the song where there are slurs, but in measure 5 I slurred the first three notes and tongued the last one. Most of the time, I didn’t breathe in between notes until…

HI I'm Raiden a sixteen year old high school Student whose life has been drastically change due to this Mental illness. Lets start when I was first starting to communicate I was 3 The mental illness would make me pay more attention to surrounding sounds and that what I used to communicate. I never learned to fully speak until I was 10 years old. people used to judge my parents because I couldn't talk and thought I was being neglected. which in reality I was just being myself. eventually I got…

For my entire life, I have been scared to speak. I was diagnosed with selective mutism when I was two years old. This disorder has made it difficult for me to communicate with anybody that I am not close to. For myself, this meant that talking to or even in the presence of my teachers was out of the question. I would refuse to speak in class and, as a result, many of my classmates thought I was weird and did not talk to me. I was not bothered by that fact. I had my select few friends that I was…