Commencement speech

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…

course Speech 301 during spring semester of 2017, I have learned that before any speech is presented it first needs to go through a process of constructing it, which takes time and effort. But that’s not all, it takes research, creativity, and practice to prepare and deliver a good speech. You need to get the audience attention before even telling then what your speech is about. After you start delivering the speech it is also important to keep the audiences attention throughout the whole speech…

1.There is instructions for the first portion, but not for the speaking portion, so I will give this a score of 2. 2) There is a short instruction at the beginning, but there isn’t any written instruction for the short speech following the test. I think it is very fair and direct for the first section, but I think the speaking section needs to be explained by being written down. In any event, I give this a score of 2. 3) There is a short instruction, and the vocabulary terms used in the…

I have had a speech impediment for as long as I can remember, and it has always been a point of discomfort. I used to dread public speaking and abhorred doing presentations in school, scared my classmates would mock me, or think I was peculiar for not being able to speak like everyone else. In elementary school, I attended speech therapy classes, and although it helped, the improvements were inconsequential, and my speech was still not up to par. Throughout middle school and the majority of high…

Yousafzia’s United Nations address. Her incredibly powerful speech proved difficult for me to master. My first year in forensics was much more of a learning experience than a success story. I learned a lot about using facial expression to convey emotion because you need to sound professional, but still make the emotion of your piece come through. Without my 4-H experience, I wouldn’t have been even remotely able to take on Malala’s speech. On the topic of 4-H speaking experience, I participated…

I attended a seminar at the business school last year called the Midwest Undergrad Business Summit where many very talented speakers spoke. However, Dr. Laplante stood out to me. He gave a speech on capitalisms. The first thing I noticed about him was his clear passion for the topic. It had been a very long and busy day and he somehow got me to listen to every word he spoke. I believe this was because of his passion for the subject and his tone of voice. Dr. Laplante on average talks louder than…

When I first heard that we were going to be doing another speech I honestly was not happy about it at all because like many of you I was ready for school to be done for the summer. I began to think about it though and instantly I had three books that popped into my head and I thought that this assignment was not going to be hard. The three books that came to mind was: Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity written by Drew Brees, Friday Night Lights written by Buzz…

God! I can’t believe it! Uh I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack! Wow. Well for starters I’m so happy that I didn’t take Octavia Spencer’s advice when she told me that “ You never write a speech in advance because if your don’t get to use it, you’ll be heartbroken” well if I hadn’t written this speech I would be up here like uhhhhhhhh. So uh thank you so so so so much to all of those who voted for me and believed in my abilities. It’s an honor to have even been nominated, but to win such…

discuss stuttering they are only referring to the motor movements involved in speech. When in reality, this is only the “tip of the icecberg.” Other components such as fear, shame, guilt, anxiety, hopelessness, isolation, and denial need to be address during therapy. As stated in our DVD, “Fluency problems are multifactorial. Much happens under the surface before releasing the actual moment of disruption in the speech behavior is seen or heard.” There are many activities that the client can do…

I delivered the ‘Informative Speech’ speech on October 19, 2015. As I was delivering the speech, I noticed that I had strengths with visual aids, a clear presentation, and content. I also had weaknesses with my speaking pace and nervousness. What I did well: Before giving the speech, I looked over my notecards so I would not forget what I would say during the speech. I had a clear visual aid with most of my key facts up on a PowerPoint. This helped me because I could focus on the audience rather…