Commencement speech

Secondary features are all too familiar to a stutterer. Secondary features are unrelated to speech production; however, many stutterers believe that these features will help them reduce or eliminate the stutter. Examples of secondary features are escape and avoidance behaviors. An escape behavior is a specific behavior that the stutterer believes will reduce or eliminate the stuttered moment. Examples of escape behaviors are shaking your head, widening your eyes, or twitching your shoulder…

I had a really fun experience preparing for and constructing my Informative speech. The format of the speech is great because it lets the students select a topic that they are interested in and allows them to talk about a topic they are passionate about. I choose the topic of Landsmeer Golf Club because it was interesting for me to gain even more knowledge on a topic that I was familiar with. When preparing for my speech, I started off making a rough draft outline, and also making a bibliography…

from one point to the other was very smooth and clear. A good concluding statement was in the speech, but the speaker did not summarize all the points that she presented. The speaker did make good eye contacts with the audience; however, there were few filler words. Furthermore, she used her visual aids very well because her visual aids were interesting and were presented at a good timing. Also, her speech was done in given amount of time. Overall, I would give this speaker a grade of 19 because…

Betsy Elrod Jenna Walters Section 311 Informative Speech Video Assignment Upon completing my informative speech on grocery store bakery cupcakes versus homemade cupcakes I was pleasantly surprised. I reviewed my main points, but didn’t try to memorize my speech. I could have done a few things better, but overall I believe I did well. I personally think that I improved from my demonstration speech to my informative speech. The introduction to my speech went very well in my opinion. I knew what…

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…

did an excellent job with the overall speech on the different parts of the guitar. My rate was just right, I had vocal variety in all the right places to emphasize on certain aspects, and used my guitar as a visual aid effectively. I also improved my page turning and smiling which I lacked on in my first speech. However, not everything was perfect. I had two grammatical errors towards the end of my speech and possibly some bias. Compared to my first speech, I was not nearly as nervous. Any…

Argumentative Speech Self-Evaluation After you watch your performance, answer the below questions. For the self-evaluation, you must be detailed and specific and it must be typed. How good was your written? Do you think you could improve it? I think my written was good, because this time I check my grammar. I think I could improve the way of example Written Organization Was your speech well organized? Yes my speech was well organized, because in introduce my claim was organized in order.…

Listener Review #3 After watching my videotape several times, I am not satisfied of my performance. It wasn’t good as I expected. I feel I was still too nervous and not confident to have a speech in front of people. I remember when I was speaking, my whole body was still shaking a lot. I couldn’t control and stop myself. When I was nervous I did stuffs that I am not used to do it. I didn’t know why I did that. For example, the jacket is the evident showed that I was too nervous. I should take it…

Delivering the Pet Peeve speech was on the whole a relaxed and enjoyable experience. When the assignment was 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…

age I began taking speech therapy classes once a week until the start of middle school. These therapy sessions helped me to be able to start speaking in public. However, the real issue that came with public speaking was not due to the fear of the people itself but rather the mental anxiety of stuttering or slurring a word in the progression of a speech or a presentation completely destroys my confidence of the delivery. In this sense putting attention to the fact that I had a speech impediment…