Parts of speech

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…

sweaty so that causes me to move my fingers around to make them not as sweaty. I like to shift my weight back and forth because it keeps me moving. Also when I am giving a speech I feel like I can only make eye contact with the person that is grading me and just glance at the audience here and there. Just giving our first speech with the Chinese fortune cookie, I was nervous right when I stepped up and right away I felt my face go red and the room get hot. I think it’s because I feel like I am…

my interest in and vocal support of egalitarianism, I was later nominated by my English teacher, Mrs. Lindsay Gutierrez, for the Jack Weinstein Award through Facing History and Ourselves. I won the award thereafter, because I made a video-recorded speech regarding gender discrimination intervention that was terse yet impassioned. I recounted a past event that compelled me to take a stance against sexism: I went against my grandfather. The patriarchal traditions and values he held could not take…

(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…

Target behavior to be changed: I chose to change my fear of speaking in public for the self- change project. It is important for me to change this behavior because I want to replace this fear with being confident while presenting myself in public, more specifically in a business setting. Baseline and data gathering: The method I used to collect my baseline data (the measurement of my present behavior) was the SUDS scale. I used this method because the SUDS scale is for measuring “subjective…

variety of treatments have attempted to ameliorate overt stuttering behaviors; however, most therapeutic options provide unstable, effortful, and/or unnatural sounding results with high relapse rates. Recent research suggests second speech signals provide natural sounding speech coupled with stable and effortless reductions in overt stuttering frequency; yet its current application, employed acoustically, has several limitations. A tactile modality may be more comfortable and reduce the…

As a child, my parents taught me my native language, Spanish, by reading books to me any chance they had. At the age of 8, when I had the opportunity I would bring home a variety of books from school eager to read them and learn new words. I spent a great amount of time reading that I eventually decided to move into short novels. This helped me improve so much that I never had trouble speaking Spanish. I specifically remember in our small class of 15 students, me speaking Spanish more fluently…

direct speech within the text “Only Ten” has a major influence on the audience’s interest of the text. A direct speech is often used by an author to give the exact words used by another character within the story. Baillie’s use of this technique conveys the reader important information about various characters such as their mood and feelings. Direct speeches add reality within the text, which makes the story interesting and plays a vital role in moving the plot along. An example of direct speech…

or a formal speech addressed to hundreds of people. It was the evening of May 24, 2016, high…

Corresponding to the fact that the environment is a factor to the language preservation by using the old method, these new implements may help to compensate this flaw. Additionally, since this is accessible to every part of the world at any time periods, it allows more efficiency in learning the language by give access to those who value and have desires to learn it. “So speaking that language is key to accessing jobs, education and opportunities,” as Rachel Nuwer…