Parts of speech

I’ll openly admit that I was terrified at first of the thought of taking 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.…

language-related goals for this activity center are: phonological (awareness of the connections between speech sounds and written symbols), semantic (awareness that pictures and symbols communicate meaning and print carries a message), and syntactic (awareness that messages can be created through using a range of preconventional and conventional…

In lecture, Dr. Schreier (October 20, 2016, Language and Cognition) presented the case study of Genie. The case study stated that there appears to be some sensitive or critical period for language development. According to the film, Genie supports this hypothesis by showing her language skills throughout the film (Garmon, 1994). Many researchers tried to teach Genie language but could not get her to use correct grammar. While Susan Curtiss, a researcher, was working with Genie she stated,” ‘What…

His use of rhetoric is enough to persuade his followers, incorporating both figures of speech and compositional techniques. By repeating “I Have a Dream” and other thematic phrases, he increases the rhetorical effect and emphasizes patterns. Figurative language highlights two important, yet distinct concepts. For example, he uses “lonely…

One of the first times that I had ever spoken in front of a large audience, was when I was six. I was the angel in our Christmas Eve nativity service at church. When someone had asked me if I wanted to do it, I was pretty hesitant, but still decided to do it. I worked really hard to memorize the lines and get into character, but as soon as I got onto the stage, I froze. I was not physically able to move. I started to sweat profusely and could not stop shaking. Today, I have grown out of sweating…

The effectiveness of a message delivered through public speaking depends greatly on the first impression the audience receives from the presenter himself. To accept a presenter’s argument requires for a certain type of trust to be established between the presenter and the audience. When given the opportunity by Durham University give a series of three-day lectures in 1943, CS Lewis first established to the audience his authority on the various subjects found through his discussion, such as…

and auditory stimulation in isolation, syllables, etc. Pieretti et al., (2015) concluded that the multimodal approach, FONEMZ, pronounced like the word phonemes, tends to be more effective than traditional therapy. FONEMZ was designed to facilitate speech sound improvement in a phonological environment, however, due to the study’s ABCA design; it is not easy to conclude that FONEMZ alone resulted in success in therapy (Pieretti et al., 2015). Traditional therapy has the strong potential of…

Speaking in class has always been heavily debated throughout all of public education history. Evidently it is beneficial for all students to learn public speaking and presentation skills. It is crucial in the job market of today to be able to give public presentations and to be able to share opinions in a work environment. It is also very beneficial in social situations to be able to speak up and communicate with family, friends and strangers. Even though many people do not support this because…

I am slightly nervous for my demonstration speech. I have chosen to demonstrate how to make a dutch braid. When I present a speech to my audience I usually like to have something written down to what I might say just so I never get to the point where I stutter or use the word "um". Though, for my demonstration speech, I can't really do that because the process may not go as planned, so I might just stick to doing main points or key words to think about when presenting. That way if I lose track…

On my last speech, I discussed why I believe elite college athletes should be paid. I was very satisfied with how my speech went. I was able to improve on my speaking because I worked on the body language portion of my speech increasingly, I was more confident going into the speech, and I feel I persuaded my audience to agree with me. As I prepared for my speech, I worked on my body language and vocal variation. On my last speech, I was docked points for lack of vocal variation, eye contact,…