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    small or bigger group of people whether we like it or not. Public speaking cannot be eliminated, we do it often even without realizing it, and sadly for those people who doesn’t like doing it including myself ended up not not being able to deliver the speech very well. But, what is there to be afraid of public speaking? I was born and raise in the Philippines until 2008 of December when my family and I migrated in the United States of America. Although many foreign people think that we use…

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    Last Speech Reflection

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    best speech, but there were parts of this speech that I believe that I did better on than the last speech. Like B.B. King I love to learn and hope that in my next speech I will notice new areas of growth in my speaking ability. My reflection begins with eye contact and body movement, moving on to the use of voice, and ending with the organization of the speech. Opening with delivery, the thing that stuck out the most was that my eye contact was poor at best. In the beginning of the speech, I…

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    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.…

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    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…

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    During the speech my heart was pounding and racing out of control and the palm of my hands sweated nonstop. My speech during that night was disjointed, lacked consistent flow and a sense of confidence. I communicated to the instructor of how extremely nervous I was. I had a sense of fear that suddenly came over me before and during my speech. The instructor than advised me to change the context of my relationship to nervousness…

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    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…

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    should let her live her life the way she wants, only signing. At his new job, James has a class of about six students, all of which eventually open up to speech except two. After understanding that not all of his class understands lip reading, we begin to see James speak and sign simultaneously around the classroom. The students who are open to speech and make effort towards improving their skills are rewarded with drawing or writing on the board, while students who do not try are not able to do…

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    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…

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    The first speech a person delivers can make or break other people’s initial impressions of him or her, giving them a reputation that may overshadow other qualities, good or bad. The crowd could love every word of the speech, and the speaker would revel in their everlasting applause. On the other hand, it could leave a stinging impression on the audience that would inhibit them from looking past this one particular speech if it did not suit their opinions. This type of situation can be every…

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    Self Critique

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    In my self-critique to follow I will choose to lay out my response in the format to follow. First, I will address the strongest part and/or element of my speech. Second, in similar fashion I will also do the polar opposite as my first point and evaluate my weakest part and/or element of my speech. Lastly, as I watched the speech I personally jotted down some notes to make comments purposefully for this self-critique piece and for improving myself for my next presentation , so I will highlight…

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