Speaking Evaluation

Also, there were some difficulties that came about during my speech, one of those difficulties being inadequate direct eye contact. During the length of the speech there were not many time where I looked up and talked directly to my classmates. Something I could have done better to improve this would be to practice even more to ensure that I wouldn’t need to look at my notecards and slides as often. I also could have practiced when to look up and have a successful glance at my audience to have improved eye contact.

The strengths in my speech were very beneficial to the overall effect that my speech had on my audience. My presentation, emotional appeal, and topic commitment were the ones that I feel were the most obvious and important. Firstly, I feel that my PowerPoint was very vital in driving home the point that I was trying to get across to the audience.

Starting off with some of my strengths, I believe that I achieved my message in communicating with the audience. I stated my three main points and described each of the experiments step by step. I organized my speech in chronological

This was something I was concerned about because when rehearsing for my speech I was worried the points were unbalanced but during the speech I did not feel like I spoke more about one topic than the other. I think it helped that I recognized this during rehearsing, so I was conscious of it during my presentation. Another thing I think I did well was my vocalized pauses. My um's & and's. Although I am aware that I still used vocalized pauses, I think it was a lot less frequent than in my first speech. I could definitely improve on a few things for my next speech. I feel that for my next speech I could improve on being relaxed and calming myself down. I need to remind myself I know what I am talking about and not get so tense and shaky during the presentation. Also I need to work on my eye contact. I looked at the crowd, but they were glances. And short ones. I need to extend my eye contact length and width. I need to focus and not reading from my cards and holding the eye contact for longer than a

This class aims to address public speaking and I definitely feel more confident when speaking in front of audiences, especially since I now know the #1 rule of public speaking - KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE. I learned about topics in writing and speaking that I did not even know existed even though i saw and heard them everyday. Rhetorical Devices such as Anaphora and Chiasmus are perfect examples of this. Incorporating story into speaking and writing is something that is crucial and I really realized this throughout the semester. This helped me improve my speaking and writing abilities. Even though I despised waking up early for this class, I definitely feel like I gained vast knowledge on speaking and writing. I learned the importance of giving readers a roadmap for them to follow. I noticed a big difference which was also reflected in my grade from my informative speech to my persuasive speech. I was definitely more clear and confident by my second speech. I learned how to make eye contact with my audience while speaking. This class helped me gain valuable insight into my topic - Poverty In India. I found that there was so much more to my topic than just plain facts. In terms of the learning outcomes for this class, I feel i managed to achieve the vast majority of

I have given quite a few speeches in the last few years, even at such a young age. Though I was proficient when I started this class, I have improved even more in these last six weeks. My strengths definitely fall in my organization and content. However in my delivery I often lack in vocal variety and volume, mostly due to nerves, and I often rushing my conclusions. Due to the rank I have in organizations like the National Honor Society, I will often have to speak in public or address my peers so I plan on continuing to practice for my speeches out loud and hopefully I will improve.

After completing the speech, I thought I did good in some area and can improve other. While giving this speech I was able to focus on my topic and utilize given time. I thought I won’t be able to stand in front of the class and speak for that long, but I went over the time limit. I’m sure I was able to explain the subject matter and entertain audiences. I also believe I speak with a voice that is able to reach all audiences.

Well, the speech was really fun to prepare for it, even though the grade is not what I expected. It pretty awesome too when giving the speech because I can see the audiences inner desire. And their laugh and some smile, it shows it all. I got their attention when I first open up the slide because that was the moment when our generation mostly looking for. And that was love, but that not what they expected. I was laughing inside because of that. While giving the speech, I notice I made too many mistakes and know what my weakness, strength is. I can see my strength in organizing my speech with the step of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence because of that my speech went a lot smoother. In addition to that, I was able to get my points across the audience. The thesis of my topic was easily understood by the audience because my earlier slide about finding love caught their attention. That was brilliant, but I can see that my transition is not smooth on every slide. And that is my weakness I have to work on. It's still not as bad as my communication because I know that I’m quadruple-lingual. That make it really hard for me to speaking

With the semester approaching an end, our last speech was a tribute to one we felt as though made an impact in our society. Being the last speech, I wanted to end on a positive note and allow myself, as well as others to see the ways I have improved in public speaking. To make this speech successful, I incorporated the experience and knowledge I received from previous speeches. Though there is always room for improvement with the technical side of speaking, I believe the most important improvement you can make is how you present yourself.

Today is the day of judgment! Today, your teacher wants to hear you talk about your English learning experience and how much more confident you are in your English abilities.

Even though I have not received my evaluation sheet for this time, many of my previous mistakes did not seem to emerge. While watching a total of seventeen other presentations, two stuck out in my mind, including: Stock Martin who did a splendid job of knowing his material and Lauren Hoffman who had a remarkable vocabulary. Every person has their own weaknesses and strengths, but Stock and Lauren’s delivery appeared most suitable to me. After learning from my mistakes in our prior assignments, I believe my positive abilities stood out more than my negative ones. The one down side I caught myself doing repeatedly was saying the phrase “and then” while demonstrating the folds to make the paper swan. I hope this flaw is overcome by practicing over and over again. For my next speech I intend persuading my audience that God is very much alive, as long as this topic does not offend anyone. With the casualties that are occurring from school shooting, homicides, and the highest suicide rates of all time, we need God more now than ever. One of my more favorable parts about doing this speech was that we had plenty of time to work, study, and practice performing in front of one another before our actual class at Amarillo College. I really enjoyed spending time on this and I can’t wait for our next

I would describe my speaking style as well structured, yet lacking confidence. I think my speech outlines are organized appropriately and have the potential to be a great speech if delivered properly. I know my greatest weakness involving speeches is my social anxiety though. I have been terrified to talk to people in a non-casual way since as long as I can remember. I have become better at speaking to groups over the years, but I have come to terms with the fact that I will never be able to perform a speech properly. The proper way to present a speech is to make eye-contact as much as possible, to avoid using note cards unless absolutely necessary, and to stand in a professional and confident manner. I, unfortunately, do none of these. Due to my anxiety, I am unable to think straight which causes me to have to completely rely on my notecards to remember what I need to say, preventing me from making proper eye contact with my audience. Also, I do not stand in a professional and confident manner because I am overly nervous, and feel uncomfortable during my speech.

The following speech-language evaluation was performed based on April’s interview.  Madeline is a 6 years old female child. This evaluation is based on Oral Language analysis, phonemes awareness, the concept of words, the concept of print, graphemes awareness, grammatical morphemes, and others. April word born in the united states, her parents are both from Panama. April speaks Spanish at home and English at school, her parents are not fluent in English. April is socially active, she likes to interact with her friends and work in groups. She is actually in first grade. understanding. Currently, she is still reading on a level C in first grade as per Fountas & Pinnell reading scale, which is a kindergarten level and April is already in first grade.

The most frequent mistake I noticed was that I often repeated the same words. For example, when talking about the effects of the declining population, I used the adjective “big” three times in a matter of two sentences. Another problem that became more apparent as the speech went on was that I was not nearly prepared enough. When trying to come up with certain wordings or phrases, that should have already been prepared beforehand, I would look up at the ceiling which would break eye contact with my audience. Due to not being prepared, I would often trip over my words as I said them, which caused me to stop in the middle of sentences. One mistake I made deeply upset me afterwards. I used three outside sources. For two of these sources I orally cited them. However, for some reason, perhaps nervousness, I did not orally cite my third source. The ending of my speech was very weak, as I did not properly expand on it. I did not state any of the main points, nor was it creative. While I have made many mistakes in this speech, all these mistakes can be corrected and learned from for future

I have learned my strengths and my weaknesses as a leader. I have learned that some of my strengths during public speaking are being confident, relaxed, and being able to articulate my points very well. I learned that my weakness was not including as much detail as I could have. During the rest of this course and in the future I plan to make a conscious effort to make sure that I not only provide details, but that I make sure that I provide enough details for other people to understand all that I am saying or doing when I am being a leader. Now that I am fully aware of my strengths and weaknesses I can practice them and grow throughout the duration of the course