There I was sitting in my communications class, more tired than ever before, until Leila Schmidt announced to the class to wake up. At that point, I knew she was talking about me, ever since then I started participating more and been more awake in class. This class helped me improve my public speaking apprehension, participation in class and my nonverbal deliveries. These improvements are very similar to my CIP because I mainly stated how I want to improve on my presenting skills and how I present it. I also wanted to improve on my participation in class. As the semester went on I noticed improvements in all these categories by the way I presented and my grade got better.
The one skill that I improved on that will really help me in the future is public speaking apprehension. With me wanting to do something with business, there is a really good chance that I will have to present in front of CEO’s and it is important not to be nervous. Doing the speeches in class, really helped me. At first, I would start off the speech good and then realize that I am presenting and start messing up and getting nervous during the speeches. Then I remember presenting the persuasive speech and the way I presented it had a better flow and I was not too nervous so I even volunteer to go first the day I had to present. The more speeches we presented, the better I knew how to control my body and how to calm it down. All because I took Leila’s class.
Another skill that I improved on is my
Team work, being good in working with people in different organisations and class. This type of skill can be seen in my study group is university, being part of two different societies in university and a sports team leader
These skills I know about and use every day. I now need to focus on increasing my score on the lower ranking sets. I need to learn more types of study aids to help with my course work. Also I know I need to work on communication as well. I tend to stay to myself when it comes to course work. I need to develop a better attitude towards communication with my classmates online with course work.
Writing is a skill that needs to be practiced. Before this class, I didn't care about the writing because my high school teachers didn't care about my writing, as long as I turn a paper, I would be fine. Now, at the end of my Comp 2 class, I can assure I have improved my skills. From simply using MLA 8th format to writing an ethnography, this class has helped me get a more advanced writing style to accomplish the requirements that higher education requires.
One of the skill that am working on is collaboration.The project that i did that need me to collaboration with other people is the math project about the height of the school.Before the project i use to work by myself or with my friends.I use to walk to my friend table and work with them.After the project i can now able to work with the people in my table.Now i know what to do in my classwork because of my group.In the future, calleboration is important because all the job you need to calleboraten with your partner.If your a cop you need to calleborate with your parner in order to take down the criminal
Another skill I bring is enthusiasm. Having someone who is enthusiastic and generally excited to be doing what they are doing can change any situation. Some small examples of this a lot of people can relate to is having a teacher that you can tell loves what they are teaching and interacting with their students. I know classes I’ve had with those teachers I loved going to and I interacted a lot more than I would in some of my dull
A quote by Barack Obama says, “If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you will make progress.” This quote describes a lot of what I have gone through in this semester, particularly in this class. As a student in the School of Communication at Illinois State University, I felt the pressure to do well in my first communications class. However, with the help of my teacher, support and praise of fellow students, and my own hard work, I have made several improvements since the beginning of the semester such as verbal delivery, eye contact, and interpersonal communication skills.
Strengths that make me stand out and make me who I am, communication, friendliness, dependability are just some on the list. All of which I can use to get the job I want and need, getting a job in general is an accomplishment to met but I wanted to push myself to do better and to step out of my comfort zone. I knew doing this would not only get me a better job but it would prove to myself that I am capable of many things. I learned about having good communication and talking skills when I attended the event “Breaking Down the Walls” at my high school. This was an event that helped people step out of their comfort zone and communicate with one another. I learned that life is all about connections and in order to be successful, interacting with others will help do
By taking this course, I wanted to learn more about the diversity among people, especially in the United States. I also wanted to gain a better understanding of the various issues that minority groups face within the U.S. At first, my goals were very broad due to my novel exposure to ethnic studies, but now my goals are more specific. My goals still focus on minority groups, which include women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, other non-white groups of the world, and people in the LGBTQ+ community. However, now my goals focus on comprehending their distinctive struggles, and acknowledging the role that race/ethnicity, sexuality, and gender, plays in society. The readings and in-class discussions helped with my understanding of these complex issues. The week we discussed about white privilege and its primary application to the straight, white, male population, allowed for me to understand the extent of the established white
Last semester had its favorable moments, even though I wasn’t doing well in some of my classes, I actually enhanced my writing skills which led me to do well in my COM 100 class. Every essay I turned in would earn at least an 80. For my COM 100 class, I always handed in my assignments on time. If I had a reason to not hand in my assignments in on time, I would always let my professor know ahead of time. Along with this, I attended my classes. If had to miss a classes, it was only once or twice. Then the next day I would always ask my teacher if there was anything I needed to review for the class. Another favorable moment from last semester, I found myself participating and answering questions that were given by the professors. Along with the
identified one of my skills that I need to work on his self awareness I'm always told by everybody I know and by my employer that I need to self-aware myself I need to learn a bitbout myself that's my weekend one of my weaknesses and self skills,skills, sorying my hardest to learn how to self awareness but it's hard for somebody like me to do it so here are some references on self-awareness and here is another one that I need to work on is leadership I'm used to following people and listen to what people tell me what to do on a project so that's my weaknesses to learn how to be a leader and being leadership on a project when asked to leave so here's a reference on top of that as well know my strengths and soft skills is I'm good with communication with customers I know how to deal with customers when they're really upset my other big soft skill is I can translate as well I could speak SpanisSpanish, soa good translator when it comes to translating at work or talking to somebody in
There are many skills on this lesson that I learned from but also reviewed over. Out of all of this skills the best one I'm good at is probably being an active listener. Im good at this skill because when someone needs someone to talk to I will always be someone who will listen to what they have to say. I can sit down and give them my full attention without getting distracted. Although I am a good listener I dont always give the best advice or dont always have the best thing to say back but, I try to help them out with what I can do.
In-class discussions, examples of the successful speakers, varieties of speaking tactics all helped me achieve the goals I set for myself. Meanwhile, I also learned from watching classmates gave out speeches, which gave me ideas on how to improve.
What skills did I gain? I learned a lot about leadership and how speaking up isn’t so scary after all. These skills I can use in many settings. Speaking to a crowd still makes me a little nervous, but it doesn’t freak me out like it used to. In our group we each spoke openly with another. With each
I identified what kind of speech I would be giving and also created and outline. Furthermore, I also practiced my speech by using notecards. Moreover, when giving my speech I feel as though I improved where I may have failed during my in-class speech. Giving this speech made me much more confident in my public speaking ability. It is thanks to what I learned in class that I was able to efficiently create and give a well-rounded speech. Due to this I was able to pass my test and became a third-degree black belt. You’ll never know when you will need to use certain skills that you learned in school. However, I learned very quickly that what I have been learning in Intro to Communications are strategies that I will use for the remainder of my
During speech class this semester, I gave several different types of speeches on several different topics. During this semester, my ability to give speeches in front of an audience has improved quite a bit, I hope. Going into the semester, I had a really hard time giving speeches to people, but now that speech is almost over I feel like I am more capable of doing so. I think the thing I did best during the semester was getting good information for each of my speeches. My favorite assignment was most likely the impromptu speech. I really liked that one because we did not have to prepare an outline or anything like that, we just got to go up there and speak. During this semester, I learned a lot about how to give speeches such as the proper way to stand so I do not rock, or how to use my hands to emphasize my points. In the future, I think that I will be able to control my speed better during my speeches which will help the people I am presenting to understand my message. I think the skills I have acquired during speech will help me for the rest of my life. No matter what career I choose, I am sure that at some point I will have to present to someone about something. The skills I learned in speech will also help me just communicate with people in a one on one situation easier than I do now. I can use these skills throughout the rest of high school and through my six years of college still to come because whenever I have to present a project I will know how to effectively communicate my message to my audience.