My Reflection Of Speech

Until the age of five, I had the inability to speak properly. When attempting to communicate with someone, I would know the message I was trying to convey, but the other person would have no idea of what I was saying. In preschool, this problem continued, so the school gave me a speech specialist. With the help of this specialist, I was able to learn how to make my thoughts clear (as much as a child could).

I was born a twin and research studies show that with twins there is a high percentage that one twin may have a speech impairment. I was twin (a), the one who had the severe speech impairment. Growing up and not being able to speak properly had a major impact on my life. My speech was so severe that my mother and father use to tell me that they felt bad because they were my parents and they couldn’t understand what I was trying to say. Thanks to my twin sister she knew everything that I was trying to say and she would translate for me. I begin to take speech classes in kindergarten up until I was in the 5th grade. I never knew that my speech problem was so severe until I began school and all the other children begin to laugh and make fun of me because of the way I spoke, they would tell me “I spoke like a baby”.

I discovered many strengths and weaknesses through this semester, especially in this latter half. For me, my most instrumental papers were the collaborative essay, my essay on circumcision, and the research essay. These really highlighted some key ideas for me on things I needed to work on or had down already.

Language is beautiful and wondrous phenomenon. Not only is it a crucial component in everyday communication, but it also accentuates the culture of those that speak it. As a student pursuing a career in speech-language pathology, the aspects of communication, such as language, are the pillars of my future profession and will be deeply embedded into my daily life. There are many reasons I have chosen this path, but my childhood friend, Jasmine, can be accredited with my finishing decision to become a speech-language pathologist. When I was in elementary school, Jasmine was one of my closest friends, but I did not always get to play with her at recess because she frequently had to see an audiologist, or go to speech therapy. Jasmine had a congenital

I had a hard time pronouncing words that contained the letter r; therefore, I had to attend speech class twice a week. Going to a speech class helped me correct my language, but lowered my self-confidence. I was that student that did not want to read or speak in front of the class because my language was constantly being corrected. I still sometimes feel very uncomfortable speaking in front of people. Therefore, I have to remind myself that confidence is the key to success. I realize from my experience when I was a child, that if teachers or adults over correct children, especially when it comes to language differences, children are more apt to be silent and not talk. Children tend to lack social needs and self-confidence because they are told their language is bad or not right according to the American Standard

When I was a toddler my parents discovered that I could not form words the way most children do. I was capable of making sounds, but I could never communicate my thoughts fully. After a visit to the doctor, they decided I had childhood apraxia of speech. Many children are diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech, and with therapy they can learn to speak like children unaffected by apraxia. After my therapy I spoke the same way all of my classmates spoke, but I still had shy tendencies that would often get the better of me. I began taking dance lessons, and a few years later I began auditioning for community theatre. After not getting cast in multiple productions, I finally had a chance to be in a musical. I quickly fell in love with theatre

Everyone growing up faces many struggles and/or obstacles, and that’s a fact. One of the obstacles that I faced while growing up, was that I could not hear properly. I remember my teachers from

I have been practicing on how to improve my writing over the past few weeks, which has taught me a great deal about writing. My teacher would like me to evaluate and explain my strengths and weaknesses in my own writing. This evaluation is in between my two essays. One on my own and another with my teacher's help. I have strengths and weakness in my introduction, body paragraphs ,and my conclusion.

When I look back at my writing before having any college experience, I can see that I had a lot to work on. I can say that I was never really a big fan of writing anything much less essays. Even when I was younger, I just did not have a great big interest in writing. This was because I felt that I could not elaborate as well as others. I was not use to having to write anything really, but I now feel that I have a better grasp on the steps that I need to take to get my writing on the level that it needs to be.

We are already midway through the first quarter of my last year as a high school student. I find it hard to completely grasp how quickly this year is passing and yet I feel like we've already accomplished so much.

Throughout high school, I was regularly told that writing was not my strongest skill. My teachers would constantly “shoot down” my writing because it was never “good enough,” except I never understood what that truly meant. However, this class helped me realize that my writing has “potential for greatness,” but it just requires some more time, thought, and clarification.

To effectively revise and edit my research paper, I read it carefully, as I played the reader`s role instead of that of a writer. In addition, I used a number of strategies to effectively revise and edit my research paper. First, I read my paper aloud as I listened for errors. After carefully listening, I was able to identify and correct errors in my writing, including grammar, incorrect sentence structure, incomplete ideas, and incorrect punctuation. While reading, I could stop and rectify the mistake at the point where I could note it. In addition, I read each sentence at a time so that I could digest the structure and identify any error. Prior to the reading, I noted down the common errors I usually commit while writing such as the omission

This week I think my writing was better than the previous weeks because I had learned about many of different type of writing including cause and effect, positive and negative, persuasive writing and comparison which can help me to collaborate the style in my writing to show the variety of the structure. Also, this week I prepare an outline for the research project and I faced the problem on my idea which I’m not assured with this idea so this might be the problems when I write the paragraph. As a result, I got the advised that I should find more references to support the ideas. The another task in this week was listening. The teachers showed us about the listening exam which you have to answer in multiple choice. In my viewpoint, I think answer

For as long as I remember, I was a quiet child. I did my assigned tasks, followed direction well, was respectful, and a great listener. Somewhere along the line I became an even better listener, for the price of my voice. As if time was in a limbo, I was just drifting along, going with the flow, and before I knew it, I wasn't able to talk.

“What, what did you say?” I often find myself saying this when talking with children. The likely culprit of why is poor listening habits. “Most people spend mere time listening than they spend on any other communication activity, yet a large percentage of people never learn to listen well.” (TLSC, 2008) The above example is what I like to call “pseudo listening.” People will be thinking about something else but appear to be listening and only get about half the intended message. Recently at my father’s (Ron) company because of a pseudo listening instance a $400,000 dollar piece of equipment did not get specked correctly. When it was delivered to the customer at Company B the blast doors did not fit properly on the dryer unit. As one