Professor Workm Speech Analysis

I did a very good job of getting my three points across without confusing anyone. Another thing I thought I did very well was the visuals I brought in. They were very big and everyone in the classroom was able to see them clearly. As the next speech comes around one thing I need to work on is my eye contact. During my shield speech I only looked up a few times, but I never made eye contact individually with any people. Another thing I can improve is how long I practice for my speech. If I would run through my speech a few times throughout the week and the night before my speech would turn out much better. I also made very well written out index cards, but I did not use them as much of an aid. I think that if I practiced a little more than what I did my speech could have flowed better. During my speech one thing that was really unexpected for me was the time. I came into the speech thinking I would have plenty of time to get everything I wanted to say out, but when I started talking about my family I was already three minutes in. When it came to the actual speech I almost had a small nervous

Finally, one of the main aspects that could have used improvement would be the introduction. The attention getter was not as effective as I had hoped it would be. It didn’t seem to grab anybody’s attention so the speech was already off to a not so great start. While the main topics were introduced it could have been done more effectively instead of just listing of the three main topics. Also the thesis statement could have been more thought out with more information about my

I gave a speech about making a strawberry-banana smoothie. Overall, I feel as if I did a good job on this speech. It was an informative speech. Therefore, my goal was to teach people how to make a strawberry-banana smoothie. I feel like any person who saw the speech and the related demonstration would have been able to make a strawberry-banana smoothie. In addition, I feel like I kept the speech simple, so that someone could replicate the process at home without having to refer to notes or any written materials. My peer critiques agree with my self-assessment that the speech was good, overall, but highlighted an area for improvement.

1. What did you did well? Why do you think you did well on these aspects of your speech? Elaborate.

As a student in a communication class, I feel that many of my classmates are not prepared to present a speech. However, we are all in this together and we will learn from our mistakes and try to convey a message to our classmates.

During my informative speech, I did not have much confidence. Thus, I talked extremely fast and quietly. For my persuasive speech, I practiced more. In addition, I had to remind myself to slow my pace down and to talk slower. I tried to relax and control my breathing while giving my speech. I think my strengths were learning to control my tone of voice. In addition, I learned to slow down my pace.

My speech was well organized in the way that we know what people are doing wrong to cause bad effects on your health by shoes to learning the effects specific shoes can do to your health to learning ways to prevent any effects from occurring. The pattern of organization I used was one of what you are doing to consequences to prevention. I believe that my main points were pretty easy to follow because each main point follows another. I successfully used transitions/connectives in this speech compared to last speech.

I believe in terms of delivery I did alright in the informative and special occasion speech. I took a tumble in delivery with the persuasive speech by not preparing well enough. In terms of delivery, I feel I greatly became more confident as the semester went on excluding the persuasive speech. The special occasion speech I began to move around a little while delivering the speech. I believe I actually had forgotten about my lisp when delivering and preparing to deliver speeches as the semester went on which is awesome. I see myself fidgeting less as the semester speeches went on as well.

Based on my presentation, I believe that I have improved since my first speech. My entire speech had more evidence/ sources to support my points. I researched all my materials two weeks before I had to present. There were at least 4 sources cited in my speech. In addition, I included my personal stories to give my speech credibility. Honestly, I believed my informative speech was well structured because I organized the speech in the right order and read it over numerous times to ensure that introduction,

Now that I have given all of my four speeches in class, I don’t have to be anxious about giving another one in class. Out of all the four speech that have given, my personal favorite one I’ll say was the persuasive speech. Although the persuasive speech took a lot of time doing the research and had to be about eight minutes, I did sure enjoyed it. The reason that I enjoyed persuasive speech was I actually found many interested facts about global warming. I really couldn’t believe how over the years the planet earth has changed do to the effects of global warming. Not only that, but I felt that doing the research persuaded me to take of our environment and made me think I should recycle more.

There were great things to point out about your speech delivery. First, the way you presented yourself. Even though you were one of the first students, you didn’t come off sounding nervous and were poised when delivering your PowerPoint. You used good pronunciation and everything sounded clear. Ethos was seen through your speech delivery. The only thing I would point out is speaking a little louder and adding more pitch variation when speaking. By adding more emotion, it will get the audience more excited about the topic.

The persuasive speeches were much intriguing than the informative speeches. Hearing my classmates opinion on a topic that has meaning to them was exciting to watch. The two speakers I decided to critique are Jack and Jennifer. Jack and Jennifer both prepared superb presentations. Their introductions grabbed my attention and intrigued me to listen to every word, especially Jen when she listed the traits of a healthy baby formula. Then when she said it was breastfeeding, it caught everyone's attention. Jennifer lacked eye contact with the audience, she was reading from a paper. On the contrary, she presented great statistics about the benefits of breastfeeding. She also attacked the opposing argument effectively. Her visual aid comparing breastfeeding

My speech had a clear specific purpose, which I accomplished in the time given. It was well organized in the formal and keyword outline, as well as the speech that was given. There was clear distinction between my introduction, my body paragraphs, and my conclusion; and, I think the points transitioned together smoothly. I think for the speech it was difficult to know how much research I should actually do. If this speech was for students in any of the psychology course, then I would have conducted

Obviously, speeches are scary for anyone who hates public speaking. I happen to be one of those people; I get terribly nervous see all the faces staring at me. I am nervous about that sort of stuff, but I’m trying to get over it. Honestly, I think it was a great thing that I was able to get this speech out of the way. Once I get through doing something like this, I tend to get a lot more comfortable afterwards with my classmates. Doing these speeches even when I don’t want to is definitely a pro; it prepares me for the real world. I really liked the topic I presented. I felt that when I did this speech it was much better than the last one. I believe this happened because the topic was something I have done before and am very

As speech day approached I hadn’t really given it much thought. I had been very busy that week and my first speech was the last thing on my mind. The day before I was to give my speech I realized it was the next day, I thought I would be more anxious about it than I was. I’ve always enjoyed public speaking in a weird way. Having run for student senate the past two years, I had to make speeches in front of my entire class. The rush of public speaking makes me feel good, it pushes me out of my comfort zone and I love doing that. Any class I can take with real life application is the best in my opinion. I enjoy knowing concretely that this will help me out in the real world once I get a job.