Sunday, December 7, 2008

My Favorite Part of the Class

This class was defiantly very helpful. I never noticed how speakers articulated words, or even gestures, but reading and seeing videos opened up my eyes to a side of communication that I have never seen. This class forced me to not only express myself, but truly pushed my composition tactics. I had never before given any thought to how speeches were assembles and for the first time, I learned about what should be In a speech and how to make people persuade, and learn from a presentation. I am going to take all that I have learned about the outline composition process, and the actual presentation as a speaker. I find myself using words that are more expressive than simply saying words like "um". I want to articulate myself in a way that is formal and expressive. Learning about the importance of facts, I think, is huge. It defiantly goes a long way to use facts and validate the point you are trying to make. I also think the looking people in the eyes, maintaining good posture, and using gestures to some extent, makes all the difference in the world. I cant express how much I ve learned over the course of this semester.I think that with every speech, my skill improved tremendously, and I can only hope that I will continue to get better.

1 comment:

TheSpeakingProf said...

I am glad that you will take quite a bit from this course. Do you think there was anything lacking in this course that you would have liked to have seen? Any area that would have made the class better?