Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Speech 1 Reaction
After looking at my speech I noticed a few things I could definitely work on. First, I tend to speak a little before I think so it causes me to stutter for a second. Also, I noticed a few times that i touched my hair, no one wants to see someone touching their hair during the speech. The next thing i noticed was I tended to do gestures, which is good, but I also switched what hand my notecard was in. So I need to work on that as well. Another thing, pretty sure I said the word obviously about 4 times in my speech, that may be a little bit excessive. Lastly, I think I need to smile more, smiling doesn't ever do any bad. Overall, I think my speech went pretty decently though. Let me know what you guys thought! Thanks!
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I really liked how you used the quote in the conclusion, it was a nice way to wrap up the speech. I didn't really notice you touching your hair that much. I did notice the smiling issue though. Normally every time I see you, you're bubbly and smiling, but in this speech you weren't. Parts of the speech smiling might not have fit, taking in consideration the topic. But in other parts, like the part about family vacations and how your family always makes themselves noticeable you showed enthusiasm and I wish it would have lasted throughout the speech! I know how you feel with the excessive use of words also, seemed hard not to with having to repeat the points numerous times in such a short time frame. Keep up the hard work and show your full personality next time!
ReplyDeleteHey Chloe! Personally I think that stance during your speech was great and I couldn't see anything problematic there. And as far as speech structure is concerned it was very well put together. I think that the overall tone of the speech was kind of somber considering it was a sad topic, I feel like it fit well with the portion of the speech about your grandfather and I can relate to that because my grandfather passed away last year as well. However if there was one thing I'd like to see you improve on it would be switching out of a somber tone and into a more enthusiastic style. Even though that it's really more of a personal preference issue. All in all I enjoyed the speech very much and I'm looking forward to your next one!
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ReplyDeleteSo I agree with Tammy. I didn't really notice you touching your hair at all, but I did notice the smiling. But at the same time, a part of your speech was about your grandfather, and if it were me I would have probably been exactly the same. Actually, I could feel your emotion and it made me want to listen to your speech.
The only thing I did notice was that at times you seemed a little fidgety, but it was honestly nothing major! I think part of that may have come from the topic. I guess my only advice would be rehearse a little bit more.
But overall, I did really enjoy your speech!
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ReplyDeleteYour speech was great! I liked that you used such a personal thing to represent you. I didn't notice you touching your hair either, but since you did obviously that's something to work on for next time- just don't stress too much about the small stuff. I though your posture was good and showed that you were confident in what you were saying. Remember to look all around the room for eye contact, but other than that I thought you did really well!