I am going to take all of them

Since taking the Public Speaking class, there are so many helpful things that I could wrap up in my future endeavor. One is the many experiences of public speaking. These experiences would help me in daily life. For example, if I have to interview with or persuade people, I would know how to prepare and how to dress, how to adjust my talking manner, and the most important- eye contact. Also, I could employ the strategy of how to organize speech outlines in writing English essays, resumes, or even work proposals. A third is effectively researching credible websites. A fourth is the audience-center knowing what your audiences, relatives, friends or clients like and talking about their favorite things. A fifth is timing, which our professor has mentioned many times. But I still didn’t control the time properly in some speeches. Even though the timing control is just a little thing, it could become a big problem if we do not take it seriously. Because the timing control could represent a personality which requests respect from others. Finally, I believe that I will take all what I have learned significant concepts from this class in my future endeavor.

My Favorite Speech

Every speech is my favorite; yet before giving these speeches, they were my nightmare. Honestly, I could not compare which one is my favorite because they all have differently characteristic content. The culture speech was a warm up of public speaking. The demonstrative speech was like teaching a class that I taught my audiences how to make Chinese rice balls. The informative speech was as an educational course, in which I informed my audiences about the various characters of volcanoes. The tribute speech was as a sharing experience with an important person to whom I met. And the final persuasive speech, which was the most challenging one, was to convince my audiences to support my idea about passing the Death with Dignity Act. If I really need to pick a favorite one, I think the demonstrative speech, how to make a rice ball, would be my favor for many reasons. First, the speech’s purpose is to teach my audiences what I know about the original history of the Chinese rice ball and how to make it. Therefore, I was passionate in giving the speech. Moreover, if my audiences like the food, they would have a new exotic food on their dining room table to satisfy their appetite, and no matter they make their own rice balls or buy them from stores. If they don’t like the rice ball, at least they know about the original source and history of the rice ball. Accordingly, I felt this speech was full of fun without stress. On the other hand, the culture, persuasive and tribute speech was a little heavy for my audiences because the core of topics was about death. Therefore, the demonstrative speech is my favorite speech.

The most helpful concept in preparing speech

In preparing for my speech, there were many steps to do, such as researching topics, finding supporting materials, organizing speech outlines, preparing visual aids, and practicing the vocal presentation. In my opinion, the most helpful concept would be practicing my speech with visual aids over 7 times, as our professor posts on the Blackboard. I wasn’t taking this tip, concept, seriously in the beginning of three speeches because I was quite confident about my speech topics and my performance. Yet as I failed in my demonstrative and informative speeches, I deeply self-considered the unexpected grades; I realized that the dissatisfied grades were result in inadequate practice with visual aids. Accordingly, before giving the tribute and persuasive speech, I have practiced with visual aids over 7 times. I demonstrated that this concept, practicing with visual aids 7 times, is the most helpful because I earned the highest grade at the persuasive speech.