Self Evaluation #1

When I read that our speech topic is something we can choose I felt happy. I decided to choose something I really liked and already had knowledge of. In my head I thought, “Oh, this is going to be easy.”, but it wasn’t. Parts of the research were easy because I knew where to find the information but actually putting it on to my outline was hard. After turning in the outline and getting feedback I felt better, because I know what had to change on my speech. When speech day came I felt pretty confident because I had also practiced though out the week and got feedback from a friend. Even though I practiced and revised my outline though out the week, on the actual speech day I felt really nervous.

During the speech I felt nervous and thought I might forget parts of my speech, and I did. I looked at my not cards a few times to try and remind myself what I’m going to say next. When I was on my second body paragraph I saw the time card, panicked and thought I was running out of time so I skipped a whole section. Then at the end of the speech I remembered I had skipped a part of my main points and added it to the conclusion. I knew that I shouldn’t have done that but I ended up doing it anyway. If I had to do it over again I would organize my outline better and practice more. I found the researching easy but organizing the information is harder and to make it transition, so I plan to work on making my speech outline flow more smoothly.

In my video I noticed that I did held my note cards with both hands and let go one hand over and over, it was quite distracting. I also swung my arms back and forth like I didn’t care. When I was speaking, in my head I thought I projected normally and clearly, but when I got feedback from my peers most of them said speak louder and with more enthusiasms. In the video I could barely hear my own voice, it was really low and I had to be close to the screen in order to hear myself. On a scale of 1-10 I would rate my eye contact a 7. I felt that I made eye contact with everyone but I only glanced at some of them. During the speech I mentioned three citations.

The grade I would give myself would be C because I don’t think my speech went to smooth. Though out the week before the outline was due I had put it off and finished it near the end of the due date. I had the chance to fix it and I thought I felt better about it but only on the content I had. As for the speech itself, in the video I didn’t project myself very well. My voice was really soft, monotone and, I had no enthusiasm. I got through most of my main points but I didn’t do well projecting it.