Practicing makes perfect and I made sure I had practiced a lot for my second speech. During the speech I felt nervous but I was not as nervous as when I had to present my first speech. I already had the feeling of the classroom and knew a few of my classmates. The purpose of my speech is to inform my audience about nutrition, I think I was able to explain my main points clearly. My main points were clear but I think I could’ve done better on explaining my points with better examples and other source materials.
Comparing my last video to my new video, I definitely did better on my second video. In the first speech my voice was low, skipped some parts of my speech, lost my place, and used a lot of vocal fillers. In my second speech I spoke louder and more clearly but during the speech I also lost my place a few times and still used a good amount of vocal fillers. There were some hand gestures I made throughout the video that were rapid movements. Compared to my last speech I looked liked I had the same amount of hand gestures. I felt that my eye contact would be an 8 because I looked at everyone and only glanced over two or three people. Watching my video I saw myself using four citations.
Although I made an improvement in my voice projection, I had gotten feedback that I was mono tone. For my next speech I will have to show more enthusiasm and try to be less mono tone. I also need to make my speech go smoother, I frequently pause and used “um” when I lose my place. I know that it is okay to pause but in my video it looked bad since my pause took a while. It made me look like I had lost my place which is what happened but I’m not supposed to show it. In my first speech I had glanced down to look at my note cards a lot and I had done the same thing in my second speech. When I first practiced the speech it was really hard to make sure I had 5-6 minutes of things to say. For the next speech the minimum time frame is 6-8 minutes which is even longer. During the speech I was afraid I might have forgotten something or say something wrong.
The score I would give myself would be a B. I felt that my content was good but my examples could be better. My delivery was good, my voice was clear, but I lost my place quite a few times. For this speech I had found more people and practiced my speech more than my first speech. Practicing more and getting feedback from more than one person helped me gained more confidence. My second speech is definitely better than my first speech. I did more research and practiced more in front of people.
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