3rd Self evaluation

My speech topic was on Littering. I feel that my speech’s purpose had achieved its purpose. I did a lot of research for my third speech and thought I used good information. After doing the last two speeches I felt more confident on my third speech. I did not like having my turn being number ten. I wanted one of the earlier numbers so I can get it over with. Waiting for my turn made me kind of nervous. For this speech I didn’t get to practice as much as I did for my second speech so I did feel kind of uneasy and not as confident. If I had to do my speech again I would add a few more main points, find more interesting pictures for my power point slides, and work more on eye contact.
The last speech was an informative speech. I thought it was easier because all I had to do was look up information. The good thing was that I was able to find a lot of useful information. The bad was that my visual aid was not a PowerPoint. My third speech had a power point but that was because it was required, but it had nice pictures to look at. I felt that I still wasn’t really projecting any emotions during my speech for both of the speeches. One thing I notice was that I did not pause so much compared to the other speeches. In the speech I had mentioned three sources.
I did not use a lot of hand gestures but remembered that my leg felt restless like I wanted to move around. I don’t think I made much improvement for doing anything distracting. The gestures I did for the second speech were similar to the things I did for the third speech. The rating I would give myself for eye contact would be 7 out of 10. I glanced around the room and made eye contact with a majority of my classmates, but I looked over some of them. The grade I should get for the third speech is a B. For the past two speeches I was suppose to improve on my dynamic delivery skills but I don’t think I sounded very dynamic for any of my speeches. I’ve improved on certain areas like not making awkward pauses that made me look like I had lost my place and speaking louder.
I think my second speech was better than my third speech. I just felt more enthusiastic about that topic. It was something I liked. I know we were able to choose any topic for our speeches but for the third speech I just picked it randomly. I did pick something I liked for my first speech but because it was my first speech, I felt really nervous. Although my visual aid for my second speech was not a power point, I thought it was a really good idea to choose fruits and describe what vitamins they have. Based on all my speeches I performed best on my second speech.

Helpful concepts that helped in class.

The concept of knowing about your topic was really helpful. Before doing research I thought about how much information I already have on my topic. When I try to add it to the outline I realized that, with the general things I know, it is not enough to make a long speech. After researching my topics I felt more confident in what I’m going to say. I know that what I’m going to say is true because I used sources that are reliable. The breathing exercising was also helpful. They’re actually quite calming and helped me feel a little bit less nervous.

Favorite speech

My favorite speech was the informative speech. My topic was on nutrition and it was usually something I like to talk and learn about. It’s also a really broad topic so I was able to find many books in the library compared to the others. When I went to the library for books on littering there were very few and hard to find and they were mostly on pollution and landfills. I think that the informative speech is easier than persuasive, just because it‘s research and deliver. I didn’t have to find ways to convince my audience to do anything besides tell them things.