There are many concepts to public speaking, but I picked the
topic we read about in chapter 2 that will hopefully help me when getting up in
front of an audience. The concept is Practice Your Speech. I will probably have
to remind myself that an infinite amount of times this semester, but it really
does help. I understand that I may not be able to create the conditions that
the book suggests like practice in a place that is similar to the place you
will be speaking and I may not be able to get an audience of four or more
people who would be willing to sit through my practice speech, but I think it
is a brilliant idea to practice. I know from personal experience that if I do
not practice, my confidence falls, I will definitely mess up something that will
be very visible, and sometimes it causes me to forget what I was talking about
and I would venture into another territory that would kind of mess up what I
was talking about in the first place. I remember when my brother took speech
class and he would go into the garage and talk about his subject with such passion
and he would do hand gestures to go along with what he was talking about, we
all laughed and kind of poked fun at him at times, but now I understand how
valuable practicing is and how vital it is to deliver an effective speech with
less worrying and stress symptoms.
Hi Mina-
ReplyDeleteI know, I know...practice, practice, prcatice. It sounds so easy but it is not. Your concept you chose is not an easy one to accomplish. I think it is hard to practice in the same way you are going to give your speech. For example, how often can you find a group of people to speak to? The problem I had recently with our culture speech was that I was practicing reading my speech right off the card. Then, when it came time to give my speech, I found myself wanting to just read it. But, that is not how we are supposed to give it. So, I tried to mix it up on the fly during the speech after I saw how good everybody else was in speaking extemporaneously. Wow! It's tough to do. After speaking with the professor, I am going to work more on not reading off my card(s) but practicing without my cards. I have no idea how that will turn out. Good luck with your practicing! F.D.