Wednesday, April 11, 2007

speech


First off, I am terrified of public speaking, so the fact that I got through my speech at all was suprising. During my speech, I thought I was talking a lot faster than I apparently was. Hearing it over, I realized that I spoke a lot slower, and made more pauses (especially after particles). Another thing that I hadn't noticed was the number of "uhms" that I made as I tried to remember my sentences. Also, I seemed to lack confidence and excitement about my topic in my speech. I will definitely work on these aspects for my future speech-giving opportunities.

2 comments:

siri sahib khalsa said...

I really enjoyed your speech. When I went to England, it rained every day, so I didn't enjoy it very much. But all the fun you had sort of makes me want to go back. That said, you were convincing and pretty easy to follow - good job!

Ram said...

really? you don't like public speaking? i honestly couldn't tell from your speech. although you said you paused a lot, and that you went rather slowly, i would say that you knew what you were talking about, and said everything how you were supposed to. and i don't blame you, manchester is kind of a boring place :-P.

何も日本語で話さないと日本語のブログじゃありませんね。だから、よくやりました!私が生まれた所のことを聞くのが好きです。