Reflection

Evaluating Persuasive Speech

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Persuasive speech rubric is a good way in which one can be able to evaluate his own persuasive speech or persuasive speech from a different person. Basically there are three parts to be looked at keenly when evaluating a speech. They include the introduction, body and the conclusion (Houck, & Bowers, 1969).

In the recorded speech I find myself very confident in my speaking abilities. The reason behind the conclusion about my confidence is because I find people paying attention to me. During the speech they do not interrupt and I have the eye contact direct to the audience without any fear. Maintaining the eye contact proves that I’m confident of the speech (Houck, & Bowers, 1969). From the record I have also dominated the conversation in English meaning that I’m a confident speaker.

Some of the things that I will do to improve my confidence are to practice a lot (Hu, 2012). The more I speak the more comfortable I get. I will volunteer to speak on my area in conferences or even in meetings. The second thing that I will do to improve my confidence is to video myself speaking. It is only a video that will show what others see and we don’t. This will help me identify weak areas and take a remedial action.

The area that I consider to be my greatest strength as speaker is trying to be very confident. I will practice even more so that I can be able to attract the whole attention of my audience. I will try to improve on my bodily actions. I will use more gestures, facial expressions I will also improve on my posture movements and animations. This will improve my speaking skills.

The big bang theory of public speaking has encouraged me a lot in becoming a good public speaker. To become the best speaker I will be guided by the principle that performance over content makes one become a great speaker (Hu, 2012). I will therefore practice more on the content and participate many times in public speaking. Trying to practice tonal variation, maintaining the eye contact and increasing the passion I am speaking with will help me become a successful public speaker.

References

Houck, C. L., & Bowers, J. W. (1969). Dialect and identification in persuasive messages. Language and Speech, 12(3), 180-186.

Hu, S. (2012). An analysis of humor in The Big Bang Theory from pragmatic perspectives. Theory and practice in language studies, 2(6), 1185-1190.

Johnson, J. R., & Szczupakiewicz, N. (1987). The public speaking course: Is it preparing students with work related public speaking skills?. Communication Education, 36(2), 131-137.

Pokorny, G. F., & Gruner, C. R. (1969). An experimental study of the effect of satire used as support in a persuasive speech. Western Journal of Communication (includes Communication Reports), 33(3), 204-211.

Schreiber, L. M., Paul, G. D., & Shibley, L. R. (2012). The development and test of the public speaking competence rubric. Communication Education, 61(3), 205-233.