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I sincerely thank Ms.Jacob for granting us opportunities for public speaking. Ever since my sophomore year, I had a personal ambition - to not be afraid to speak in public. And thus I forced myself to face my fears of speaking in front of an audience and entered a few forensic tournaments. Despite that fact, I still have numerous problems when I get nervous on stage, which my classmates have accurately pointed out. Almost all of my classmates have criticized me for one thing - speaking too fast. "Although the speaker was very passionate about his speech, he was somewhat overexcited, which caused him to speak in a rush". "He often seemed like he was rushing through his speech, and this created some of his oral-mistakes, such as mispronunciation". "...It was hard to listen to massive amount of information at once". "The speaker should try to slow down his pace, for he sometimes went too fast that the listeners could not keep up with him". Bottom line: I should calm down and speak in a slower pace. I have a tendency to speed up whenever I feel nervous perhaps because I wish to be done with my speech as soon as I can. But that caused many problems for the audience (being overloaded with information) and for myself as well (mispronouncing words and panicking).

Besides speaking to fast, I got more constructive comments from my helpful classmates, such as: "maybe next time the presenter should work on a technique of speaking quietly to drag the listeners in" and "The speaker should try not to mutter. And whenever he messes up, he shouldn’t be hindered by that or lose confidence, instead he should carry on fluidly as if nothing happened". These are all useful techniques which will make my speaking sound more professional. Firstly, I tend to speak in a monotonous voice throughout my speech. If I put variations in my volume or tone when emphasis is necessary, that will drag the listeners in more effectively. Secondly, I came to a great understanding. It is impossible to not make ANY mistakes when speaking in front of an audience, especially if it's an unrehearsed, impromptu speech. Therefore I should take the second comment into consideration and just move on as smoothly as I can whenever I make a mistake, maintaining confidence. This assignment was interesting and valuable because we could listen to what others think about our school and improve our public speaking skills at the same time. I wish some activity similar to this can happen again. :)