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Com 130: A Speech Analysis
Personally to me, taking Comm 130 was one of my most hated decisions for my spring semester. As I am a horrible social person and have anxiety just talking to people taking this class really took me off my comfort zone and to this day causes me great discomfort. That being said, my first speech was overall below average. Not only in certain categories, but most of them. The main problem and an important one was my speech delivery.
To start off, my goals for this speech were very simple. The main thing I wanted to do was to be able to present my speech with little to no anxiety. I wanted to become comfortable talking in front of people. I wanted to get my point out and present my speech with ease as well as thoroughly informing the audience with my topic. Although I did want this my commitment wasn't there. I
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What I did find out though is that I can improve in so many aspects. Although it won't be easy to just stop being nervous out of nowhere I can improve by rehearsing more as well as preparing more for the next speech. Rehearsal is a really important factor in speech delivery and it is one of the main steps to achieve confidence. Delivering a speech can be really easy, but many factors actually contribute to it. What I need to do next time is rehearse everything well. I have to be able to organize my speech in a way I feel comfortable presenting and in ways it is easy for me to recall the information while I am giving my speech. What I really need to work on is my speech delivery. When I present my next speech I can't seem nervous. I need to have pleasing facial expressions and body movement where it seems i’m comfortable and confident with what I am saying. I have to get over my anxiety with presenting. I can't stress enough how much I have to rehearse. With that in mind everything else will just fall smoothly with presenting the information, as long as it is reliable and interesting

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