Oral Communication

Video Self-Evaluation
Review the videotape of your speech. As you watch, answer the following questions. 1. How did you try to get the audiences attention? How effective was it?

In this speech, I tried to speak enthusiastically. But I think that wasn't effect as much as I expected. The major factor that gets the student attention was the smell of the chocolate, I think.
2. Did you clearly communicate your purpose (e.g. I am going to inform/convince you about/to)? How did you motivate your audience to listen to you?

I don't think I deliveried the messages to audiences clearly.

3.

How was your speech organized? How clearly/logically did it progress? Could I stop paying attention to you and read your outline instead and still follow along easily?
I think my outline for this speech, and some speech skills had progressed. I organized my outline from introduce the desert's ingredients to went through the while process of it's making steps. I memorized all the words from my outline, therefore, Mr. Webb, you could follow my speech alone without the outline.

4.

What were some of the transition words you used in your speech? Did you clearly indicate movement from one part of your speech to another? Why/why not?
I always used "and" through my speech, it almost covers the information I want to convey to the audiences. I know that I was clearly indicate movement from one part the other at first; however, my process started to mix up when went through the string steps.

5.

Explain why your main points were/were not clearly presented.

I didn't talk that much during the speech, and also forget to use eyes contract with audiences. All I did is just pay attention on my food, be careful not to let it fault.

6.

Evaluate your conclusion. Did it connect seamlessly with the introduction and body? Did you give a clear sense of ending?
No, The ending does not connect seamlessly with the introduce and body. But I think I had a sense of ending that is a lot better than last time.

7.

Evaluate your delivery. Were you loud enough/clear enough/energetic enough/varying your tone enough/connecting to your whole audience enough?
I think, my volume was loud enough. I also tried hard to varying my tones, it did work, but I think I can do better( even, it was better than the introductory speech, I still hope that I can do it perfectly on day.)

8.

How did your use of voice, gestures, and bodily action enhance (or detract) from the message of your speech? What will you do to enhance the message of your speaking opportunities?
I placed the bowl on the table and stirred it, but the audience didn't see anything as I was showing the steps for them. That's so unhelpful that I stayed on the stage to speak and they learnt nothing. So next time, I will hold up my demo after each steps. I think if I do it next time, my speech will be more persuasive. In my opinion, a demonstration speech about how to cook something is not only show them how to make. delicious food, but also motive them to cook what I had tough them at home..

9.

Did you appear sincerely interested and enthusiastic in the topic (your classmate) and in your talking with your audience? What did your body language and eye contact say to your audience? Give examples to support your answers.
I think my volume isn't as loud as I expected , also, I did a poor job on my gesture and eye contact parts, I don't Think I use any of gestures and body languages to delivery my messages, except cooking actions. The major way that I would fix the shortages for this speech is not to choice cooking topic, so I can pay more attention on my public speak skills.

10.

Evaluate the overall success of this speech. What grade (A-F) would you assign this presentation? Why?
What I would assign for this speech is to get either B nor C. If this a cooking class, I would expect that people acknowledge my cooking skills and get a B. I tough students how to make a delicious, creative desert, I worked so hard on the making process, and also the timing, even if I knew I would speak over. If follow the speech rubric, I would admit that my speaking skills this time were so awful that I could even imagine. So, I am willing to accept a bad grade, C or even lower.

11.

Describe what you have learned from this speaking opportunity, and how you will use this information in the future.

If I have another opportunity to build second demonstration speech, I will especially cautious in the step of choosing the right topic, the topic is refer to the quality of your speaking skill. Then show and explain the process to audiences.

12.

What did you learn from this presentation that will help you prepare your future speech? List at least three things that you plan on working on. (To just practice is not a specific step exactly how will you practice?) a.
Timing: my concept for timing is really bad. I notice that I won't look at the timing on the iPad because it will spread my attention from the speech, then my speech will go worse as I look on the iPad. I think I need to count the timing at home, so I can control my speed effective when I am presenting my speech.

b.

Nervous : Nervous is always the biggest antagonist for my speech. All I need to do to deal with issue is not just speak in front of my family, the most important is to face "myself"----speak to mirror.

c.

Accent: I had try so hard to speak like an American (like Angela does), however, my Chinese accent is always block my way, or when I say a word, it sound really "American", my nervous nerves will break it down to Chinese accent. So annoying. I just keep reading and reading my speech outline till I satisfy with my accent.

13.

Describe, in detail, the areas you will improve your public speaking and exactly how you will improve. Include a variety of specific steps you will take to improve your public speaking skills.
I sound like a memorial robber went through the entire speech, thus, I should not build my speech outline with too much completely sentences, I should write a outline with key words instead, thus, I won't just memorize the whole conservation that i am going to say in the speech.