CO210-05 Grace Catalma
Introductory Video
Introductory Video Reflection
This video is actually my second video because it came out better than the first one I recorded. After watching my first introduction video, I listed down what I could improve such as pacing, diction, and transitions and added things I planned to talk about. I noticed I spoke too fast and my mouth wasn't as open as it should be, which affected my diction in the first video. I said a lot more facts about myself in the second video and sounded more enthusiastic, too. As I mentioned, I was a part of a performing club in high school. I wasn’t afraid of filming the video at first because I’ve done musical covers in the past and I’ve been recorded on stage before. With musical covers, I already know the lyrics, and all I have to do is sing. Doing a speech and coming up with things to talk about on the spot is way different and was much more difficult than I expected. It’s as nerve-wracking as going onstage barely knowing the lyrics to a song. But fortunately, unlike a song, I don’t have to memorize everything, I just have to understand what I’m doing and make sure that my audience does too.
Goals
- To maintain eye contact
- To reduce the amount of times I hesitate
- To have a clearer diction
- To use more hand gestures
- To avoid connecting all my sentences with an “and”
- To have a more inspiring conclusion
- To get an "A" in this class
- To reduce the amount of times I hesitate
- To have a clearer diction
- To use more hand gestures
- To avoid connecting all my sentences with an “and”
- To have a more inspiring conclusion
- To get an "A" in this class
Favorite Speech
For our demonstration speech, I illustrated to my classmates how to make handwritten words look more beautiful than they already are. In this speech, I did not use an official canvas or any calligraphy pens, but instead I used the classroom's white board as my canvas and a plain whiteboard marker. I asked my classmates to give me words I could write, which I then wrote as I normally would, followed by the techniques I do, adding little touches that made big differences. Sharing calligraphy to my classmates felt wonderful because I got the chance to introduce them to the world of word art. I do hope that they loved it as much as I did, and that they continue to use my techniques later on. Since I didn't get to take a picture of what I demonstrated on the white board, here are a few photos of word art that I've done in the past. Enjoy!
The moment your pen touches your canvas, you're an artist.
Community Issues Speech
Feedback
Course Reflection
At the beginning of the course, I was pretty excited to speak in front of the class, mainly because I've done plays in the past as well as performed songs so I was comfortable with being in front of a crowd. However, giving a speech, impromptu in particular, was harder than I thought because unlike onstage where I know my lines and lyrics, I have to come up with my own lines on the spot. It took a few speeches before I got more comfortable with going in front of my classmates and just speaking my mind without any notes or memorization. One of my goals in the beginning of the class was to be able to reduce the amount of times I connect my sentences with the word "and," and as of now, I can say I have definitely improved on that one. I learned how to give very short pauses before moving from one sentence to another instead of connecting all of them with conjunctions. I've also improved on maintaining eye contact as well as using more hand gestures. Connecting with the audience was challenging at first, but soon I learned that displaying confidence gains their attention because it makes me seem more credible, looking like I really know what I'm talking about (even though I sometimes just wing it). My last goal was to get an "A" in this class, but there's no way of knowing whether or not I achieved that goal for now. Whether or not I get a good grade, one of the things I will definitely take from this class is having a memorable tagline. It was one of my goals to have more inspiring conclusions, but I learned that there are more ways to conclude than to just inspire. You could teach a lesson, or make a funny reference, which I really like doing. I love concluding with something funny because it feels great knowing I ended my speech with smiles on the faces of my audience. And now to conclude with something funny—something funny.