My Reflection: My Strengths Of Public Speaking

At the beginning of this course, I had many preconceptions of what the class would be like and about public speaking in general. I did not think I would enjoy the class at all, and I felt I would have anxiety symptoms every day of the class. However, I ended up learning much about how to be a better speaker, and though I was still nervous on speech days, I learned from myself and other students how to improve for next time. Throughout this course, I learned what my weaknesses in public speaking are, what my strengths are, and I developed new attitudes towards public speaking that helped me get through the class.

Well, I honestly believe the only weakness I have overcome is to not worry about the speech. What I mean is, I give a speech, and then I finish it and I …show more content…
Another weakness that I overcame was getting over my fears while speaking. I was able to discuss a topic that I knew really well and present in a decent manner. I also am still trying to overcome some weaknesses. I tend to move around a lot, my feet, my legs, and my arms, but I have been practicing keeping my feet planted to the floor and preventing myself from swaying, but I need to still work on the arms, and more so keeping them at my sides. Also, I am still trying to overcome is trying to stay as calm, cool, and collected as I possibly can while I am giving a speech. There are still some weaknesses that I have not been able to overcome, as well. My hands start to shake when I have to do speak (do a speech) and every speech this happened (I noticed it progressively worsened). I am not sure why I get so nervous before a speech; I try to think about positive things as I begin a speech, but then when I notice my hands shaking, I get even more nervous and start thinking of ways to hide my shaking hands. However, I will practice speeches on my own in front of other people more and try to be more comfortable speaking to others, and maybe my