6_WatersM

Dear Professor Kim,

While presenting in front of a small to medium size class, I usually feel relatively comfortable speaking directly to students in the class. Although when it comes to speaking in front of large groups or classes I start to become a little uneasy and nervous, which results in mispronouncing words or rushing the tempo.

I believe that being unprepared may be my biggest weakness when it comes to public speaking. I usually have a few main points that I would like to touch on, but being unprepared for the speech results in missing one or two ideas that I wanted to touch on. Another challenge that I face while giving speeches is the tendency to mumble or rapidly speed up a presentation when feeling a little nervous.

There are a couple things that I can do to help eliminate these pesky public speaking problems, such as prepare more properly for evey speech so that I will know what I want to say and when to say it. Another way to help with the irregular speech patterns would be to just slow down and be calm, while emphasizing the main points. If I can cut down on these two behaviors while presenting, I will be able to more effectively communicate a objective or project.

Your student,

Michael Waters