National Forensic League

For my self-critique assessment, I chose to critique my commemorative speech, which was on basketball. Overall, I think that I did a good job on this speech, but there is always room for improvement. First, I think that I had a lot of good aspects to this speech, which include that: I picked a topic that I was passionate about, discussed various life lessons that someone can learn from playing the game of basketball, elaborated on why I feel it should be commemorated, and incorporated some mistakes and rhetorical devices that added value to my speech. As a whole, I think that my speech proved how much of my time and effort that I’ve invested into the game of basketball as well as how much I’ve been through in order to keep playing (ex: injuries). For this assignment, I found it much harder to think about the positives of my speech because I always find more areas of improvement. In my opinion, I feel that I need to make more improvements in regards to my delivery, including everything from tempo to verbal fillers. Although there were several good aspects to this speech, there were minor issues that needed to be addressed in order to ensure that my speeches continue to improve with time. Some of those issues in my speech include: that I need to speak at a slower rate, minimize laughter, control my breathing, and stop using verbal fillers. Personally, I speak very quickly, so that only gets worse as I get more and more nervous. I was extremely nervous for my last speech,…

“I’ll begin at the leisure of those above me, please give me a wink, a nod, a sign of life? I’m sorry, this is student congress after all.” I flashback to the final day of my English class. I look out at the lecture hall am greeted by sea of people. All I can think is that a psychological study done in the early 70’s found that people are more afraid of public speaking then of death. There’s a small chuckle in the room but I don’t hear it. All I can hear is my heart hammering away in my chest,…

Once, I had an interesting opportunity to participate in listening and enjoying a wonderful performance at Moorpark College, one month ago. This performance is named “Night Before Nationals,” which was presented by Moorpark College Forensics on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at 7:30 P.M. At first time I heard this public event, I honestly thought it was a performance about the United States and other countries. But after I had already bought the ticket, I just knew that “Night Before Nationals” was…

I greatly appreciate taking this course with you Professor Skibba. What I have gained, knowledge wise, has improved my everyday resources. My original goals had the intention to become better in communication. In the first essay, I mentioned, for me it 's hard to grasp the minuet details in many arenas. This issue often led to unclear thoughts and to a lower self-esteem. Furthermore, realizing that as an apparent problem brought forth the need for a solution. Basic ways of learning wasn 't…

College begins and everyone is getting ready to return. The night before, my mind was going back and forth deciding whether I should take Public Speaking online or in campus. I decided to give it a try and take in campus. Maybe this way I could face my fear of speaking in public. Woke on a beautiful Monday August 22nd as I open my eyes I was staring at the ceiling with my heart raising as I become more awake knowing it was time. I get to the campus 40 minutes before class in a warm and humid…

communicate and express myself. Policy debate specifically has given me the skills to adequately give counterarguments and see both sides of things, as well as has given me planning and organizational skills (from splitting blocks and assigning the amount of time that should be spent answering and giving arguments). Teamwork is another quality that debate has enriched for me- though I am somebody that works better alone, I feel that debate has helped me to work better with others to more…

Teaching controversial issues in the classroom through discussion is the most beneficial method for students to learn about these matters because it teaches them how to be open-minded, think critically about their own beliefs, and forces them to master their public speaking and interpersonal skills. The benefits of using discussions in classrooms to teach contentious topics are endless but the three previously mentioned have proven to be the most valuable by students, teachers, and parents…

Journal #5 Riley Parsley said “um” a lot and did not have good pronunciation or talk loud enough. I could not understand him at times and he did not have good posture. He explained the process of becoming a game warden well and he was talking to the audience, but he did not express his transitions clearly. Heather said “um” and “stuff like that” a lot. In the beginning of her speech she was banging on the podium which was distracting. I think her transitions were rushed but she clearly stated…

overpowering or off-speed pitchers. This is determined by what their best pitch is or how the sequence their pitches to get hitters out. There are three main types of pitches in baseball; the fastball, the curveball, and the change-up. Knowing how pitchers use the pitches or knowing pitchers "out pitch," the pitch they use to get hitters out, can help one determine if a pitcher is an overpowering or off-speed pitcher. The Fastball According to writers for Newsday, the average fastball in the…

A professional baseball team that had fans who admire and supported has changed the way we look at all sports. In 1919 Black Sox was one of the greatest team in the National Baseball League (NBL), and they were determined to throw the World Series for extra money. This huge scandal involved the great "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams, infielders Buck Weaver, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Fred McMullin, and Charles "Swede" Risberg, and outfielder Oscar "Happy"…