Journal #1: My Goals for this Course

I hope to get better at communicating in front of a large group of people. In the past when it came to talking in front of a large group of people I would freeze up and forget my lines. This would cause teachers to think I used ai in my presentations because they thought I didn't know what I was talking about. It does not matter how much I practice, I just can't get myself to remember what to say once I see a group of people. The way I hope to get better at this is by reputation. I think I haven't gotten comfortable doing it because I haven't done it much. With this class since it is a speech class I hope since we will be doing many presentations I can finally get over my fear of presenting in front of people. When it comes to presentations with a large group there are things I do well in. One thing I do well is the volume of my voice. Throughout my past I have never gotten a teacher to tell me I was not loud enough or to speak up. Another thing I think I do well is eye contact. I usually look up to get people reacting and then base that if I'm doing well or bad. Skills that I would like to get better at is the speed I talk at. When I get nervous I have the tendency to talk very fast to try to get it over with. Another thing I would like to work on is confidence. I would like to work on it because when I start a presentation I like to say the word um a lot because I forget my lines because of how nervous I get. Lastly for this semester I hope to finish the class with an A in the class to help my GPA. 


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