As I reflect back on this class I found that both my efforts and my instructor's, Ms. Magabo, have contributed to my success. I always made sure I fully understood the assignments and completed them on time. I believe I wouldn't have truely succeeded without the guidence of Ms. Magabo. The assignments were always on angel and were pretty self-explanatory. Some advice I would give to new students taking this class is that if you have a negative attitude or feeling towards taking this class to wait until you are comfortable taking it. This is one of the first things mentioned in the syllabus which I agree with 100 percent. If you do continue to take this class and don't understand the assignments or find them confusing seek help from either Ms. Magabo or another student who understands the assignment. You will only get the A in this class if you put the effort into your work!
I feel I succeeded in this class because of my positive attitude and efforts. When I frist started this course one of the biggest challenges I had was overcoming my fear of public speaking. I had lack of experience and didn't have a lot of self confidence. I overcame this challenge by completeing the assignments and getting comfortable with my audience.
How I succeeded in this class :
- I always performed my assignments and tasks on time by keeping a planner and having a positive attitude.
- I showed effective communication by trying to focus and improve my eye contact and voice projection.
- I took time to choose an informative and persuasive speech topic that I would be comfortable talking about and
easily connect with my audience.
- I was sure to aviod any plagiarism, ethnocentrism, and egocentrism. I focused on properly citing my sources and
giving credit to the author, website, or video clips.
- I put a great amount of effort into gaining self confidence and getting rid of nervousness.
- I always kept my attitude positive and showed appreciation to the value of the lessons learned towards achieving
some of my own personal goals.
- I prepared and practiced my presentations so I was as effective as possible when I presented my speeches.
- I always performed my assignments and tasks on time by keeping a planner and having a positive attitude.
- I showed effective communication by trying to focus and improve my eye contact and voice projection.
- I took time to choose an informative and persuasive speech topic that I would be comfortable talking about and
easily connect with my audience.
- I was sure to aviod any plagiarism, ethnocentrism, and egocentrism. I focused on properly citing my sources and
giving credit to the author, website, or video clips.
- I put a great amount of effort into gaining self confidence and getting rid of nervousness.
- I always kept my attitude positive and showed appreciation to the value of the lessons learned towards achieving
some of my own personal goals.
- I prepared and practiced my presentations so I was as effective as possible when I presented my speeches.
Three words that best describe my learning experience in this class :
1.) Positive- I chose the word positive because I had a positive attitude when I started this class which led to positive
learning experiences throughout the course as well as overall success
2.) Challenging- I picked this word because public speaking was my biggest fear and I was able to overcome this fear
through my learning experiences. Challenging myself to be the best I could be led me to succeed in this class.
3.) Rewarding-I chose this word because my hard work and experiences in this class is a great accomplishment for
myself. Succeeding in this class is very rewarding because communication is a skill I will need for the rest of my
life to be successful in attaining my goals.
1.) Positive- I chose the word positive because I had a positive attitude when I started this class which led to positive
learning experiences throughout the course as well as overall success
2.) Challenging- I picked this word because public speaking was my biggest fear and I was able to overcome this fear
through my learning experiences. Challenging myself to be the best I could be led me to succeed in this class.
3.) Rewarding-I chose this word because my hard work and experiences in this class is a great accomplishment for
myself. Succeeding in this class is very rewarding because communication is a skill I will need for the rest of my
life to be successful in attaining my goals.