When I wrote my speech is when I learned it the most. Normally if I'm the one who wrote the speech I can for sure remember most of it I might just have some trouble remembering the order, the beginning and end. Most of the time I focus on the beginning and the end when I read it because those are the most unnatural parts for me. I just have to read my speech a couple of times and then try it without the paper and get as far as I can without it then work on the rest, still reading the first parts. I practiced my speech with myself. I said it to my brother Cameron a few times. I would just tell anyone to just keep reading your speech over and over and practicing without the paper. That is the only way I have ever found that would help you learn your speech, it's just like learning a new song on the radio. You could even record it and play it on your ipod and actually act like it's a song and listen to it and say it.Part 2. How have you improved since the first speech? What would you like to improve on for the next one? How do you plan to do that?
My first speech I messed up on my beginning and this last time I managed to say the whole thing without a prompt. This excited me because the first time I did it I had to have a couple of prompts and totally forgot my introduction after about the first sentence. There were a few times where I messed up and went back and changed it but it worked so I was happy. I'm still a little scared of speaking in front of people but it is more managable or maybe I just got used to the nerves and have accepted that it is going to happen. I would like to be able to do my next speech without a notecard. I will have to go over it more often than I have any of my past ones.
