Informative Speech Reflection

  • I believe my presentation very well organized. I feel that the presentation flowed very well through the different time periods of immigrants in chronological order. Perhaps something we could have done to improve the cohesiveness of the presentation was to make our transition phrases. I think that was the only weak part of our presentation. We used the visual aids in our presentation to give the audience a better idea of how the tenements looked like and how different the city itself looked ever one hundred years ago.  I think I used the visual aids particularly well when I was describing how the Jewish family dressed, referring to their clothes and looks. One instance that we could have used the aids more effectively was during the introduction.  We did not really elaborate too much on the images that we displayed. I feel that this presentation was both good and bad for me. I was able to speak extemporaneously and clearly convey my thoughts and facts. However, I continue to sway slightly from left to right in all of presentations. The most important part to keep me engaged were visual aids. If the aids were interactive such as music or videos, I payed more attention and was more engaged.