Practice, a key to fostering oral presentations
What makes a good athlete? Artist? Is it not practice? When we watch the Olympics or attend a concert, we are viewing the final product but often forget that it took hours, days, months, and/or years of practice to become proficient in the discipline. The same may be said, especially students in introductory oral communication courses, of becoming excellent speakers. It is practice,practice, practice!
Jennifer,
Nice job. Working in small groups is usually not a first choice of students, but necessary!
Shelly Crider
I have class time designated to practice in small groups and have students workshop their speeches/presentations to ensure practice is not missed as a key part of the speech making process.
Martin,
Exactly!!! Practing on your peers is an excellent tool. Many students will not want to do so, but they will learn a lot!
Shelly Crider
I totally agree with practicing oral presentations. I teach in the fashion industry and oral presentations are key to selling your product. You must convince the panel of people you're presenting to that you're here to make them money and that you really believe in your product. This can only happen with practice and what better place then in a classroom with your peers.
Brad,
I like that statement....I can tell that this is going to be used by many who read this thread!
Shelly Crider
I agree 100%. A guest lecturer recently said "no one gets worse with practice". That is a statement I will use in all my classes.
Paul,
This is a wonderful post. This should be something we stress with students. We do live in an instant gratification society, and we do tend to forget that some things take practice!
Shelly Crider
