TESL 0120: Unit 1 - Effective Speakers A & B

SPEAKER A & B : Effective Speaking

Speaker A was articulate and knowledgeable in the subject.  She presented facts well and backed them up with current events and statistics.  She is very confident and competent when she speaks. When she spoke her words, they came out fluently and well prepared.  Sometimes it was hard to digest as she spoke too fast.  She was informative, descriptive and passionate of what she spoke about.  She was able to answer her questions accurately.  she had good posture and eye-contact.  She is able keep an audience's attention by using facts.  She seemed relaxed while talking. 

Speaker B, at first the nervousness in her voice seemed to overshadow her ability to capture an audience.   At times she would use "ahhh" and repetitive words , in between thoughts.  She wasn't holding my attention at the beginning as her speech did not  seem prepared and focused as much as Speaker A seemed to be.  As she became more comfortable in speaking  she was able to get her point across effectively, by speaking from the heart (and the audience picked up on it).   To get her point across, she used emotional words coupled with her life experience, which allowed the audience to understand where she is coming from.  If she did not use this emotional/experience, I would've been lost on the point she was trying to get across.   

They both were competent and effective in their own way. I liked how articulate  and comfortable Speaker A spoke while she answered her questions but her flow of words were to fast at times, that it could lose someones attention and can be frustrating to the listener.  Whereas, Speaker B, even though her speech was not flowing at the beginning, she was able to captivate by showing expression and talking from the heart and keeping it at a pace where one can understand.