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Major: Translation
Languages: Native Portuguese and Spanish, English and a little bit of French and Swedish
Travel Experience: Spain, England, France, Sweden, Norway, Italy
Hobbies: Listening to music, traveling, learning languages, playing water sports, gaming and hanging out with friends

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Travel Experience: Spain, England, France
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Major: Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology - 2nd year
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Languages: English, beginner ASL, studied Latin
Travel experience: Canada, France, England, Ireland, Iceland, Norway and Scotland
Hobbies: Reading, swimming, thrifting, guitar, crochet, ceramics, drawing, photography, spending time with friends

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Languages: English and Spanish
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Something You are Passionate About

When choosing a topic to write and speak about consider an area that you are interested in or passionate about. It is much easier to write about something you find interesting, as it isn't as much of a job when you enjoy what you are doing.

It is always the best option to pick a topic you will enjoy writing about!

Topic for a Class

Unfortunately sometimes we do not have total control over the topics we are presenting on. For example, in a biology class you probably won't be writing about the greatest musicians of all time due to the content of the class.

For this reason, there are times where you will need to write about a topic pertaining to a concept in your class. When choosing this topic, keep in mind the information you have access to and how you can explain it effectively to others.

Contact your professor or teacher to find the perfect topic for you to cover, and to gather resources for your writing.

Expanding or Narrowing a Topic

When writing any sort of speech it is extremely important to keep in mind the amount of information you should or shouldn't include in your speech. This may involve some pre-research on your topic to make sure you have enough information to write a speech on or not too much information that you will not be able to thoroughly explain in your speech.

Expanding a topic- think more broadly: where does this topic originate from? What does this topic connect to? How does this topic affect or influence your audience? How can you divide this topic into main points?

Narrowing down a topic- start with a general topic and focus on one aspect of that topic as it pertains to the resources you have.

Consider Your Audience

Who are you speaking to? Classmates? Professors? People attending a conference?

The interest of your audience is a key aspect of writing your speech, as you want your speech to be engaging and interesting. This can help you pick a topic, or narrow a topic down, by focusing on one area of a broad topic that is intriguing.

Academic Speech

Introduction- in this section, introduce your topic by givng a brief explaination of what you will be covering. This section often includes a hook to grab the auidiences' attention, some context on the issue or topic being addressed, the main points you will cover, and the main thesis or statement of your speech.

Main Points- typically academic speeches will cover three main points of a topic, however unless stated by a professor or teacher you can have more main points if your topic is better explained in that manner. A main point should include a transitioning statement to tie the different aspects together, context pertaining to the specific main point, the findings or main information on this aspect, and a concluding statement to summarize the section.

*Note- if you are utilizing a presentation medium to help present your speech, be prepared to explain visuals that relate to the different aspects you are covering. Add in notes to your speech where you will explain the visuals so your speech will be more cohesive.

Conclusion- briefly recap the main points you have covered and give a one or two sentence statement that reiterates your thesis. The typical structure of a conclusion is a trasition statement from your last main point, a sentence or two covering the main points of your speech, and a concluding statement. The conclusion is very important as it is a chance for your audience to relect on everything you have spoken on and be reminded of the main purpose of your speech.

Humor- a good thing to add to any speech is humor for some points of relief to help keep your audience engaged. It is a good idea to write in jokes and practice pauses after making a humorus comment so you can successfully deliver the joke or comment.

Research Speech

Introduction- in this section, introduce your topic by givng a brief explaination of what you will be covering. This section often includes a hook to grab the auidiences' attention, some context on the issue or topic being addressed, the main points you will cover, and the main thesis or statement of your speech.

Methods- in this sections, explain how you compiled your research in great detail. The best practice for this is to elaborate enough to where someone else can repeat the exact steps you took to gather information. This includes stating specific databases, online resources, and library resources used to find research done by others, as well as a step by step on how you may have completed any empirical research.

Results & Discussion- in this section, display all evidence or data you gathered from your research. For a presentation, using tables, pie charts, graphs, or any other visual tools to display the data is helpful for your audience and allows you to explain what the data and visuals mean. Make sure to thoroughly explain your data and how it relates or supports your thesis.

Conclusion- briefly recap the main points you have covered and give a one or two sentence statement that reiterates your thesis. The typical structure of a conclusion for a research speech is a trasition statement from your last main point, a sentence or two covering the main points of your speech, and a concluding statement. The conclusion is very important as it is a chance for your audience to relect on everything you have spoken on and be reminded of the main purpose of your speech.

Humor- a good thing to add to any speech is humor for some points of relief to help keep your audience engaged. It is a good idea to write in jokes and practice pauses after making a humorus comment so you can successfully deliver the joke or comment.

General Speech

General speeches have a very similar structure to academic speeches, however the structure of general speeches is completely up to you. It is ideal to stick to some sort of structure such as introduction, main points, and conclusion, but the amount of main points you have and where you explain and add your visuals is dependent on who you see the information presented best. Below is the academic speech structure:

Introduction- in this section, introduce your topic by givng a brief explaination of what you will be covering. This section often includes a hook to grab the auidiences' attention, some context on the issue or topic being addressed, the main points you will cover, and the main thesis or statement of your speech.

Main Points- typically academic speeches will cover three main points of a topic, however unless stated by a professor or teacher you can have more main points if your topic is better explained in that manner. A main point should include a transitioning statement to tie the different aspects together, context pertaining to the specific main point, the findings or main information on this aspect, and a concluding statement to summarize the section.

*Note- if you are utilizing a presentation medium to help present your speech, be prepared to explain visuals that relate to the different aspects you are covering. It is helpful to add in to your speech where you will explain the visuals so your speech will be more cohesive.

Conclusion- briefly recap the main points you have covered and give a one or two sentence statement that reiterates your thesis. The typical structure of a conclusion is a trasition statement from your last main point, a sentence or two covering the main points of your speech, and a concluding statement. The conclusion is very important as it is a chance for your audience to relect on everything you have spoken on and be reminded of the main purpose of your speech.

Humor- a good thing to add to any speech is humor for some points of relief to help keep your audience engaged. It is a good idea to write in jokes and practice pauses after making a humorus comment so you can successfully deliver the joke or comment.

1. First off, most of the time the computer is right! Listen to spell check unless you are positive that the robot is wrong. (Figure 1)

2. Re-read your speech to yourself - looking for inconsistencies, confusing portions, and grammar

3. Read your speech out loud - this is helpful to hear grammar issues that are harder to catch when reading in your head

4. Have someone else read the speech - as many trusted different perspectives can help see things that you wouldn't by yourself

5. Perform your speech to someone else - by performing this provides the finishing touch on proof-reading and start your practice portion which can be seen under "Performing Your Speech".

Figure 1: Bad spelling is no good!

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Something You are Passionate About When choosing a topic to write and speak about consider an area that you are interested in or passionate about. It is much easier to write about something you find interesting, as it isn't as much of a job when you enjoy what you are doing.

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Age: 19
Major: Translation
Languages: Portuguese, English, French
Travel Experience: New York, Spain, France and Belgium
Hobbies: Listening to music, Playing the piano and guitar, playing basketball

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Age: 20
Major: Translation
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish and a little bit of German.
Travel Experience: Spain, Morocco, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia.
Hobbies: Listening to music, going to the gym, reading and traveling.