Questionnaire "Your Level of Oratory"

Good afternoon, dear readers!

This post will be the starting point on my way of becoming a good public speaker. As a hometask at the university we had to complete a questionnaire which is called "Your Level of Oratory". It was important for me to find out what I`m already capable of in order to notice my future progress. It`s like going on a diet - you need to know your initial weight, parameters and things like that☺

Now I`m ready to share my results with you. I have 78 points out of 120 (65%). According to the questionnaire it means that I have certain difficulties when I try to deliver my ideas to the audience and that I should use a number of methods which will improve my positive qualities.

To be honest, I agree with this result. 65% is a little bit more than a half and I would also evaluate my oratorical skills like that. I can`t say that I`m a very bad speaker - actually I can pull myself together, overcome my stage fright and deliver my speech. I don`t try to escape and go home, I don`t have any serious psychological reactions or something like that. But I certainly do have many difficulties which prevent me from making brilliant speeches. My public speeches are OK, they`re not a failure, but they`re not as good as I want them to be. When I completed the questionnaire, I understood that I have problems with organizing my speech, with body language, voice paremeters and my emotional state during public perfomances. I don`t even pay attention to many things which were mentioned in the questionnaire.

I should say that I definitely have a room for improvement and I`ll do my best to make progress. Will you support me?