Today (Feb 17th), we had a story telling contest. The stories which we told were that what we wrote of essay 1. It was really an exciting experience to hear so many stories.
We started at about 9:20 am. Everyone had a chance to present his/her own story. The order was based on the class list. Of course, I was the last one to tell.
After hearing all the 19 students’ story, it was the time for me to share. For me, it was really a challenge to speak in public because of my shyness. Having preparing for such a long time reduced my tension. When I stood forward and looked at all my classmates, I felt that I would give a wonderful performance and I did so. Although I had some mistakes and didn’t use my voice well, I still felt that I was successful. I knew that I should change my voice sometimes up and sometimes down. I knew that I should use some gestures to help me express better. But when I stood face to face to my classmates, I was still too nervous to perform like that. I thought that it was progress for me to speak in public.
What impressed me was the story ”Because of love”. It was really a moving story that shocked me. The others were also very good. Veronica, Susie, Guoqiang, Tina, I thought they all performed very well. From them, I learnt many skills of story telling. Voice, gestures, expressions… I still needed to work hard.
This was the first contest of practicing our spoken English. I hoped that there were more activities like this. I’d like to improve myself.
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Good, this blog is good. You not only tell something about yourself, but also tell something about others. I can hear feel your exciting feelings. But can your describe your feelings and the situation around you in details? And we also want to know the progress that you manage to tell the story.
ReplyDeleteI did not feel any of your nervousness in fact. You did well even that you had waited for a long period of time when it finally came to your turn.
ReplyDeleteFrankly speaking, it is me rather than other that holds a reason to be shy. I was such a recluse in the past that I could hardly gain any courage when speaking publicly. however, time sooths all sorrows. Finally, we grow up and find our improvement in every single day.
Cheer up!!!we all can make it!!!