Top 5 Reasons

On Friday, April 4th 2014, Sekolah Mentari Grand Surya had a speech fest. The event takes place at the school auditorium at 8.20 am. The grade 7 students were the speakers and they invited the grade 4-6 students to evaluate their speeches and to be the voters.

The voters voted for their top 5 reasons why they like the speech. There were a total of 14 reasons and 255 votes.

The results were:

1. Clarity or voice & understanding with 100 votes

2. Topic-relevance with 53 votes

3. Confidence with 25 votes

4. Movement with 22 votes

5. Expression and mastery with each 14 votes

There are also other reasons that didn’t make it in the top 5. Appearance with 11 votes, speed with 9 votes, pronounciation with 2 votes, and length of the speech, vocabulary, pictures, presentation and title with each 1 vote.

Some of the voters paid attention and understood the speeches, but there are also some voters that didn’t really paid attention to the speakers and so they just randomly vote.

Clarity is important for understanding. If their voice isn’t clear, the voters wouldn’t understand what their speech is all about. The topic is also important because if the topic interests the voters they would pay attention more. Confidence is needed for speakers to perform their speeches clearly. Movement shows the speaker’s expression and feelings of how they react to the topic. The reasons that aren’t on the top 5 are also important such as speed. The speakers have to talk slowly so that the audience can understand the speech more.


















By: Tamara