Writing or Speaking

   Among the two different kinds of methods of delivering my argument, I think speaking is more effective than writing. I think audience would be less bored by speeches instead of essays. When seeing audience start to lose focus and can’t pay attention anymore, the speaker can kind of roll away from his or her subject and come up with remarks spontaneously that could grab audience’s heart again. But, if readers are bored by essays, they would just put them aside and never pick the papers up again. However, there are some disadvantages of speaking. Audience can’t remember all arguments that speakers have made, so we have to repeat our points over and over. Nevertheless, I still think speaking is easier than writing. By making speeches with changes in tone and great enthusiasm, we can arouse audience’s emotion and call action upon our listeners. If it’s the case of writing, there are only connotative words rather than a person speaking directly in front of you. As for result, the effect of writing would be less than that of speaking. Moreover, I prefer speaking because it can help gain confidence and learn how to speak clearly. When standing in front of a group of people, no matter large or small, people would get nervous naturally. Thus, they would talk really fast and make the audience hard to catch what their speeches are about. As for result, we have to learn the skill of pacing ourselves when standing in the front. We have to learn to speak slowly and clearly. Most importantly, we have to make our speeches flow smoothly, and organizing notes on flashcards really helps a lot. I like speaking better because we can learn different kinds of other skills while doing the preparation work and on stage.