I'm in college, Going back to Middle school?

Question

I still talk to my 7th grade teacher. 7th grade was my first year in middle, I was new to America. That teacher helped me a lot.

Anyways, Now, the teacher wants me to go back to her class and teach her students the importants of education. I am not good at speech. So, please give me tips.

Answer 1

First of all, relax.
You'll speak just fine.
The middle school students need to hear from you. You represent a success story, not that you need to point that out, but it's the truth and your presence there will be valuable to them.
Prepare about five minutes' worth of your life story.
Prepare about five minutes' worth of your college story, what you want to do in the future, and how education is important to all of that.
Practice what you want to say at home the night before to make sure you have enough to say to take up that time.
Then, allow students to ask you questions. They'll have a ton, because there's a lot about you that would be inherently interesting: your early life, your experiences in coming to this country, your college experience, and so on.
Try to be open and honest with a good sense of humor.
You'll be good to go for at least a half hour. Good luck and enjoy.

Answer 2

i hate public speaking but when i was in college i had to take a speech class. what my teacher told me was to find a couple of different spots in the back of the room and look at them (gives the illusion of eye contact). the other thing that really helped was when i had to give a commerative speech i was able to invite the person the speech was about to attend, so my brother came with me to class. whenever i got really nervous i would look back at him and it helped a lot, maybe you can ask your former teacher to sit in the back of the class so you can look to her for encouragement.
as far as the actual speech, don't have the entire speech written out before hand. no one likes being read too (and middle school students aren't known for their attention span). instead make an outline with the important points you want to cover. the nice thing about this is you can also put little notes to yourself on the page. (like smile, you're doing great, stuff like that can really help boost your confidence) if possible try bringing a few visual aids, that can help take the focus off of you but still engage the audience with the speech.
good luck

Answer 3

Well, try writing a sample essay and talk to your family like they were the students. Afterward, ask their opinions and improvement. If you are talking about talking in front of students, then just give them eye contact and have confidence

Answer 4

maybe you could make it more of a question and answer session.
that way you wouldn't have to worry about preparing anything.
just let the kids ask you questions and answer them the best way you know how!