Aspeaker who is should prepare for emotional responses which are often negative.

I believe the answer is also: Prepared for emotional response, often negative

When a speaker is expecting negative emotional response before doing anything, there is a really high chance that the speaker would interpret even neutral comment as negative criticism. By default, this would create an illusion that their speaking performance is worse than it actually is.

mali had been a state inside of the ghanaian empire. after ghana fell because of invading forces and internal disputes, mali rose to greatness under the leadership of a legendary king named sundiata, the "lion king." the songhai empire, already weakened by internal political struggles, went into decline.