Body Language?
Apr 29 at 1:01am by ObverseView
Most likely when you talk to your friends or co-workers, you move your hands and arms, walk around, make eye contact, or change the expressions on your face. These movements are called body language. Body language is as important in public speaking as it
Your objectives for this speech are:
To learn the value of gestures and body movements as part of a speech.
To explore the different ways of using body language.
To develop a sense of timing and natural, smooth body movement.
Time: 5-7 minutes
Body Language
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5 Posture Standing with back straight and looking relaxed
6 Eye Contact Looking each audience member in the eye
7 Gesture Using few, well-timed gestures, nothing distracting
http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/pub/tlt/97/apr/yamashiro.html
Body Language
It is imperative for students to experiment with body language in order to find a delivery style that is both effective and comfortable. Constructive feedback from the instructor and peers is invaluable to the speaker when practicing. While doing the 'across-the room' speaking activity, ask students to become aware of their posture (Point 5). Demonstrate good posture with the feet spread about shoulder width, weight even between the feet, and no swaying or leaning. Ask them how posture affects their impression of other speakers. When teaching students to make eye contact (Point 6), the insructor could ask each student to stand at the front of the class and make eye contact with each person in the class. Another useful technique is the 'read-and-look-up activity.' In pairs, one student should first read a sentence silently, then look up and make eye contact with his or her partner while saying as much of the sentence as possible. When the students are successful working in pairs, move them into small groups before having them speak in front of the whole class. Playing games like charades, teaching some sign language, or teaching a few simple gestures like indicating one, two, and three using fingers (Point 7) helps students to understand how their hands can enhance communication.
http://www.jalt.org/video/vr_Cotten1.htm
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/tesol/press/papers0014/yamashiro.html
http://www.jalt-publications.org/tlt/files/02/mar/burden.html
http://www.thaitesol.org/bulletin/1002/100203.html
CNBC News
Apr 29 at 12:12am by ObverseView
Well, finally, I manage to watch both BBC World and CNBC again. They were both taken off my cable TV ages ago. I had a lousy feed for CNBC that was almost unwatchable courtesy of the local CRAP cable company in this area of Tamsui. Anyway, Hinet recently started making it available on their Hichannel service in Taiwan. Boy, I’m lucky.
CNBC is quite informative at times, though a little repetitive, and a little shallow. It is much better watching than CNN which repeats the news six to ten times an hour. For business afficionados, it’s a must. Only available in Taiwan on Satellite (forget cable…:( ).
Kenneth
Debunking the myths…
Apr 28 at 6:06am by ObverseView
I found this great article on MSN that looks at some of the so-called Real Estate Investment Industry heroes and fakers. Some eye-opening stuff if you have ever purchased books by those late night infomercial authors… Read it… It’s good.
The byline is “A real estate seminar promoter promised to create 1,000 new millionaires, but so far none are in sight. See what happened to his believers.”
Kenneth
Famous Trials by Doug Linder (2005)
Apr 26 at 3:03am by ObverseView
Famous Trials Website.
I was watching the DVD “Angels in America“. In that show, there’s an Ethel Rosenberg who figures in Roy Marcus Cohn’s dreams as he approaches death. Naturally, not being familiar with U.S. history, I typed it into Google, and out came this wonderful resource of Trials through the ages.
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1 Gbps Broadband - I’m not making this up!
Apr 26 at 12:12am by ObverseView
I just read via Google News that you can get a 1Gbps (yes, G is not a mistake) Broadband Service in Hong Kong. That’s like 500 times faster than my ADSL right now, and that’s pretty nippy! What would you do with such a fast Broadband Service….?
Click for the story. I think I’d start hosting my own websites! That’s commercial grade speeds… Just think… Write and let me know what you would do with so much speed!
I’d be thrilled to get some of my favorite TV channels from the UK via that service, and they’d be high quality, too. wonder when we’ll get it here…
Kenneth
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