Sunday Thoughts: — Have you ever watched kids
Mar 30 at 9:09pm by ObverseView
A thought for Sunday:
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain
lapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic flight
Or gazed at the sun
into the fading night?
You better slow down
Don’t dance so fast
Time is short
The music won’t last
Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask “How are you?”
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done,
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You’d better slow down
Don’t dance so fast
Time is short
The music won’t last
Ever told your child,
We’ll do it tomorrow
And in your haste,
not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time
To call and say “Hi”?
You’d better slow down
Don’t dance so fast
Time is short
The music won’t last
When you run so fast
to get somewhere
You miss half the fun
of getting there.
When you worry and hurry
through your day,
It is like an unopened gift….
Thrown away…
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
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I’d love to attribute this but I have no idea where I found it or how long ago!
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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
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