Method 1: Preparation before speech
1, study your topic. First of all, you have to know your topic like the back of your hand before you can convince the audience. For example, if your topic is the mating mode of otters, or the reason why actor miley cyrus is famous, you should investigate the relevant knowledge beforehand. Although you may have some practical experience in this field, you'd better do some written research so that the audience can understand everything you say. Go online or go to the library to find relevant information, or consult relevant professors until you feel that you can effectively convey what you want to convey and answer any questions that the audience may ask.
The more research you do, the more confident you will be in your speech. The more confident you are, the better you will speak in your speech.
2. Know your audience. If you really want to improve your speaking ability, you should also fully understand your audience. If you are giving a speech to your classmates, your content should arouse their curiosity and interest. If you are giving a speech to an expert, your content should not be too basic. If you are explaining a complex topic to junior high school students, you need to explain it to them in a language they can understand. Although you can't fully know what your audience wants and doesn't want to hear, you can roughly determine what you should say according to the age and composition of the audience. Therefore, when preparing the content of the speech, we should always consider the situation of the audience.
3, according to the length of the speech, decide the content. Usually, there is a time limit for the speeches you have to make, such as a half-hour speech at work and a 10 minute speech in class. No matter how long you are given, you should arrange the corresponding speech content according to the length. Don't prepare too much to speed up your speech, and don't prepare too little to finally know what to say. The content of preparation is equivalent to the length of time, and the more relaxed and comfortable you will be when you speak.
4. Add some multimedia factors to the speech. Whether you add background music or PPT, multimedia factors will help to strengthen your point of view and attract your audience. However, don't use too much, or it will be counterproductive, that is, there is a famous article that teaches you how to do PPT, which is called "disgusting PPT". Therefore, if you decide to use multimedia materials, you must ensure that these materials will help you get closer to the audience and improve the effect of your speech, rather than alienating you from the audience. It is better to use multimedia as an auxiliary tool instead of relying entirely on it to make a speech. Because in that case, you will feel that you are not fully prepared and dare not give a full speech, which will cause the embarrassing phenomenon that you are watching PPT. However, PPT will be very useful if you want to show some charts, pictures or an outline of a speech.
5. The framework of the speech should be clear. A logically clear speech will be more popular with the audience and better reflect your speaking ability. Of course, you can be moderately innovative in the structure of your speech, but for most speeches, like most papers, they all have similar formats. The format is generally as follows: introduction: attract the audience and introduce the theme of the speech. In other words, "tell them what you will tell them."
Text: Use concrete examples, facts, stories and data to explain your point of view. The key is to show them and reiterate important points to impress the audience.
Summary: Summarize what you said, and extend it to inspire thinking. In other words, "they repeat what you said."
6. Practice, practice, practice again. If you want to improve your oral English, the best way is to practice more. Practice in front of the mirror, in the shower and in front of friends or family. However, don't memorize every word, or it will sound unnatural, and once you forget the words or are interrupted by the audience's questions, you don't know what to say next. What you want to practice is the key content about the theme, and you can add or delete details appropriately in the real speech, that is, you can play it freely. You can also record your speech as a video. But some people know that being photographed will make them nervous, so you should find a way that suits you.
Method 2: Speak with confidence.
1, try to relax yourself before the speech. Don't rush to the meeting sweating or stuttering because of nervousness. Drink a cup of chrysanthemum tea a few hours before the speech, or meditate quietly, or go for a walk to relax yourself. If you really want to relax in your speech, you must plan ahead. If you are a person who strives for perfection in everything, or you are still practicing a few minutes before your speech, it is difficult for you to really relax during the speech. Remember that the more relaxed you are and the closer you are to the audience, the better your performance will be. Drink a glass of water to moisten your throat before going on stage, and take a glass or a bottle of water with you. You can pause for a drink, which has a certain relaxing effect.
Arrive at the meeting in advance and get familiar with the surrounding environment. If you are speaking in the Great Hall or other big occasions, you must walk around the venue, or sit under the stage and feel it, so as to better grasp the feelings of the audience.
If you want to relax yourself further, tell yourself that you are just talking to the audience and don't pursue perfect results. You just talk to the audience, not show them impeccable legal evidence. The more comfortable you feel, the more the audience will be willing to approach you.
2. exude enough self-confidence. Kill them with your confidence before you export. If you show confidence and believe what you say, then the audience will naturally trust you. Therefore, smile and look at your audience with firm eyes, and convey to them that you are not nervous and have a good idea about the topic you are talking about. If you are really not confident in what you want to say, try to use confident body movements, which will make it easier for the audience to trust you. Don't be listless, hold your head high.
Don't fidget or play with your fingers. You can use gestures to highlight key points when appropriate, but not too often, otherwise others will only think you are nervous.
Know how to laugh at yourself appropriately. If you make a mistake, you might as well admit it in a joking tone, so that everyone will laugh it off and won't feel embarrassed.
Language should be firm and powerful, conveying the feeling that you believe everything you say. If you want to clarify that San Francisco is much better than its southern city, you should not say "I think the city of San Francisco may be better than Los Angeles", but say "For example, San Francisco is much better than Los Angeles", which will convince the audience better.
3. An attractive start. Your speech should be fascinating, and it is best to arouse the audience's interest with the first word of your opening, and insist on listening to your whole speech. For example, start with shocking events or related facts, anecdotes of celebrities or famous sayings. No matter what you start with, it must be related to your theme, not just to entertain the public. No matter what you want to say, you shouldn't start with an apology, even if you are not interested in what you want to say, just to finish your school homework or work tasks. Nothing is more frustrating than saying to the audience, "I'm sorry for taking your time to attend this technical class, but there's nothing I can do."
4. pronounce clearly. Clear pronunciation is the key to the success of a speech. You may have prepared the content, but if you speak too softly, too fast, or slurred speech, the audience may not know what your focus is after listening to the whole game. Therefore, you should speak clearly, slowly and loudly to ensure that everyone can hear you. Besides, you should also cooperate with your body language properly, which will help the audience to better understand what you are saying. Pause between each sentence and use "hmm" and "ah" as little as possible. However, it doesn't mean that you are not "uh-huh" and "ah" at all. Even President Obama's speech smells like "uh-huh" and "ah", and a proper amount of modal particles will make the speech sound more natural.
Language should be concise and clear. Delete irrelevant sentences and focus on the key points. You don't need hundreds of adjectives to describe a thing, just choose the most accurate one.
Read more books to expand your knowledge and vocabulary. If you are knowledgeable, you will make the audience think that you are smart, and you will make your speech clear and coherent because you are more confident.
Give an example to illustrate your point of view. If you want to clarify your point of view, you need to add some stories, celebrity anecdotes, data, facts and so on to your speech. If your point of view is that a healthy diet is the key to a happy life, and you can't give an example, why should the audience believe you? Even if you are good-looking and humorous, the audience will not be convinced if there are no practical examples to support your point of view. The story is a good example. The process of telling stories can bring you closer to the audience and support your point of view more strongly. Of course, you don't need to give a lot of examples and data, just choose one or two carefully.
Stories and data are very effective ways to start. You can also make a simple summary of the stories and data cases you started telling at the end of the speech, so that the audience will be more impressed.
6. Use the second person to call "you, you". When writing a more formal paper, you should use the second person address such as "you, you" less, but in the speech, using the second person address such as you can greatly narrow the distance between you and the audience. You should make the audience feel that you are talking to him/her, and what you say will benefit them. You should say "in just one hour, you can learn five effective ways to deal with contradictions" instead of saying "everyone can learn to deal with contradictions". Although what you say is similar, using the second person can make the audience more involved in your speech.
7. Speak naturally and humanely. Express your feelings truly. No one likes boring speakers, so add some strength to your body language, change your pronunciation and intonation when necessary, tell some examples of your unsuccessful or embarrassing yourself, and use humorous intonation to let the audience learn from your failed experience.
8. Repeatedly emphasize the key points you want to talk about. Of course, everything you say should be important, but there must be one or two things you want the audience to remember after the speech. You can emphasize your important points repeatedly, but don't bore the audience. If you tell a story or celebrity anecdote at the beginning of a speech, summarize the main points after the speech, and emphasize your point again during or at the end of the speech, so that the audience can realize what your important point is. Another way to emphasize the point is to speak slowly until the audience realizes that you are talking about the point. In addition, you can also match gestures at key points.
9. Consider whether you should leave some question and answer time. The question-and-answer session can help the audience fully understand the content of your speech, bring you closer to the audience, and fully grasp the key points you want to convey. If you think it is necessary to reserve a question-and-answer session without affecting the whole speech exchange, it can be arranged after the speech and before the end. You should set a time range for the Q&A session, such as 5~ 10 minutes. Tell your audience how many minutes the question and answer time is, and then stop, so as not to ask too many questions for too long, which will affect the effect of the whole speech.
You must make a summary after the question and answer session. The content of your previous speech may be disturbed by complex questions, which will make the key content of your speech vague, so it is necessary to make a summary at the end.
10, the ending is powerful and thought-provoking. Don't end it just because you and the audience look exhausted. At the end of your speech, you should summarize the main contents of the whole speech and arouse the audience's deep thinking, with a strong tone. However, if you just "tell them what you said" in a relaxed tone, that's ok. From beginning to end, you should maintain enough self-confidence and hold your head high. If necessary, you should also thank the audience for taking the precious time to listen to your speech. You must not be bored with your speech and can't wait to escape from the stage. Don't say "well, that's all" or "that's all I have to say"-believe that you made a great speech, then make an impassioned summary and bow.
Method 3: keep improving
1, get audience feedback. You can't just walk off the platform and leave the room smiling, thinking that you have finished your speech. Even if you think your speech is almost perfect, you must have something to improve. Every speech can provide experience for the next better speech. On the other hand, if you think this speech is not good at all, don't be discouraged, it only shows that you have more room for improvement next time. Here are several effective ways to get feedback: find a good friend or colleague to listen to your speech under the stage, and he/she can objectively evaluate the effect of your speech. He/she can rate your self-confidence, record the clarity and completeness of the language, and the response of the audience. If you want to get a more objective evaluation, you can also invite several or several friends to listen to your speech and grade you.
At the end of the speech, ask the audience to fill out a questionnaire and make an objective and true evaluation of you. Although accepting criticism usually doesn't feel good, it is very beneficial to improve your oral English.
Video of my speech. Sometimes the feeling of your own speech does not represent the image seen by the audience, so recording your own speech is good for your self-improvement.
A video for the audience. Record the audience's reaction, and you can see which parts they are interested in and which parts are bored or puzzled.
Grade the speech according to your own feelings. What do you think of your performance? Which part is the most difficult to talk about? What can you learn from this speech to promote a better speech next time?
2. Get inspiration. Visit famous speakers in person to find out the reasons for their success. Why is anthony robbins a successful or failed speaker? Can Jobs's speech inspire people? In what way did he make his speech exciting? What about the speeches of MLK, Roosevelt and Winson Churchill? Listen to others' speeches, take more notes, learn their advantages and discard their shortcomings. Watching other speakers give inspiring speeches to a large group of people will make your blood boil and make you feel the urge to make a long speech. You should remember that those skilled speakers may have stage phobia now. But as long as you work hard, everyone can overcome their inner fears, at least they look confident and relaxed.
3. Join the public speaking club. If you really want to improve your speaking skills, joining a public speaking club will help you a lot. You can also make some interesting friends in the club, get in touch with a lot of new knowledge and learn how to make a concise and inspiring speech in front of a large audience. If you want to make a good speech at school or at work, or if speaking is your hobby, then joining the public speaking club is a good choice.
4. Attend public speaking seminars or courses. You can also improve your speaking skills by attending public speaking seminars or courses. Your school or unit may provide such opportunities. By attending such seminars or courses, you can learn some experience from the master speakers and have the opportunity to practice speaking in front of a small group of people. These courses won't be long and there won't be too many students, but they are very helpful to you, because you know everyone in the class will give a speech, so you won't be so nervous when you give a speech yourself. If you want to improve your oral English, attending relevant courses and training will greatly improve your ability in this area and make you more confident.
Tips Public speaking skills are not necessary for everyone. But if you are or want to be a leader or entrepreneur, you should at least be an excellent speaker. Do you realize that good public speakers are usually more likely to succeed in other fields? Just being an excellent speaker doesn't mean you will succeed in your career, but it will definitely help you become a better leader, communicator and planner.