What should I do if I make a slip of the tongue in my speech?

? Because impromptu speech is a kind of speech that is completely unprepared or rarely prepared, it is often inevitable to say the wrong thing. What should I do in this situation? This requires mastering and applying some remedial skills. Let's look at a few examples!

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Truth correction: use facts to explain and remedy.

The title of Yang Hua, a student in Class One of College English, is "Strong". As soon as she opened her mouth, she said, "As we all know, in May 2008 12, 14: 28, a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.8 occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan ..." As soon as her voice fell, someone shouted, "No, it was an earthquake of magnitude 8!" This shout made Yangliuliu stuck in the shell, but then, she immediately accepted the call from her classmate and said calmly: "This classmate is right, it should be an earthquake of magnitude 8. At the time of the earthquake, the magnitude released by the authoritative organization to the public was 7.8, which was later revised to 8 by accurate measurement. Thank you for correcting me! " This not only conforms to the objective reality, but also corrects mistakes at will, and the audience may applaud your frank attitude.

Rhetorical compensation: when you make a mistake, realize it immediately, and then use a rhetorical question to deny it, so as to achieve the purpose of remedy and leave no trace.

An employee made an impromptu speech entitled "Employees don't play cards" in a speech contest held by the company according to regulations. In the speech, when the sentence "employees are playing cards that can be manipulated and manipulated by the boss at will …" came out, he immediately realized that he had missed the word "no" before the word "yes". You know, a word difference means the opposite. What shall we do? He used his quick wits and quickly corrected: "Isn't this the wrong view of many company bosses?" A rhetorical question, so it is logical to remedy their own slip of the tongue, so that the audience present did not notice at all. Do you think it's smart?

Powerful words to identify mistakes: When you feel that you made a mistake in an impromptu speech, calm down first, and then make a clever analysis of the wrong words. As long as you can justify yourself, you can not only make the audience understand your mistakes, but also make everyone feel your wit and sensitivity, thus producing unique live effects.

A city speech and eloquence association held a three-month speech training class. During the training, the teacher asked the students to make an impromptu speech on the topic "How to improve their oral expression ability". A student came to the stage and made a speech. At the end, there was a sentence: "Students, we will graduate in one month …" All the students laughed. He immediately realized that he had said the wrong time, and quickly and unhurriedly explained, "I know there are still two months before graduation." The reason why I say one month is that I hope my classmates will cherish the two-month study time as one month with me. In this way, we will always have a sense of urgency in our hearts, and everyone will seize the time, study hard and improve their oral expression ability. Everybody says, right? "The students loudly replied," Yes! "Then clap your hands together. The beauty of the speaker's analysis lies in his skillful writing and improvisation in the length of time, which actually turned the embarrassment of slip of the tongue into applause from the audience. what do you think? ?

Make mistakes: explain with jokes. Using this humorous expression can not only easily correct mistakes, but also enliven the atmosphere of the speech. Why not?

A middle school celebrated its 70th anniversary. As a special guest, a foreign school principal made an impromptu speech on behalf of the guests at the celebration meeting. As soon as he stepped onto the podium, he said, "Today is the 70th anniversary of your school, and I represent your school …" Before he finished, he realized that he had made a mistake, so he apologized, "I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I can only say a few words on behalf of the guests on this podium. If you represent the school, isn't it anti-customer? Yes, I am the headmaster, and I often speak on behalf of the school at meetings, which shows that I am used to it, so I made a mistake just now. It seems that no matter what kind of occasion a person speaks, he should not forget his identity and role. Otherwise, you will make jokes like me. Therefore, I think habitual thinking is really harmful! Breaking through stereotypes and being brave in innovation is not the school-running philosophy that your school has always adhered to? "

Generally speaking, there are several ways. I believe that in the future speech practice, if you study more and try to figure out more, you will be able to master and use various remedial skills and constantly improve your ability to improvise and express yourself.