Key points of speech

-Posture, gestures, eyes and eyes, clothing

Speech is a combination of performance and speech. Of course, speech is mainly about speaking, supplemented by acting skills, but speech can not be separated from "acting skills", which is the so-called sound and emotion. Appropriate "performance" can not only increase the overall aesthetic feeling of the speech, but also help the "speech" to express its meaning more completely and fully. In this sense, "performance" itself has a certain language function, so we might as well regard "performance" as a language, that is, body language.

The body language of the speech includes the following parts: body posture, gestures, eyes and clothes.

1. Body posture

Body posture can be divided into sitting posture and standing posture. Generally, formal speeches are mostly standing, and informal speeches are mostly sitting, such as conference speeches, business negotiations, academic reports, etc.

Let's talk about standing first.

The speaker stepped onto the platform with a relaxed and happy mood. Stand in the center of the platform. Before speaking, quietly lift your breath and abdomen, hold your head up and chest out, and adjust the rhythm of your breathing. Shoulders are relaxed, arms naturally hang down on both sides, feet naturally open, and the center of gravity of the body falls on the feet on average. The whole posture is straight and not stiff, relaxed and not casual.

This is the basic standing posture at the beginning of the speech, but it will not be maintained all the time during the speech. With the change of speech content and mood, the speaker's standing posture will also change. When not walking, the speaker's arm movements are the largest, followed by the head and then the upper body. The lower limbs only move with the movement of the upper body, and the amplitude is also the smallest. The movement of the arm is also a gesture. As we will say below, the head movement is mainly influenced by the speaker's movement, and the upper body often moves with the head movement. In addition, in the process of speaking, according to the specific situation, the upper body can occasionally lean forward or sideways. For example, when you emphasize a certain point, you can lean forward slightly, and when you pay attention to the audience on both sides, you can lean left and right. In general, the speaker can go on stage, and in some scenes, he can step down. The frequency of walking depends on the specific situation, and the posture should be calm when walking.

Let's talk about sitting posture.

Because the sitting posture is sitting in a fixed position, compared with the standing posture, the change is small and the movement range is small. Master the following essentials.

1) Keep your body straight, sit in one-third to two-thirds of the chair, and don't lean your chest on the table or your back on the chair;

2) put your hands on the table, which can be placed naturally, or you can caress your notebook or handout;

3) Although the lower limbs are covered by a table or podium, we should maintain a relatively standardized posture, because posture affects the speaker's state, and the posture of the lower limbs will affect the posture of the upper body. The specific posture is to relax your legs and step on the ground naturally.

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Gestures are closely related to the emotions expressed by the speaker. If we use inappropriate gestures and have no corresponding emotions, it may mislead the audience. Generally speaking, when speaking, put your hands where the audience can see them, that is, in front of or beside you. Don't put your hands behind your back or put them in your pockets. Let others see their hands clearly, which means being honest with each other, indicating that I am unarmed and will not cheat. So people shake hands when they meet. If two people who don't know each other very well put their hands where the other person can't see them when talking, it will cause psychological distrust. However, if you know each other well, you don't have to be too rigid. You can put your hands at will, just like acquaintances don't shake hands every time they meet.

There is also a rough division about the active area of gestures. The upper area is above the neck. Gestures in the upper area show positive emotions, such as raising your fist to your ear to show solemn oath, and raising your hand over your head to show warm encouragement and call. The middle area is from the neck to the abdomen, and the gesture is in the middle area, which indicates rational and peaceful emotions and is the area with the most frequent gesture activities. The abdomen and below are the lower area, and gestures are in the lower area, indicating negative and depressed mood. If you wave to the oblique side to show firm refusal, your hands spread on both sides of your thighs to show helplessness. In addition, the range of gestures also expresses emotions of different intensities. The larger the scope, the stronger the emotion, the smaller the scope and the more peaceful the emotion.

Speech gestures can be roughly divided into three categories: fist, finger and palm.

Boxing is rarely used in general, because it expresses strong feelings. For example, when people are excited, they will wave their fists and put them on their abdomen to express their sadness. We don't often express too strong emotions in speeches, so we seldom use boxing.

There are not many cases of finger pointing, and the gesture refers to the index finger or putting the index finger and middle finger together. We all know a common sense, that is, don't point fingers at people, because it means attacking. In fact, strictly speaking, don't point your finger in any horizontal direction, even if there is no one in the direction, this action is unsightly. If we want to point in the direction of the city, the correct gesture is to put our fingers together and point with the whole palm. Finger pointing is generally upward for two purposes. One is a symbolic figure, and the other is to emphasize a problem.

Among gestures, the palm is the most commonly used, such as reaching out and palm up to express opinions or solicit opinions; Palm outward, indicating negation; Palm inward, which means please pay attention to me. There are many changes in palm gestures, so I don't need to repeat them, because everyone has their own style and characteristics. Many speakers have different gesture styles, such as Li Yanjie, Chen Anzhi, Gao Jianhua and Yi Zhongtian. And their gesture characteristics are quite different. I won't discuss it in detail here, because the more detailed it is, the easier it is to circle the rules for everyone. A speaker's most natural gestures only belong to himself, so after understanding the above basic rules, we will ponder and form gestures that conform to our own style, and then play freely according to the mood and content of the speech. There are only two sentences about the use of gestures. There is a saying by Huo Yuanjia: "Follow your heart and let nature take its course." There is a saying that Yue Fei said: "The beauty of management lies in one heart."

3. Eyes and eyes

Shakespeare said, "The eyes are the windows to the soul." We can see a person's inner world through his eyes. In Gu Long's novel Tianya Yueming Knife, there is such a plot: Fu Hongxue, the protagonist, competes with Miao Tianwang, a master of scenic spots. Although this Miao Tianwang is not a first-class player, he always plots against his opponent in the competition. But this time, Fu Hongxue saw through his tricks and defeated him as soon as he came up. Miao Tianwang was surprised and asked Fu Hongxue, "How did you tell?" Fu Hongxue said, "I can see from your eyes that you don't have that high martial arts."

The audience is very concerned about getting information from the speaker's eyes, so what should the speaker let the audience see from his eyes-his confidence, his sincerity, his enthusiasm and his concentration! These are the expressions of the speaker's heart, and he can't pretend not to come. As a speaker, what you need to know is what kind of eyes you have, so when we want to express something with our eyes, we must first adjust our hearts. Of course, this is a common saying. Many people's eyes are deceptive, and we may not understand, see incorrectly or see through. This requires us to cultivate a pair of discerning eyes, so that we will not be easily deceived. A discerning person is a clever eye. In fact, the eye doesn't care whether it is smart or not. Smart is a person's mind. Therefore, the true meaning of a discerning person is not to be confused by what you see, but to distinguish it with your heart.

Above we talked about the relationship between eyes and heart, and then talked about the specific application of eyes and eyes in the speech. There are three main ways to use it:

Look around.

The speaker's eyes naturally flowed in a certain direction in the venue and looked around the audience.

Generally speaking, as soon as the speaker takes the stage, he must look around all the audience present, which is like "appearance" in the drama. It has three purposes: first, to greet the audience and get to know each other; Second, feel the emotions of the audience, experience the atmosphere in the venue and adjust their psychological state; The third is silence, which means that the speech is about to begin. Please pay attention.

Look around is often used in the course of a speech, usually after a question is finished, especially after an important or difficult point is finished, the speaker will look around the audience, and his eyes may pause while looking around. At this time, looking around often means asking questions, which can be regarded as a simple field investigation.

2) stare.

The speaker's eyes focused on a certain audience or individual audience and made a short stop. Gaze can play three roles. One is to show concern for the observed object. The speaker can roughly divide the whole audience into several parts, and pay attention to each part from time to time during the speech. The second is to conduct more targeted field visits to the audience and adjust the next speech according to the audience's reaction. Third, when some areas appear not to listen carefully or even stir, staring plays a role in reminding attention. In addition, the local gaze time should not be too long, nor should it attract the attention of the audience outside the local area.

3) Pseudo-vision.

Eyes cover a wide range of scenes, even the whole audience, without stopping or focusing on any part. Virtual vision can first maintain a sense of communication with the audience. When the speaker's mind is focused on thinking or stating, his eyes are also virtual vision.

Looking around, staring and illusion are often used in speeches, and the timing of their use lies in the speaker's grasp of the scene. Please ponder carefully in practice.

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Buddha wants gold makeup, and man wants clothes and makeup. For a speech, clothing mainly plays the following three roles.

1) gives the speech a sense of beauty. Speech contains the art of performance, so it should give the audience a visual aesthetic feeling, and clothing is an important part of the aesthetic feeling of speech.

2) Appropriate clothing not only shows the role and identity of the speaker, but also shows respect for the audience. As the object of the audience's attention, his clothing image should be worthy of the audience's attention.

3) Beautiful and comfortable clothes can make the speaker feel good about himself and help to enhance his self-confidence. When you put on a high-grade dress, you will have different degrees of self-feeling and self-confidence, and you will find that others will regard you with special respect.

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