I found difficulty in speaking in front of some people, which is absolutely needed for teachers.
I think I'm not really bad at just "speaking", but when it comes to speaking with SOFTEN, it got much more difficult.
the most difficult one is eye contact.
It was a great idea to let listeners put up a piece of paper until the speaker makes sufficiently long eye contact, but without that, I really have to concentrate on looking at people, because I usually don't look at people's faces when I talk (trying to break this habit, though).
and one more, I am bad at standing still.
My feet always sort of move when I speak lol.
It's gonna take time to be able to speak with SOFTEN, but I wouldn't have even noticed unless we did such a focused class to speaking.
Thanks Ken :)
Hi Mao,
ReplyDeleteIt takes a lot of practice, both eye contact and these other body skills, and I can only be good at contact myself if I am really conscious of it.
Ken