“Misery in the world is not due to bad students, but due to
bad teachers”
I would like to run a series of articles on better teaching
basics. Intention of this series is to help aspirants who wish to become good teachers
/ existing teachers who want to increase their skills in the profession.
In this article let’s discus about one of the basic
qualities of teaching, that is,
Articulation. Wiki
meaning for this word is, “the formation
of clear and distinct sounds in speech”. We should know how to speak during
the lecture / session. We should know where to rise the voice and where to make
it low. We should have command over the sentences we phrase. Sometimes you can
take the liberty of a shout if it needs. If you can make your words clear to audience
/ students it’s ok with the general grammar instead of looking / searching for
clear cut sentences according to English grammar. Ultimately, the goal is, our
topic should be well understood by the students / participants by the end. It
may not be 100 % relative to this topic, but to refer with the context, examine
the famous “I have a dream speech” by Martin Luther King Jr. How he has
command, articulation, more ever the flow he attains during the speech.
And, having articulation is not the only quality a teacher
required but it helps in delivering the lecture better. There are teachers who
are not much good with articulation but still they managed to run the show
better. But, I believe it is their interest and movement of words that achieves
the task during the lecture. So, to conclude practicing better articulation
really helps the speaker to deliver the lecture in a beautiful way.
In the coming articles, let’s discuss about the other qualities like involving students during the class, speak a fun word, clarity of the topic that’s going to be delivered in the class and so on…
