Communication Modulate you voice - Modulating your voice is when you change the pitch of your voice up and down, by doing this you keep the audience’s attention rather than having one pitch as the audience are likely to lose interest. You may do this when teaching for a long period of time if your voice doesn’t vary the pupils are more likely to get bored and distracted, however, if you change the pitch of your appropriately you keep the pupils listening to you for longer meaning they are able to take in more information too. Raising your voice - You raise your voice mostly so that you can be heard however it is very effective as you can show your emotion towards things, like telling someone off for doing something wrong, by raising your voice …show more content…
Body language – your body language can be the way you are sitting, even though you are saying and doing one thing, your body language could say something different. For example, if your slouching it may give the impression that you aren’t listening to the other person is saying. Use of intonation - intonation is variation of pitch while speaking which is not used to distinguish words. For example, when giving a long presentation it’s a good idea to vary the pitch of your voice as it keeps the audience engaged longer. Positive language – positive language is about using phrases that show that you are taking responsibility for your actions and that you value people’s opinions and show that you can learn from others Negative language – negative language is using phases like ‘to be honest…’ this shows that you are most likely not an honest person and have lied in the past. Leaving out that ‘to be honest…’ at the start of a sentence makes it more positive’ Active engagement – active engagement is listening to someone but also taking part and asking questions, this more likely to help you to learn and understand something. Sitting there passively will not necessarily help you at