Assignment 3.6: Meaning Through Language and Performance

3. Performance Techniques

Don't forget the importance of good performance techniques which can include...

  • Nonverbal techniques - facial expressions, the tone and pitch of the voice, gestures displayed through body language and the physical distance between the communicators
  • use of props or effective visuals
  • humour
  • eye contact
  • memorize
  • asking questions - rhetorical questions

Listen to country music legend Reba McEntire discuss the importance of good performance techniques in her Masterclass on engaging an audience.