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.