Suggestion 158. Wear a microphone to talk to the back row

IF YOU WANT TO:

• Vary the speed and tone of your voice

• Be certain that you are heard in the back room

Wearing a microphone and remembering to "talk to the back row" if you have a tendency to speak too softly.

By remembering to talk to the back row, you will be more likely to adapt your voice to groups of different sizes. Note, however, that although you want to project your voice to the back row, your eye contact with students should vary over several sections of the room. If you look at the back row as well as talk to it, you will appear excessively distant and formal.

Limitations on Use of Suggestion

  Discipline:  None
Course Level:  None
 Course Size:  Large classrooms
        Mode:  None

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