Hi Friends, this blog is purely
dedicated to some of my students who has recently started their academic
journey and for all those who are in the same phase. The contents outlined
below are the learning I have amassed during my 6+2 years (locally and globally)
journey in this wonderful profession since 2008. Having delivered lectures for
more than 12,000.00 students from various background right from schooling,
Pre-University level, Undergraduates from engineering and non-engineering
background and to an international students from both English speaking and
non-English speaking countries, I feel to share my wisdom in delivering sound
lectures which commands respect for you and students will adored you. Make sure
you read the blog full, because neither the trailer nor the beginning or the
conclusion of the blog will give you an overall pictures, it is the whole blog
tailored step by step will show you the actual picture. The fact that you’re
here, through the link on my fb wall, clearly shows that you are passionate
about making your academic career vibrant. Here are the 7 tips that you could
implement and make your lectures simple and awesome.
1. Start Great: Remember a great start is all that
catches the senses of your students. A great start is a result of great
preparation, I meant the preparing the content you need to deliver. Once you
have this ready, all you need is to plan the great start. A great start
could include a having a broad smile on your face, a commanding body
language, give an energetic introduction about the topics you will be dealing
with, try connecting them with a previous class lectures and introduce the
outcome at this instant, this will make them focus on being attentive.
2. Use Visual Aids: Remember well begin is half done
but also you need to focus on remaining 50 % to make it complete. The following
details will help you in establishing that 50% in your lectures. Using the
technology in an optimum way is the key in this aspect. If your lectures
involve modules which are more of pictorial form your work will be a cake walk,
if not you need to search some forms where you can bring in some visual aids in
your lecture presentation. It could be some funny pictures that resembles the
theoretical concept, or any shapes and symbols that explains better than just
those words. The prime reason behind this logic is to make you aware that, we
remember what we see well than what we hear.
3. Voice: Adding on to the visual aids you
use to deliver lectures, your voice dictates much of your lecturing. If your
voice is of low pitch, or high pitch throughout both spoils your lecture.
Having a modulated pitch of voice is all I am sharing with you at this instant.
Lectures delivered at a same pitch throughout the lecture will make the lecture
monotonous thus making your lectures uninteresting. So you need to learn the
art of modulating your voice. One simple tip to master this is to use your
common sense to understand the points where you need to stress more and where
you can stress less.
4. Introduce Humor: None of us likes a monotonous
environment, so it is quite natural that your students will get bored no matter
how much you are good at delivering the lectures. It is also psychologically
proven that, any human mind cannot focus one thing at a stretch for more than
15-20 mins. So in order to keep the students engaged in your lectures create a
environment of humor for 1 or 2 mins, this will refresh their mind and keeps
them happy and make them love your lectures. Creating a humor out of that
particular situation will create a happiest environment than having
one prepared. Being a spontaneous is the key to bring out such humors.
5. Power Packed conclusion: Remember whether it could be your
students or any class or audience they might not remember what you say, but
surely they remember how you deliver the lectures. As you started with energy
so as the conclusion needs to be. Summarise the whole class, and asking for
clarifications, giving a brief insight is the set of things you need deliver as
a conclusion.
6. LAW (Looks, Action, and
Words): I shall
guarantee that your lectures will be much more attractive and impactful if you
implement all the steps opined above. Adding on those tips, as a catalyst I
would love to share this particular tip with you, remember, Students are just
like a clients, friends, or audience you can never demand anything from them
but your attire, your way of behaving and your words will surely help you
command what you want from them. Nervousness is one that holds you back from
feeling free to deliver lectures, so I have a wonderful tip to suggest you
which I have always experimented and experienced to kill the nervousness during
delivering the lectures, i.e. the best way is to Start delivering your lectures
by keeping yourself in motion appropriately, because always remember,
“Nobody can Hit a Moving Target”. So on a concluding note, People
will look at you before listening to you, hence SYNCHRONIZING your Looks,
Actions, and Words plays a
major role in delivering lectures.
7. Practice: If you cannot win by talent you
can always win by your hard work. If you are with a purpose of creating
difference to the society, you need not to worry about your talent that you
have in delivering lectures as of now. You can always master any talent if you
lack, provided if you have felt the real need. Your patience to read this blog
till the end clearly shows how determined you are. Practice your lectures
couple of times before you deliver in front of the mirror. Remember, world never cares how you
practice all they see is how you perform. Practice
is the key, harder you practice, better will be your performance. Commitment to
excellence is the essence to keep your practice going continuously.
Always be open minded to learn
from your teachers, friends who are willing to share their experience to
empower you so that you could get on track at the faster pace without wasting
much of your time in experimenting the same old mistakes what others have done. I
always believe in this Quotation: “A
Smarter is one who learns from his mistake and Smartest is one who learns from
other’s mistake” Wish you a
glorious journey!!!
A
powerful Quote that fueled my passion to create a genuine difference to my students’
fraternity is:
A Bad Teacher
Complains,
A Average Teacher
Explains,
A Good Teacher
Teaches,
A Great Teacher
Inspires!!!
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