LETIGIO, MARIA AMETHYST P. MBA- NT BA325 REFLECTION PAPER VOCAL BRANDING AND TIPS IN SPEAKING What does it takes to be a better or best speaker? Does it happen overnight? Is it just a simple drill learned in months of two or three? Our instructor led us to two video presentations of vocal branding and tips in speaking. I didn’t expect that in half an hour, I will be learning important concepts that will be useful in my field being a teacher. So how it does? The first video talks about vocal branding. According to the speaker “Your voice is like your thumb print, or your facial features, it is unique and authentically you. It is the most important element of your vocal brand”. Upon hearing those lines, it made me think “How do I sound?” I am a petite girl with of course not too loud voice. Do I have the power it takes speaking authoritatively? Or do I sound like a dumb woman? It started to play in my head. Stating the 5 elements namely: Intensity/loudness, Inflection/intonation, Rate/ Fast or slow, Frequency and lastly, the Quality. I started to have a thought of “Hey, maybe I can apply these patterns into my teaching”. The speaker in the said video was able to deliver well the content and context of the subject matter. Maybe, if I would be an English instructor, I will also use this to facilitate my teaching. Another you tube video presented discussed tips on speaking. While the initial video talks about the theories and elements, this on the other hand talks about the application. The first speaker (Simon Sinek) talks about perspective. He says that effective speaker must change his/ her perspective. It is not what you LETIGIO, MARIA AMETHYST P. MBA- NT BA325 REFLECTION PAPER can take but what you can give that really matters. If people see that you have done something or tried something, then they will be interesting to hear that something from you. No need to boast of all the scholastic achievements or work history. Your perspective in life will be all that matters. Another speaker in the name of Isaac Serwanga adds another 3 tips. He called it the 3A’s. These 3A’S includes Authenticity engagement, Awareness and Audacity. He starting statements says that public speaking is fundamental. And yes! I agree. In all endeavor, speaking is essential. Communication is vital. It is not just what you can share to others but also, what others can hear from you. From the 3 A’s, I can say that it is all interrelated with one another. A good speaking requires good authenticity engagement from its audience to raise awareness of the subject matter with audacity. In relevance to the article entitled Challenges faced by Students and Teachers on Writing in ESL Context: A Literature Review by Moses R. AND Mohamad M (2017), I shall say that the aforementioned videos can be of a big help to address these problems. The videos tackle more about speaking and not much of writing but it can be a big help for professionals especially teachers to gain strategies on teaching effective English. Professional to be exact needs these kinds of presentations to as a refresher of his/ her communication and language skills. Furthermore, if these kinds of videos will be used in secondary and tertiary level, then maybe we can expect a better result of linguistics and grammarians in the future.
