This ability can double the child\’s chance of success

In 2080 BC, the Egyptian Pharaoh told his son Melaka, who would inherit the throne in the future: Be an eloquent speaker, so that you can become a strong person. The tongue is a sharp sword, and speech is more powerful than fighting. We have to admire Pharaoh\’s outstanding wisdom and foresight! Looking at the world, all matters, big or small, involve competition or dissent, ranging from presidential campaigns and international disputes to factory strikes, running for class committee, speeches, competitions, college entrance interviews, job interviews, trial lectures, etc., they are indispensable at every level. speech. My daughter is a college teacher and front-line simultaneous interpreter. She is good at speeches, especially English speeches. What follows is her story of studying and finding a job. My daughter has participated in many English speech competitions. She participated in the National English Style Contest in high school, and in college she participated in the FLTRP Cup National College English Speech Contest, the 21st Century Cup National College English Speech Contest, the Asia-Pacific Simulated APEC Conference, and various national and Asian debates. Competitions, etc., and all these competitions have gone through layers of selection. For example, in the FLTRP Cup National College English Speech Contest, where my daughter finally won the first prize in the country, the school first held a preliminary round to select 1 contestant to participate in the semi-finals in Beijing, and then competed among 56 participating universities in Beijing, and finally selected 3 contestants. Represented the Beijing area in the national finals. The seemingly simple layer-by-layer selection also includes fixed speeches with different themes and time limits, impromptu speeches, impromptu Q&A and other links. Therefore, each complete national competition itself includes multiple different speeches. Some people say that you can become a master of public speaking by giving 100 speeches on stage. It seems to make sense! I have listened to my daughter\’s lectures live, and I have to admire her calmness and calmness, not affected by the environment at all, whether she is speaking or answering questions at the end: she has been on stage too many times, even on the international stage. She has faced everything from small classes; from officials, principals, judges, to parents, teachers, and students. Those who can give speeches will get competition opportunities, and training in competitions will make children better, and excellence will give them more opportunities. This is the compound interest effect. Because she won the National Best Style Award at the Asia-Pacific Simulation APEC Conference during her sophomore year, her daughter, as one of the three outstanding student representatives from mainland China, participated in the 21st Annual Meeting of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) held in Vancouver, Canada. PECC Graduate Program. In the PECC graduate program, all student representatives are divided into 5 groups. Each group discusses an issue and forms a youth resolution. Finally, a student chairperson is selected to report to the Standing Committee. In previous APEC and PECC student activities, Chinese students have never received this honor. The daughter was elected as the student president of her group due to her extensive preparation before the trip, active participation in discussions, outstanding speaking skills and diplomatic style. When giving a report, my daughter expressed her speech confidently, sonorously, and fluently with emphasis and emphasis, making her the best-performing student chairperson in the audience. During the question and answer session, she extended the idea from cooperation among students from various countries in the group to the need to seek common ground while reserving differences among developed and developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region today., cooperated to deal with various crises, and won the only applause from the audience in the entire session. Chinese students were elected as student presidents to give reports, which changed the current situation in which students who participated in previous conferences lacked a voice on the international stage and were unable to truly integrate into international exchanges. An Zhongli, Secretary-General of the China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, sent a congratulatory message saying: \”Representatives from many countries have expressed your appreciation to us. It is not a compliment to say that you have brought glory to the country.\” Being able to speak has enabled her daughter to thrive on the international stage. At the same time, in contact and cooperation with international peers, they are constantly confirming their position, which is very important for growing children. Good presentation skills are a must to communicate with higher caliber people. My daughter said: The students in the same group include many doctoral students from various countries. They are not only knowledgeable, but also eloquent, have high emotional intelligence, and are very cooperative. Being able to receive their support through my efforts makes me feel confident, honored and full of mission. Just after New Year\’s Day last year, my daughter received a call from a college outside a university: You are the number one candidate in our school\’s recruitment exam. As long as there is a spot, we will give you priority, and we hope you will make our school your first choice. If you have a better choice, please let us know. The interview was a week ago. I thought that only five people would participate in the interview, because only one person was hired. Unexpectedly, when I entered the classroom, it was full of people, at least four or five dozen people. Ask the left and the right again, yes, they are all here to apply for interpreting teachers. Everyone is drawn and sorted for interviews. By coincidence, my daughter drew number 1 and immediately entered the scene. Within a moment, she heard the person in charge say, \”Okay, let\’s start translating.\” It turned out that the interview in the notice was for sight translation! I thought I was just asking a few questions. In this situation, it is estimated that many people cannot calm down. My daughter quickly adjusted herself and completed the short interpreting task as smoothly as she entered working mode. In the following trial session, my daughter was still the first to enter the room. She started speaking in her own unique style, using Chinese. Normally she rarely shows English because she speaks so beautifully. In the words of someone who has heard her interpret at conferences: Listening to her speak English makes your ears pregnant! Halfway through the lecture, the examiner finally couldn\’t bear it anymore: Please speak in English. Just like she usually does simultaneous interpretation, the beautiful and clean language came out as soon as the examiner finished speaking. There is no suspense. My daughter is number one. Although there are so many doctors and masters in the same major at home and abroad who come to compete, and even though my daughter has no experience in applying for a job, so what? She has all the abilities required of an excellent interpretation teacher, and the judges’ eyes are sharp. I once asked my daughter: Why are you ranked first despite having no interview experience? She said: Because I am good at English, and most importantly, I can speak. Only masters of public speaking have the ability to calmly control the situation and think while speaking. Although being able to speak is not the only factor for a successful job application, for most applicants, not being able to speak is the main reason for failure. Not being able to speak is equivalent to giving up the possibility of success many times. United Nations speech consultant Natalie H. Rogers believes that people who can speak have twice the chance of success. Fully agree! My daughter once served as a judge for an interpretation competition. When talking about the quality of students’ interpretation, she said:The transmission accuracy of the content is generally good, but they rarely integrate and transmit the speaker\’s emotion, voice, and vocal beauty. This will make people feel that there is something missing, just like a singer who sings for the sake of singing without any emotional resonance. The fundamental way to solve this problem is to learn to speak, and then interpret for the speaker with empathy. In fact, not only interpreting, but also not being able to speak will affect all aspects. Every pass is a problem! Interviews are questions, because every little question the interviewer asks is equivalent to an impromptu speech. Campaigning is a problem, because no matter how beautiful the soul is, it cannot be as powerful as a wonderful speech. The defense is a question. I couldn’t explain it clearly after speaking for a long time. No matter how well I write, it’s hard to get a high score. The problem is the trial lecture. As soon as you get on the podium, you will get nervous when you see the examiner. How can you win? …Some people say that after so many years of focusing on quality education, China still only looks at scores. wrong! The truth is: no matter what good university you go to, no matter how high your score is on the written test, if you can\’t give a speech, you will always encounter problems at election campaigns, defenses, job interviews, etc. While constantly pursuing high scores in the written test, perhaps we should see that the interview behind the written test is the most difficult to pass. Look around you, children spend a lot of their spare time going to training institutions to improve their written test scores. However, there is one thing that has been ignored, and that is speech ability, which is the real comprehensive quality. Being able to speak is not a necessity for students, but it is a necessity for entering the elite class. If you want to obtain a satisfactory position in the future, you must first prove your strength through speeches. Speech ability is your future competitiveness. My daughter started speaking since she graduated from junior high school, participating in competitions and receiving guidance from teachers. The university continues to receive speech and debate training. Her university attaches great importance to English debate. Every holiday, it will invite English debate coaches from Singapore to come to the school for training or be sent to Seoul National University in South Korea to receive debate training and competitions. During her graduate studies, in addition to professional courses, she also took elective speech courses. Along the way, my daughter has been associated with speeches for nearly ten years. That’s why I am now so handy in competitions, interviews, speeches and other occasions. Americans practice their speeches from childhood to old age. The U.S. presidential campaign at the end of last year was as fascinating as a TV series. There were not only well-trained rounds of verbal exchanges between Hillary and Trump, but also well-trained speeches by Trump’s eldest daughter and second daughter, and finally, their victory speeches and defeat speeches. speech. Finally, people discovered the problem: Americans, big and small, seemed to be good at speaking. In this regard, a reporter from the Global Times conducted an exclusive interview: It turns out that Americans attach great importance to expressing personal opinions. If you have any objections, you must speak up. As long as you can convince the other party, you can benefit yourself. If you have more people talking, you can completely turn the tables. Therefore, expressing opinions in public is their most important survival ability. Since elementary school, they have often sat around several round tables, looking at pictures, writing, and reciting together. The teacher will encourage those students who perform well and let them come to the podium to perform for the whole class. At the middle school level, traditional teaching methods are combined with \”round table discussions\”, where teachers let students with different viewpoints debate, this is how the little debater was born. The \”Public Speaking\” course in American universities is very close to the actual level and is the most popular elective course among students. The purpose of this course is to cultivate high-level speaking talents. Students taking this course are also preparing themselves for a career in politics or society in the future. There are also special speech training courses in American communities, which are not expensive but very practical. Practicing it since childhood, no wonder Americans are good at public speaking! Today, speech is all the rage in the world. From the British parliamentary debates to Americans\’ speeches at any time, to the support of debates in societies across Asia, all prove people\’s understanding of the power of speech. Whether on the international stage or in your personal career, speaking ability is competitiveness. A successful speech is better than thousands of troops. If young people are strong, the country will be strong. Americans\’ emphasis on speech is worth learning from. Paying attention to speech means attaching importance to national quality. However, speaking ability cannot be developed in a day or two. It requires multiple trainings to reach a stable level. Therefore, parents need the foresight of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Being able to speak can double your child\’s chances of success. It is wise to carve out appropriate time as early as possible so that children can receive speech training while studying. Don\’t wait for an urgent need to enroll in an interview training class and cram it in a hurry.