Hi, my name is Romili Townsend and today I will teach you how to teach anyone anything. Listen closely and by the end of this speech you should be able to teach people so well they’d think it was your job.

The first step is to engage your audience. You can do this by being passionate and radiating energy. This will tell your audience that you care a lot about what you are talking about and if you believe it is important then they will want to listen to find out why that is. When teaching it is important to speak in a loud yet clear voice, ensuring that you project your voice rather than shout. Once you have done this you need to give them a reason to trust your opinion. This is why you should list your achievements in the topic and back your points up with statistics and evidence. It’s even better if you can prove an opinion is backed up by an expert in the field. Using jargon, words exclusive to a specific field, will also make your audience think you know what you are talking about, but it is best to use it sparingly as you don’t want to confuse your audience as this will make them disengaged.

The next step is to choose a learning style. People use a variety of their senses to learn, but research has proven that one of the three main senses in each person is usually dominant over the others. This means that some people are visual learners and learn the most from reading how to do something or watching someone do that thing whereas others are better at listening to how it should be done, known as auditory learners. Finally, there are kinesthetic learners; these people learn best from hands-on experience and trying to do these things themselves. Deciding which of the learning styles to use should be easy if you know someone well, but if you don’t, or are teaching to a large group of people you should try to incorporate all three of these methods to ensure that no matter what sort of learning style someone prefers, you will cover it.

If you are struggling with teaching something you can try adapting your methods of teaching to suit the student. For example, if you were teaching computers to someone who knows a lot about cars then you could compare how the processor’s function is similar to an engine. Not only will connecting your speech with their interests make it easier for them to understand what you are explaining, but they will also become more interested in what you are teaching as you’ve related it to something they find interesting.

After you have taught a thing to someone and they have demonstrated that they can do it, it is important to briefly go over your points again and get them to perform the thing multiple times. You’ve probably heard the saying “practice makes perfect”. This principle has been traced back to more than 6,000 years ago for a good reason; the more we practice something the easier it is to remember. 

Those are my tips on how to teach anyone anything, and remember: The mediocre teacher tells, the great teacher inspires.