![]() Now students have the option to present their speeches in class with the clear face mask or over zoom, both which allow students to show their face. It can really connect with your audience but if you just stand up there and read from your note cards or never smile or never have any emotional expression, you're going to completely lose your audience,” DeVito said.Ī few months into the semester, the department was able to find clear face masks for students to wear, allowing them to show their facial expressions. We talked about how you can have a really relevant talk and you can include humor in it. And to her, showing emotions is one of the most important skills to have. So we got around that you still weren't able to see if someone was smiling, or those facial expressions or nonverbal cues,” DeVito said.ĭevito teaches a lot about facial expressions and delivery. ![]() Sometimes I'd have to ask them to repeat themselves because I couldn't hear them. “For the most part, because I've never really taught in a mask before wearing a mask for that long, I could project my voice and even students in the back of the classroom. One faculty member at the University of Kentucky, Allyson DeVito, said wearing a mask has been difficult especially when teaching a course on public speaking. The University of Kentucky's communications department is now working to normalize clear face masks to show the importance of facial expressions within their courses. ![]() ![]() With everyone wearing face masks, many are having a hard time reading facial expressions. ![]()
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