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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

 Watch Your Tone: Your tone that is the intensity of your voice plays a major role. If you are
having a very loud voice then you may appear rude and if you are having a very timid voice
then you might not be heard at all. Hence practice your tone well. You can ask any of your
close one to listen you speaking and then tell you whether you are sounding okay, loud or
weak.
 Maintain Your Posture: While giving Lecturette or interview or in GD your posture plays a
very important role. If you are using too much of hand gestures then it may look very
dramatic. Similarly your slouchy body will reflect your laziness and lack of confidence. If you
get up from your chair while arguing in GD may reflect your non-adjustable nature. Hence
maintain a firm and straight posture while speaking; this will automatically enhance your
speech.
 Go slow with the speed: While speaking it is very important that you go neither too slow nor
very fast. Hence make it a habit to speak in a proper speed neither fast nor slow. To achieve
this also you have to practice well before.
 Eye-Contact: Maintaining an eye contact while speaking is very important. Imagine when
somebody is speaking to you and looking somewhere else, how will you feel? Eye-contact
reflects your confidence. Make it habit to speak looking directly into the eye of the listener.
 Choice of word and content: Your choice of words should be appropriate and easy. If you
are using too fancy words and nobody is able to understand they’ll lose interest. Similarly the
content which you are speaking must also be appropriate and relevant. Like in GD or
Lecturette speak only on the thing you know well, speaking merely for the stake of speaking
is not advisable. One more important thing is that if you are choosing any word to be included
in what you are speaking, then be sure about the correct meaning of the word, especially in
interview.
 Smile: No it is not necessary to show all your 32 teeth while speaking that will look amusingly
funny, but maintain a calm and smiling face is necessary. It will raise your level of confidence
and also make you look good. Promise yourself to not frown even when the whole group is
against you in GD and even when the Interviewer is banging you!

Benefits of having a good speaking skill
A good speaking skill will help you in tackling GD and Lecturette very confidently. This something
which is in our hand and we can practice it well before, so if you are able to express yourself nicely
then it’ll give you an advantage over others. In the interview also you’ll feel confident. The best way
to improve your speech is to practice Lecturette daily.

How to Improve Your Speaking Skills for SSB

Aspirants, Group Lecturette are one of the most important GTO tasks. We all know that service
officers while commanding their troops have to address their men at a short notice or to give them
instructions in their day to day activities. The officer should be able to talk effectively and forcefully.

Thus, there is a need for a defense aspirant to be quite efficient in the art of speech –making. This
test is mainly to test whether the candidate has the proficiency in speech making and effective
speaking at a short notice.

Then aspirants, People are never born good speakers .If one lacks this skill, it can be cultivated by
constant practice. No need to worry Aspirants, You have the talent to be a good speaker .But most
of us never realize that. To be a good speaker, we must have these essential qualities-

o Mastery over Language
o Knowledge of current trends and affairs