PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS IN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
As a political leader, Heydar Aliyev, who has diplomatic skills, pragmatic thinking, determination, and rational thinking, is also an invaluable speaker of his time. Until the arrival of Heydar Aliyev, who played an exceptional role in the formation of 20th century Azerbaijani political oratory and speech culture, we cannot name any politician whose speech would be an example on the political stage. Heydar Aliyev's speech is the highest degree of expression of thoughts and ideas in words. It is one of the most important aspects of his speech to demonstrate the value of the word, the size of the word, the meaning of the word with great mastery. Let's pay attention to some sample nuances in the Great Leader's speech:
Heydar Aliyev's speech mannerisms: Heydar Aliyev's stature was tall and his posture was majestic. With his attentive look at the audience, he created an atmosphere in everyone as if he was addressing him. This aspect is the most important of self-organization and public speaking skills, especially in political speaking. He never leaned on the chair with his hands and created his authoritative charisma with his body language that did not need support. His gestures were slow and precise. Hand gestures are especially obvious when meeting people. The ease of his smile, addressing people as "you" eliminated the hierarchical protocol of the word "you". On the most important topics, when he reprimanded, he raised his index finger to the sky, showing his anger and determination. His speech was quite sincere. Heydar Aliyev is an academy in himself with his knowledge, skills and manners and still continues to fascinate and educate us while learning from various aspects.
Determination in Heydar Aliyev's speech: Courage, as an ethical category, showed itself with decisive expressions in Heydar Aliyev's speech. The determination of the leader is very important to satisfy the decisive majority and to mobilize for specific actions. Especially in his declarations about independence, the determination is conveyed to the audience clearly and with harsh tones.
In his speeches, the Great Leader repeatedly reminds that the path to independence is not easy and without difficulties and strongly demands officials to give up personal claims and ambitions. "We will never compromise our independence and freedom to anyone, any country, any state. We build relations with all countries based on this principle," he says with great pride that there is no turning back from this path, using his exacting habit.
Optimism in Heydar Aliyev's speech: The most important aspect of political ethics is to believe and convince. Thanks to his sharp understanding, political intuition and foresight, he was able to gather the people for a cause. He met the people frequently and listened to their problems. His bold, but at the same time simple and sincere speech reflected great hopes for the future. The people believed that even in the most difficult situations, the leader has an optimal way out. While pointing out the difficulty of the situation, he shows the light at the end of the road so skillfully that the people are inspired not to fear the difficulty with him.
He said, "There is an end to everything in the world, including pain and suffering. Including the war we were forced to join. All of us with our close unity will come out of this difficult test of fate with victory and everyone will return to their native village. "I look at today and tomorrow with great optimism, and I invite you to move away from this whining and moaning and look to the future": - such speeches filtered from thinking based on steel logic, inspired the people even more, and strengthened the determination to fight for freedom.
Language ethics of Heydar Aliyev: Azerbaijanism was the foundation of the policy of the great leader. And he valued the Azerbaijani language as a means of protecting the nation's national and moral value and the nation's identity. As a result of his dedication, the Azerbaijani language was heard from the chairs of prestigious assemblies of the international world and found its way to world diplomacy.
Heydar Aliyev knew very well the grammatical structure of the Azerbaijani language. He skillfully used the stylistic features of the language with the originality of words and expressions, correct sentence structure, expressions far from repetition. Appropriate use of synonymous lines makes the speech more explanatory and harmonious. In particular, the more frequent use of the verb "exactly" served the idea to be conveyed precisely and clearly. Creates an open frank polemic with question intonation and rhetorical questions. In addition to the official-business style, he created a friendly environment with satirical shades within the norms of domestic style in meetings with the people, so that the people could open their hearts to him. The information he gave to the waiter about what tea is and the name of thyme puts a smile on everyone's face. "Keeping up with progress", "putting aside enmity", "choosing white from black", typical of political texts, used a sufficient number of phraseology to justify his opinion more fully.
The peculiarity of Heydar Aliyev's speech: Delivering a successful, brilliant speech in front of the audience requires a thinking system with strong logic. Heydar Aliyev was able to direct the listener's attention to the relevance of the topic by presenting the topic he was commenting on with particular confidence, fullness and originality. A special tone of voice, gesture, facial expression, correctly selected copy did not tire the listener, but on the contrary caused even more interest. At the same time, he supported each point with strong arguments and facts, quoting to the point. There is a magic in all his speeches that is understood by people regardless of their age, knowledge, or understanding. This magic was based on legal, historical, religious, scientific and political knowledge. One of the most important aspects of political speech is the right tone of voice in the expressed opinion. Neuropsychologists have discovered that if a person, even the most cold-blooded, gathers his mind, heart, sensitive emotions and interests in the words he utters, his voice trembles and trembles. The word "Azerbaijan" was the intersection of Heydar Aliyev's irreplaceable love, thoughts and high emotions. Since his strong, strong-willed, but at the same time fragile heart beats with Azerbaijan, he gets angry and his voice trembles while reciting the lines of the poem. His love for the country is above all his feelings.
Ilaha Musayeva
Lecturer of the department of Azerbaijani language and its teaching methodology