In this video, we have left your presentation by focusing on the quality of your speaking. We've all probably heard presenters, or perhaps people being interviewed on the radio or television who interject numerous arms, ORS and ahhs when they speak, they can be very painful to listen to, and Toastmasters. Many clubs have a member assigned weekly as an odd counter. Their role is to count the aza numbers that their fellow members utter. After taking the role and a few times you can't help but count each one. When you're listening to a speaker.
Hopefully, I haven't been adding any to the narration of these videos. Eliminating verbal fillers avoid using fillers such as ah or that I just mentioned, you may also hear that is to say, however, therefore, as a means of covering silences, some people call them word whiskers. Word whiskers are short phrase used as a verbal crutch when speaking. They love this Speaker to pause to consider the next words without breaking their flow of delivery. Let's look at enunciation. speaking clearly is possibly the most important aspect of developing a good speaking voice.
You need to pay close attention to each and every word you say, pronouncing it fully and correctly. Make sure to open your mouth. Loosen your lips and keep your tongue and teeth in the correct position as you speak. This may also help eliminate a disguise or disguise, a list Pipi. However, it might feel a lot at first, but if you consistently make the effort to pronounce your words correctly, it will soon become natural to you. Some will argue that effective speaking has nothing to do with the outdated concept of elocution, where everyone was encouraged to speak in the same correct manner, rather effective speaking concerns being able to speak in public context with confidence and clarity.
Whilst at the same time reflecting your own personality. Let's look at the effect of breath on voice and speech. The voice is responsive to emotions and sometimes gets blocked, which can prevent or hinder the expression of a range of feelings. majority of people breathe too quickly and shallowly when they speak, which results in a more unnatural nasal tone. However, it is possible to use physical exercise to help produce a more flexible voice. In the same way that people who use vocal sounds professionally take lessons to ensure that their voices are kept in a versatile condition and ready to vocalize a range of sounds.
When under stress, an individual's breathing pattern will change. When your muscles are tense, you can't use your lungs to their full capacity. When a person is frightened or nervous, a common symptom This tension in the neck and shoulders. This occurs because when under pressure over breathing tends to occur. Plenty of air is inhaled. But with fast breathing, there's not enough time to exhale, exhale, and relax.
Your breath should come from your diaphragm, not from your chest. To figure out if you're breathing correctly, placed your fist on your abdomen, just below your last rib. You should feel your stomach expand to see your shoulders rise and fall as you breathe. Practice your breathing by inhaling deeply, allowing the air to fill your belly. Breathe in for a count of five seconds. Then exhale for another five.
Get used to this method of breathing, then try to work it into your everyday speech. Remember, that sitting or standing up straight with your chin up and your shoulders back will help you read deeper and project your voice more easily. We'll also give you an air of confidence as you speak. Try to breathe in at the end of every sentence. If you use the deep breath breathing method, you should have enough air to get through the next sentence without having to pause the breath. This will also give your listeners a chance to absorb what you're saying.
Good breathing is essential for two reasons. By using full lung capacity, the breath will support the voice and the voice will become richer, fuller and stronger. This will benefit individuals who have a small voice and who worry what they can that they cannot be heard. When speaking to a group of people. Volume is controlled in the abdomen, not the throat, so speaking to full strength will allow for greater control of the voice. Second one, breathing deeply and rhythmically as a calming and therapeutic effect, as it releases tension and tension.
Relaxation. People who are relaxed are more balanced, receptive and confident. There's no coincidence that many religions use rhythmic breathing techniques such as meditation, yoga, and silent contemplation and vocal releases in the form of chants. mantras are him singing has AIDS to their devotions. By easing physical tension, mental stress decreases and the mind is effectively freed to follow creative pursuits. Here's some more breathing exercises for you to practice.
I'll go through it here in the video. I've included it in the handouts for the session, so it might be easier to print them out and follow along with me. You can pause the video for a moment and restart once you've located the handout. Okay, so let's begin. Standard and easy position with your feet. One Piece of Start with your knees unlocked and not rigidly pushed back.
Keep your spine straight. Keep your spine straight, your head balanced and face muscles relax. Breathe in to a slow counter three, the note to slow count or three. Try not to raise your shoulders as you breathe. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth. consciously think of your breath feeling down to the bottom of your lungs, but the palm of your hand flat against your abdomen and feel the movement.
Push slightly against your hand as you breathe in and out. Repeat this exercise 10 times. Depending on how you feel after several days of doing this exercise, extend the count of the outgoing breath for three to four to five and six, gradually building up to 10 before you need to take another breath then count out loud The outgoing breath from one to 10. Repeat this five times. But building up your control of out going breath, you will never sound breathy or feel like you're running out of breath when you speak to a group or a meeting. Here's another breathing exercise.
Practice reading aloud. In order to work on pronunciation, pace and volume, it's a good idea to practice reading aloud. Pick a passage from a book or magazine or better yet, find a transcript of a famous speech, such as the one by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and read it aloud to yourself. Remember to stand up straight, breathe deeply, and open your mouth fully when you speak. Stand in front of a mirror if it helps. Keep practicing until you are happy with what you hear.
Then try to apply the same techniques as part of your everyday speech. Another helpful strategy to develop your Voice is to record yourself. Even though most people don't like listening to the sound of their own voices, it's a good idea to record yourself speaking. This can help you to pick up on any false that you wouldn't normally pick up on, such as mispronunciations, and speed or pitch problems. You don't need a recording studio or expensive equipment to record your voice. Nowadays, most birth smartphones will have a recording app that you can use to listen to yourself.
Are there inexpensive digital recorders you can use. You could also use a video camera which could be helpful to check your posture, eye contact and most movement. Most of us are not used to hearing our own voices. And these feelings are totally normal. get past the initial Do I really sound like that stage and develop a better understanding of your voice. When relaxed, you'll feel more confident.
Therefore by listening to your voice at home, you have an idea how you sound to other people. Although Can't hear your voice in the same way that others hear you, you can develop an awareness of its impact on others. Understanding the physical nature of your voice will give you more control over the way that you use it. Individuals are used to using language in an informal way in their everyday lives. But as soon as a hint of formality is suggested, they can become self conscious or self conscious and seize up. This becomes especially obvious when speaking in front of strangers in a public setting.
The more you get used to the sound of your voice, functioning in a slightly more formal way, the easier it is when doing it for real, and conversational mode. individuals tend to speak in short phrases a few at a time. reading it aloud, helps you to become used to the more fluid sound of your voice. Smile as you speak, a good way to make your tone friendly and warm. Mr. smile when you speak, smiling can help you seem more confident, believable and open to your audience. People will judge you in the content of your speech more favorably.
If you use an open, friendly, encouraging tone, as opposed to an aggressive, sarcastic or bored one, not a crazed grin minute, but even a slight upturn of the corners of your mouth can make the sound of your voice more appealing, even over the phone. Of course, smiling isn't always appropriate, especially if you're discussing a serious issue. But remember that inserting emotion into your voice, whatever emotion it can be, whatever emotion it may be, can do wonders. Toastmasters International publishes an excellent booklet entitled your speaking voice. Here's a brief section from the booklet that I want to share your voice in your face or your public relations agents, more than any other factors they serve to establish an image of you in the mind of others. Your face, body, and speech are the interpreters of your mind.
They reveal your character, the real you, as nothing else can a smile. Whether it starts in your face, your disposition or your voice, reacts on the other elements and tends to induce a positive, constructive complex, which makes your attitude and appearance attractive and pleasing. Your best voice can help bring out your best self. Nature has given you a priceless gift in your voice. It is the means by which you can communicate with others the medium of your message. It also makes possible understanding and camaraderie.
Take advantage of the information and exercises in this book. Because by your voice in your words, you influence others. Then there are infinite number of ways which you can use your pitch, rate and volume and quality to add interest. Variety when the need arises during the process. In the next lesson, we look at how gestures can add to your verbal presentation.