Exercises to restore diction. How to Improve Speech Clarity

The article explains what diction is and how to improve it.

IN modern world it is quite easy for people with good, expressive diction to get used to most areas of our dynamically developing life. Excellent speakers are needed not only on the stage, but also in business, and on television, and in politics.

Steve Jobs- great speaker

What is diction?

Diction is called a clear pronunciation of sounds in accordance with the phonetic norms of the language. Expressive diction is the most important characteristic of acting, singers, and performers.

Clear diction depends on the level of training of the active organs of speech - such organs include the tongue and lips. In this regard, the development of expressive diction should begin with muscle training - articulatory gymnastics.

Diction shows how a person pronounces words and syllables correctly, how clearly he pronounces sounds - all this can be trained, improved.

Fuzzy pronunciation of words interferes with their correct perception, and a poorly pronounced phrase sometimes even loses its meaning. Distortion of sounds can greatly distract the attention of the audience, forcing them to focus on the defects of the sound, and not on the meaning of the spoken phrase.

IMPORTANT: It is much easier for a person with expressive diction to interest and captivate the audience. Such a person is much easier to speak in public.

Work on diction and pronunciation

In order to get rid of the sharp “g”, whistling “s”, lisping “sh”, in order to improve the pronunciation of words and syllables, in order for the diction to become more expressive, you will have to work a little.

For a clear sounding speech, there are a huge number of exercises that have been helping people become interesting, exciting speakers for a long time. Some of the exercises were already known in Ancient Greece.

How to improve diction for an adult, a teenager?

To develop and improve diction, there are special exercises. This:

Breathing and posture

Not many people know how much beautifully delivered speech depends on breathing and posture. In this regard, there are even special exercises:

You should stand straight, feet shoulder-width apart, hands should be placed on the belt. After that, it is necessary to open your mouth slightly, and, supposedly overcoming resistance, exhale slowly. After training, you should complicate the exercise by reading a few lines of your favorite poem as you exhale.
You should return to the starting position, and then slowly leaning forward to take a breath. The back should be kept straight, and as you exhale, begin to rise and pull “hmmm” for a long time.
For posture exercises, stock up on a book. The book must be placed on the head, and slowly walk with it so that it does not fall. Then you should add gestures, squats, more dynamic walking.

Posture is the first step towards beautiful speech

Articulation. More details can be found in the section below.
Pronunciation of consonants and vowels. Examples of the correct pronunciation of sounds can be viewed in the following videos:

Video: Phonetics. Formation of consonants and vowels. Associate Professor Bitekhtina N.B.

Video: Staging whistling sounds in adults

Video: Correction of sound pronunciation in adults

Intonation

The best exercise for developing intonation is to read by roles.

Video: Intonation (training)

Tongue Twisters. A large list of tongue twisters can be found in the section below
acting methods. To train diction using acting methods, you should take it in your mouth walnuts, or a pencil, and then start slowly, legibly pronouncing tongue twisters or reading text

Exercises for diction and articulation

Expressive diction needs daily muscle training speech apparatus. To develop and strengthen the muscles of the mouth, jaw, lips and tongue, special articulatory gymnastics should be practiced.

You can choose some of the articulation exercises below, although for best and quickest results, it is better to do all the exercises in turn:

Standing, holding your hands on your chest, you should lean forward a little and pronounce lingering vowels, for example, “a”, “o”, “and” in the lowest possible voice as you exhale.
You should open your mouth wide and move your lower jaw in different sides, including back and forth
You should close your mouth, tighten the tip of your tongue, and then alternately touch it to your cheeks. This exercise can be done with your mouth open.
You should smile very widely, and then alternately touch the corners of your mouth with the tip of your tongue. It is important that the jaw remains motionless and the tongue does not touch the lips.
You should smile broadly with your mouth slightly open, and then count the teeth in the upper and lower rows, touching them with the tip of your tongue. The jaw in this exercise should be motionless.
Grit your teeth and smile broadly. It is important that two rows of teeth are visible when smiling.
You should close your teeth, and then fold your lips into a tube, stretching them in front and at the same time pull the sound "u"
You should open your mouth wide and stretch your sharp tongue as far as possible

You should open your mouth and put a wide, relaxed tongue on your lower lip.
You should open your mouth, and then lick the upper and lower lip alternately with the tip of the tongue, without moving the jaw.

IMPORTANT: All exercises from articulation gymnastics should be done for about ten seconds. After a short break, each exercise should be repeated several more times.

Exercises for diction and voice

There can be no expressive diction without the correct frequency of the voice and its emotional coloring. In order for the voice to sound bewitching, one should train diction, the very timbre of the voice.

There are some exercises for this:

You should hold a pen, pencil, etc. with your teeth, and then, clearly pronouncing words and sounds, read texts, poems.
Read texts, poems alternately quickly and slowly, loudly and quietly
You should not stop breathing, maintaining all the pauses, expressively read texts, poems, jumping rope or jogging.
You should pay attention to your neck during a conversation, because. when trying to feel it, the neck relaxes and the larynx descends.

You should, making different sounds, beat yourself in the chest.
While yawning, you should pronounce vowel sounds for a long time, or talk. It will also help to relax and lower the larynx.
You should start the morning with lowing, pronouncing "m-m-m-m-m-m" for a long time.
You should speak with a smile. The voice will noticeably change.

IMPORTANT: If the described exercises are repeated for 10-15 minutes daily, then you can quickly notice the changes in your voice that have occurred.

Video: The best voice exercise for the development of diction

Do I need to read aloud to develop diction?

Reading aloud can be an important, closing exercise for working on improving diction. Reading aloud, it is easier to understand where and what problems exist, what still needs to be worked on.

If at the next reading aloud all previous mistakes are taken into account, then you will notice that each time the speech will sound cleaner and cleaner.

IMPORTANT: For reading aloud, it is better to choose white verses, multi-foot verses, difficult-to-read passages of texts.

Reading aloud - an exercise for diction

Patter for the development of diction

And I don't feel sick.
Arkhip Osip, Osip hoarse.

White snow. White chalk.
White sugar is also white.
But the squirrel is not white.
It wasn't even white.

Brit Klim brother,
Brit Ignat brother,
Brother Ignat is bearded.

Bombardier bombarded Brandenburg.

The sorcerer did magic in the barn with the Magi.

The raven raven crowed.

Tall Vavila merrily tossed his pitchfork.

Like on a hill, on a hill
Thirty-three Yegorkas are standing.

The galley messenger was burned.

Margarita collected daisies on the mountain,
Margarita lost daisies in the yard.

Two woodcutters, two woodcutters,
Two wood splitters sharpened their axes,
Axes are sharp for the time being,
For the time being, the axes are sharp, until the time.

Grandfather Dodon blew a tune,
Grandfather hit Dimka with a pipe.

A woodpecker heals an ancient oak,
Good woodpecker oak love.

Tongue twisters - exercises for diction

Fedka eats radish with vodka,
Fedka eats radish with vodka.

A week for Emela to spin a box of tows,
And Emelina's daughter - to spin one night.

The ground beetle buzzes, buzzes, but does not spin.

The hedgehog has a hedgehog, the snake has a snake.

Frost on a winter morning
Birch trees are ringing at dawn.

All lakes are mirrors
From green glass.

Sonya Zina brought an elderberry in a basket.

Intendant incident.

Donkey drove firewood to the village,
Donkey dumped firewood into the grass.

Cuckoo cuckoo bought a hood.
Put on a cuckoo hood.
How funny he is in the hood.

Karl stole coral from Clara,
Clara stole the clarinet from Karl.
Queen Clara severely punished
Carla for stealing coral.

The farrier forged the horse,
Conb with a farrier's hoof,
Farrier with a horse whip.

A cap is sewn, a cap is knitted, but not in a cap style,
A bell is poured, a bell is forged, but not in a bell-like way,
It is necessary to recap the cap, but recap it.
It is necessary to re-bell the bell, and re-bell it.

Have you washed the raspberries?
Washed, but not washed.

Soap Mila bear with soap,
Mila dropped the soap.
Mila dropped the soap
I didn't wash the bear with soap.

Called Marina Galina for raspberries,
Galina Marina called for viburnum.

Didn't we catch burbot on the Nile?

Our Nahum is on his mind.

Pavel Pavlushka swaddled,
Swaddled, yes swaddled.

Peter was the first to go for a walk,
I caught a quail and went to sell it.

Changed Praskovya crucian
For three pairs of purebred piglets.
Pigs ran through the dew
Piglets caught a cold, but not all.

Snouted a pig, blunt, white-faced,
Half a yard with a snout from a snout,
I dug, I dug, I didn’t dig to the hole.
On that sow and snout, so that she dug.

Greek rode across the river,
He sees the Greek in the river cancer.
He put the Greek hand into the river,
Cancer for the hand of the Greek tsap.

The dry bough was carried by a badger.

Old Semyon said to his sons:
"Move the haystack."
The sons cut the haystack.
Old Semyon said to his sons: "Thank you."

Senka is carrying Sanka and Sonya on a sled;
Sledge clap, Sanka - sideways,
Sonya - lope, Senka off his feet.

Tongue twisters are a great way to practice speech

Only Tanya will get up in the morning.
Dance Tanyusha pulls.
What is there to explain?
Tanya loves to dance.

Under the black grouse tree, the black grouse met:
"Black grouse, black grouse! How are your cubs?"
Grouse grouse in response:
“My cubs are healthy guys,
Hello from them to your grouse!”

Three Magpies, Three Ratchets
Lost three brushes
Three today, three yesterday
Three more the day before yesterday.

The duck began to teach her ducklings on the pond,
Ducklings do not want to swim in front of their mother.
Terribly the duck is tormented:
“Well, what will come of them?”

Bring a coal to the corner,
Put out the coal in the corner!

Ducklings were taught by mother duck
Look for snails in the meadow.
Snails in the meadow without jokes
Learned to hide from ducks.

Fani has a sweatshirt,
Fedya has shoes.

Foka fantasized,
Fedor was a magician
Feofan fenced with Feoktist.

Filin Fili has two filins -
Filka and Filimonka.

Laughing letter X
Laughed: Ha ha ha!

crested laughter
They laughed with laughter: ha, ha, ha.

The braggart boasted, boasted,
Boasted, boasted, and boasted,
Yes, and boasted.

Flowers are blooming in the flower garden.

A bobcat fox in a chintz dress
He sows wheat flour through chintz.

Appreciates the chain mowing on the mower.

Four black grimy little imps
Drawn in black ink drawing.
Extremely clean!

Chok, choke, heel,
Jumped on a branch
Torn off, broken
Chock, chock, heel.

Chiki-chiki-chikalochki.
A goose rides on a stick.
Duck - on a pipe,
chicken on a chock,
Bunny on a wheelbarrow
A boy on a dog.

Six mixes from six baskets
And three laughs from a fluffy bag.

Proshkina Mongrel bit Pashka;
Pashka beats Proshkina Shavka with his hat.

Bristles at the pig, scales at the pike.

The goldfinch chirps over the thicket.

The goldfinch had a dandy.

Yulia Yulenka Yula,
Yulia was nimble,
Sit in place Yulka
I couldn't for a minute.

Lizard on a skiff
apples at the fair
Carried in a box.

My yacht is light and obedient,
I will plow the seas on it.

Yaroslav and Yaroslavna
Settled in Yaroslavl.
In Yaroslavl they live nicely
Yaroslav and Yaroslavna.

Video: How to work with tongue twisters Diction and Articulation // 24 VOCAL LESSON

Practice, train your diction, and then you will have no equal in oratory.

01.03.2016

To improve diction and speech at home, without acting classes and individual work with a teacher, I recommend using a "voice recorder" and then two techniques. One for 10 minutes a day, the other for 10 to 45 minutes a day.

To complete the “Dictaphone” task, which will help you see yourself from the outside, surprise yourself and really want to start working actively with your speech, we need the voice recorder itself. It can be a separate device or just mobile phone, which can perform the write function.

So, we arm ourselves with a voice recorder and write our conversations with other people. After that, we listen to them and in the evening report we post our conclusions in a dialogue.

After recording yourself on the recorder, you will want to improve your speech. There are two techniques to help you.

First technique.

Patter 5 minutes a day with nuts in your mouth. Just five minutes, and the result will be stunning. Do everything in the order that I will now tell you to immediately see the result.

1. We take a voice recorder and write ourselves on it. We talk about anything for a minute. About how the day went or what is happening outside the window. Does not matter.

2. We listen to what they said.

3. We take nuts in the mouth. Walnuts, hazelnuts ... any. We speak tongue twisters for 5 minutes.

The ship ran aground. The sailors ate caramel aground for two weeks.

Greek rode across the river. He sees a Greek: there is cancer in the river. He put the hand of the Greek into the river, the crayfish by the hand of the Greek - tsap!

Cuckoo cuckoo bought a hood. Put on a cuckoo hood. How funny he is in the hood.

Carl stole the corals from Clara, And Clara stole the clarinet from Carl.

There is grass in the yard, firewood on the grass, Do not cut wood on the grass of the yard.

Eagle on the mountain, feather on the eagle, Mountain under the eagle, eagle under the feather.

4. We take the recorder again and say anything there again. After that, we listen to the recording and are amazed at the purity of the pronunciation of words and sounds ...

Second technique.

We read the book aloud. Every day from 10 to 30 minutes. As much as you can, if you can 45 minutes, it will be even better. Of course we do it with 200% diligence!

Everyone wants to change something in their speech.

Beautiful clear speech not only pleasing to the ear, but therefore arouses the disposition of a person who knows how to speak well. In some cases, doing without this skill is completely impossible. For example, it is difficult to imagine a central television announcer who is unable to clearly pronounce sounds.

Good articulation will be useful to anyone who is forced to speak a lot to a wide audience: a lecturer, teacher, politician, YouTuber. By regularly performing exercises for diction, you can achieve noticeable success in the first weeks of classes.

Diction is not directly related to the voice, its innate characteristics. Diction is something that can and should be “set” through regular training and special exercises. Under the "correct diction" is understood the distinct and sonorous pronunciation of all phonemes in accordance with the accepted norms of the language. To a large extent, it depends on the correct setting of the position of the organs of articulation (lips, tongue), on the ability to breathe correctly. Expressiveness, a rich emotional coloring of speech exerts its influence.

Attention! To achieve a lasting effect, diction training must become a habit, because without regular repetition of exercises, the skill is quickly lost.

Slurred pronunciation, swallowed sounds - they say about such a person "he has porridge in his mouth." It is difficult to understand the meaning of the spoken words, the necessary expressiveness and stimulating intensity are lost. In professions that require frequent speaking in public, this is simply unacceptable.

If the voice is not a working tool, mastering the skill of beautiful speech is no less useful. Knowing how to clearly, distinctly and easily express your thoughts aloud, it is much easier to win over a business partner, employer, win a competition or get a coveted place in a casting.

Types of exercises for the development of diction and clarity of speech

Where should you start, how to improve diction and clarity of speech? There are several different methods that allow you to achieve amazing success with careful and regular exercise. Among them:

- probably the most famous, common way to deal with speech defects, which consists in the rapid repetition of phrases and rhymes, composed in such a way as to train the clarity of articulation of difficult sounds and sound combinations.
Clean tongues - have a similar function with tongue twisters, their pronunciation also contributes to the development and consolidation of the skill of pronunciation of complex phonemes, but they differ in form, representing a set of rhyming lines.
- kit speech therapy exercises to develop the mobility of the lips, tongue, in order to "teach" them to take the correct position, for a clear pronunciation of syllables.
Respiratory gymnastics - the endurance of the lungs and vocal cords, the uniformity of breathing have a great influence on speech in general, therefore, when mastering the skills of correct speaking, one should not neglect the training of these instruments.

Important! Performing exercises for diction and voice training, it is useful to record the process of classes on a voice recorder. This measure is needed in order to control the correct execution, fix errors, problem areas which are still to be worked on.

Features of exercises and how to perform them correctly

It should be remembered that the beginning of work on pronunciation and in adulthood is associated with a number of difficulties. It is quite difficult to get rid of habits that have developed over the years, to change the entire system of speech to the ground.

Experts recommend starting with the development of articulation, muscle endurance training, accustoming the speech organs to setting in the correct position, improving the timbre and tone of the voice. For this, the following exercises are perfect, which can be performed anytime and anywhere, the more often the better:

as a warm-up, warming up, it is recommended to make a long drawn-out moo;
elements of respiratory and articulatory gymnastics contain an exercise during which you should make a variety of sounds by hitting your chest with your palms;
clearly, with expression, making pauses, read the poetic lines, changing the tone of the voice - raising and lowering it alternately;
read the texts of poems and prose at the same time as jumping rope, while running, trying to keep breathing as even as possible;
pronounce words and whole sentences, stretching the facial muscles in a smile, maintain clarity of pronunciation;
read aloud, after holding a small oblong object between the teeth, for example, a fountain pen, during the exercise, strive for a clear pronunciation of syllables and sounds;
well helps the development of articulation, muscle training, the use of small rounded objects (for example, walnuts), nested on one or both cheeks while reading poetry and literary texts.

Much attention should be paid to the daily gymnastics of the organs of speech, since it is impossible to put speech and diction on your own without this:

opening your mouth as wide as possible, move the lower jaw forward, backward and to the sides;
stick out with your mouth open maximum length tongue, folding it with a "sting";
slightly spreading the jaws, smile broadly, run the tongue along the upper and lower rows of teeth, touching each tooth with the tip in succession;
touch the inside of both cheeks with a tense tip of the tongue, first with an open, then with a closed mouth;
stick out the most relaxed tongue from the parted mouth with a “shovel”;
fold your arms on your chest, lean forward, in an inclined, slightly bent position, pronounce vowel sounds in the lowest possible tone: “o”, “s”, “u”. When you finish pulling one sound, straighten up and bend down again for the next run.

Important! The duration of one exercise is at least 10 seconds. During one lesson, 4-5 approaches are performed.

The formation of the correct pronunciation is inseparably linked with breathing, since speech itself is impossible without it. The air jet, touching the tense ligaments, makes a sound, the shape of which a person gives already by other organs of the speech apparatus. Therefore, the answer to the question of how to improve diction, among other things, includes training the lungs, developing the diaphragm.

The ability to breathe is an integral part of life, but not everyone knows how to do it right. The following set of exercises will help strengthen the voice, give it a more pleasant, melodic timbre:

take a comfortable body position - lying, standing or sitting, press left palm to the stomach, right - to the lower part of the sternum from the side, draw in the air with the nose, controlling the expansion of the diaphragm with the hands, slowly exhale to the end;
inhale slowly through your nose, hold the air for a couple of seconds, exhale through your mouth;
inhale briefly, while exhaling, stretching as much as possible, pronounce any lasting vowel sound;
count on exhalation from 1, trying to pronounce maximum amount numbers without haste;
exhaling, pronounce combinations of vowel sounds, for example: “oooooooouuuu”, “aaaayyyy”.

Since it is impossible to develop diction in one day, when starting training, you should be patient. At the very beginning, it will be useful to draw up a lesson plan, to outline the range of problems that will have to be eliminated in order to obtain the desired effect. As the speech improves, correct and supplement the original sketch with new details.

Do not neglect any opportunity for exercise, because it is in their regularity that the key to success lies.

Reciting poetry, pronouncing tongue twisters and tongue twisters will help you quickly “warm up” before a performance, when there is a long and important conversation ahead. They must be learned and spoken out loud at least several times a day.

invaluable assistance in correct pronunciation will provide courses in acting or rhetoric.

Classes in stage speech, supported by diction exercises, among other things, will add sonority and charm to the voice, make it more expressive.

Voice, diction and speech are important ingredients for any successful public speaking. Many people have slurred speech, a low voice and lame diction. The reasons for this are countless. Below we will consider the most basic causes of such “diseases”, as well as consider ways that will help you develop your voice, develop diction and speech on your own. If you are interested in this topic, please read this article carefully and complete all the exercises outlined in it.

I know only a few reasons for a quiet voice, poor diction and slurred speech - this is self-doubt, low self-esteem and complexes. There are also genetic reasons, but we will not touch on them. Why do I think that the main reasons for all this are self-doubt, shyness and complexes? Do you think confident people with high self-esteem have a quiet voice? Do they speak softly? Do they have slurred speech? In most cases, such people do not have speech problems. Look at politicians, actors, singers. All of them are self-confident people, constantly speaking to the public. Therefore, their speech is developed, and the voice is loud and there are no problems with diction.

Now let's take a shy person. During communication, this shy person experiences self-doubt, he believes that something is wrong with him (complexes), he embraces a feeling of fear and, as a result, his voice is quiet, his speech is unintelligible, and it is simply impossible to listen to him. Therefore, if you want to develop your voice, if you want to develop diction, if you want to develop speech, you need to do a lot of work on yourself. Without effort, the voice will not become loud. Now we will move on to exercises that will help you achieve what you want. Let's start in order.

So, as we have already found out, the development of the voice is an important task for people whose profession is related to public speaking. Voice staging is important not only for public people. A developed and loud voice will facilitate your communication in Everyday life, and you will not be asked forever: “Ahh?”, “What?”, “What?” and other annoying questions. By performing a series of exercises for the development of the voice, you will eliminate many defects and shortcomings. So let's get started.

1) In order for the voice to be sonorous, it is very important to breathe correctly. If you have just begun to develop your voice, then breathing exercises are the first thing you should do. Stand up, straighten your spine, put your feet shoulder-width apart, put one hand on your chest, the other on your stomach. When inhaling through the nose, push the tummy forward (expanding the lower chest area). Exhale freely and naturally through your mouth, returning your stomach and chest to their original position. This is how you design the diaphragm.

2) The second breathing exercise is connected with air retention. Breathe in quickly through your nose and then hold your breath for three seconds. Then exhale the air through your mouth. Do this exercise for 5-10 minutes.

3) Inhale as much air as possible through your mouth, then slowly begin to exhale it, pronouncing the vowels (a, o, u, i, e, s). Try to make the sound of the vowel sound as loud as possible and for as long as possible. You can also smoothly jump from one vowel to another while exhaling - aaaaoooooouyyyy.

4) With your mouth closed while exhaling, begin to "mumble" - saying mmm. Try to mumble so that there is a tickle in the lips. In addition, be sure to change the volume of the sound - from quiet to loud and vice versa. This exercise will help develop the articulatory apparatus, which will give strength to the voice.

5) Now start growling, saying rrrr. This exercise also develops the articulatory apparatus. Change the volume of the sound, as well as the intonation from subtle to rough.

How to develop diction?

Diction is the quality of pronunciation of words (distinctness), the manner of pronouncing words. Diction is very important for actors, singers, politicians, teachers.

For the development of diction, tongue twisters are suitable. You can easily find them on the Internet. Here is an example video for you!

In order to start developing diction, you first need to stretch your tongue, lips, facial muscles and articulatory apparatus.

1) Let's start with the language. Stick your tongue forward as far as you can, then stick it back (just don't swallow it). Start forcing your tongue forward and then back. The duration of the exercise is 5-7 minutes.

2) Pricking the cheeks with the tongue. Start pricking your cheeks alternately with your tongue. Prick first left cheek, then right. Take 7-12 minutes to complete. This is a great language exercise.

3) A good tongue exercise is "Brushing your teeth". You begin to rotate the tongue in a circle. The mouth must be closed. Do 20-30 rotations hourly and counterclockwise.

4) Then, stick out your tongue and start twisting it in a circle. Do 10-15 circles clockwise, then counterclockwise. After that, dry yourself (wipe drool from your lips).

5) Almost the same with lips. The exercise is called "Tube - smile." First you pull your lips forward, after 3 seconds you start smiling as wide as possible. First lips forward, then back. Do this exercise for at least 7 minutes.

6) Next, stretch your lips into a tube and start lifting your heels first up, then down. Then start doing the same, only to the left, to the right. Then begin to twist the piglet in a circle, hourly and counterclockwise.

7) The next exercise is "Bubble". You puff up your cheeks and start spinning this bubble in a circle.

8) Start biting your upper lip with your teeth. Do it carefully, do not bite yourself. Then start biting your bottom lip. After that, start wiping your upper teeth with your upper lip. Try to wipe so that the lower lip does not move. It's difficult, but possible. Do this exercise in front of a mirror to control yourself. Then start wiping the lower teeth with the lower lip, the upper lip should also not move.

9) After completing this warm-up, stand near the window and say the following phrase: "The weather is fine outside, and I have a beautiful, clear, intelligible speech." Say this phrase loudly, clearly and distinctly. You must be heard on the street.

10) To warm up the facial muscles, start kneading your face in any way. Make faces, bulge your eyes. It doesn't look pretty from the outside, but it's funny and very effective.

11) In order for the pronunciation of words to be distinct, it is necessary to pronounce the endings. Many people swallow endings, especially "t". Start pronouncing the next row:

PTK - PTK - PTK - PTK - PTK - PTK

TPKA - TPKO - TPKU - TPKE - TPKI - TPKY

KPTA - KPTO - KPTU - KPTE - KPTI - KPTY

BI - PI - BE - PE - BA - PA - BO - PO - BU - PU - BY - PY

PI - BI - PE - BE - PA - BA - PO - BO - PU - BU - PY - BY

MVSI - MVSTE - MVSTA - MVSTA - MVSTU - MVSTA

ZDRI - ZDRE - ZDRA - ZDRO - ZDRU - ZDRY

ZHDRI - ZHDRE - ZHDRA - ZHDRO - ZHDRU - ZHDRA

This row develops your diction. Don't forget about tongue twisters.

How to develop speech?

To develop speech, you will need discipline, conscious control and constancy. Good speech is becoming rarer and rarer these days. You can listen to one person for hours, and you want to run away from another. Your professional and personal life depends on the quality of your speech. Half of the success depends on the ability to communicate, and in order to be able to communicate, you need not only erudition, but also developed speech.

1) For the development of speech, the first thing I advise you is to read newspapers, magazines, books. And you need to read aloud. While reading, try to force intonations, avoid monotony. Also, change the speed and volume of reading. Speak all endings, observe punctuation marks. Reading aloud is the main exercise for the development of speech.

3) Thirdly, as with reading aloud, watch the pace of speech. Enrich it with intonations. Highlight with pauses important points conversation. The pause should be appropriate and not prolonged.

4) Fourth, replenish your lexicon. You can do this while watching movies, trainings, reading books. If you have heard the president or another politician speak on TV, why not try saying the same thing at home. Imagine that you are speaking to the public in the role of president. Tell your imaginary people about the political and economic situation in our country. This is a very exciting activity for the development of speech and replenishment of vocabulary.

I train my voice, diction and speech according to the above method, your speech will be transformed beyond recognition in three months. Therefore, do not be surprised if acquaintances begin to tell you that something has changed in you. And the voice, diction and speech have changed. Practice every day and then your efforts will be rewarded.

If you swallow most of the words while speaking, or if others cannot understand what you are saying, then you can try to improve the clarity of your speech. Below are a few ways you can use to speak more clearly, whether you need to give a speech, or your profession requires public speaking, or maybe you just want to improve your communication skills.

Steps

Don't rush while talking

Control your breathing. Listen and watch the singer on stage and you will see how much attention he pays to his breathing. If Mick Jagger didn't know how to breathe properly, he wouldn't be able to run around the stage singing his song "You Can't Always Get What You Want". The same thing happens during a conversation, so correct breathing can greatly improve the clarity of your speech.

Take your time when talking. Speak slowly, but don't be so slow as to appear robotic.

Public speaking often makes people nervous. If you find yourself feeling nervous and in a hurry, try to remind yourself that everything is fine and you need to slow down. If you breathe correctly, it will help you stay calm and analyze your words.
Also remember that people want to hear what you have to say. Your words matter, so give them a chance to be heard and understood.
The human ear is able to pick up words very quickly, but on the condition that you fully pronounce each of your words before you begin to pronounce the next, because in this way you leave enough pauses between words so that everyone can correctly understand you.

Swallow excess saliva in your mouth. Saliva left in the mouth can cause words to be swallowed and the pronunciation of consonants such as "S" and "K" to be distorted.
- The moment you swallow your saliva can not only allow you to clear your mouth, but also give you the opportunity to pause and inhale again.
- Choose the moment to swallow saliva when you have already finished a sentence or thought, but not in the middle of a sentence. This will also give you time to prepare for your next sentence.
Speak up. If you need to speak publicly or give some kind of presentation, then perhaps you can write at least the content in in general terms. Practice her pronunciation as you walk.
- Some actors use this technique to memorize their roles, as lifting and moving will help you remember what you need to say. Practice your speech and say one word at each step.
- It may seem difficult and slow, but by saying one word at a time, you will learn to slow down your speech. You don't need to speak as slowly in your speech or in normal conversation, but feeling comfortable using a slower pace will improve your clarity and allow you to take your time later on.
Repeat those words that are difficult to pronounce. When certain words are difficult to pronounce, we often rush and stumble over those words, resulting in slurred speech. Practice pronouncing these words by saying them out loud over and over until you have the muscle memory to pronounce them correctly.

Improving your diction
1. Practice on tongue twisters. Tongue twisters are a great way to improve the clarity of your speech, and mastering them will allow you to learn how to keep your speech clear and confident. Many actors and speakers practice tongue twisters before going on stage to warm up their voices.
  
  Read aloud. If you're reading a book, or even just the morning paper, practice reading it out loud. This will help you become more familiar with how your voice sounds. Very often, when we talk to others, we hear ourselves in a very different way than our real voice sounds. By reading aloud in the comfort of your own home, it will be easier for you to listen to yourself and pay attention to those moments when your speech becomes slurred.
  - You can also record your voice and listen to it, along the way, noting where you mumble or speak unclearly.
2. Practice talking with a cork in your mouth. Many artists and voice actors do this exercise to improve their clarity and diction, especially when reading something like Shakespeare. When you put a cork under your tongue and start speaking, you will make your mouth work very hard to fully pronounce each syllable, and the cork will also prevent your tongue from tripping over certain words.
  - This exercise can tire your jaw muscles, which will help you learn how to relax them, but you don't need to practice this way for too long, otherwise your jaw will hurt.
  - You can also use a napkin if you produce a lot of saliva during such exercises.
3. Pay attention to intonation. Tone of voice also plays a big role in speech clarity and diction, as it can affect how you pronounce certain words.
  - Are you giving a speech that should move people? It may be difficult for them to understand you if you say it in a monotonous or inexpressive voice.
  - Your intonation, whether you're excited, instructive or casual, will make people pay attention to your speech and can also improve clarity.
  - The intonation when speaking depends entirely on the pitch of your voice. Pay attention to how high or low your voice sounds.
4. Do not use rising intonations in conversation. This nasty habit of speaking in a rising tone makes you sound like you're asking a question.
Training your muscles
1. Watch your posture. Like breathing, your posture plays important role in the clarity of your speech, and this is exactly what we often forget and do not take into account.
2. - Even if you don't sing, you can sing a few notes or just purr to yourself. Also try singing your tongue twisters.
  - Say "Uuuuu ..." several times, raising and lowering intonation. Imagine that your voice is like a Ferris wheel going up and down in a circle.
  - Make a buzzing sound and pat your chest. This will help remove any phlegm that may have collected in your throat.
3. - Say "EE" - pull the corners of your lips back and say "Eeeeeee ...".
  - When talking with the interlocutor, maintain confidence and stay relaxed. This will help you speak more clearly and distinctly.
  - You may feel strange or even a little embarrassed doing some of the exercises mentioned, but the more you practice, the easier and more effective the result will come.
  - Say "A" - (as in the word "Arkansas" - drop your jaw down).
  - Pronounce the following sounds, emphasizing them strongly:
    Aa her oo ei oh
    Kaa kee koo kay ko
    Saa shi soo sei so
    Taa chii tsu tei to
    Naa nee noo nay but
    Haa hee hoo hey ho
    Maa mi moo mei mo
    Yaa eeee yooo yaey yo
    raa rii roo ray ro
    Waa wee woo wei wow.
  - Another exercise is to write several sentences on a piece of paper, then underline the last letter of each word. As you read the sheet, exaggerate the sound of the last letters, then pause for a few seconds. You can also put commas between big amount words to slow down in this place.
  - Demosthenes, a Greek thinker, practiced by putting pebbles in his mouth to wean himself from stuttering. It's worth trying this with something clean, safe, and edible, like cookies or ice cubes. Just be careful and don't choke.
  - Practice pronouncing vowel sounds and adding consonants to them, for example, "paa pow po poo pei pii pai, sow so suu sei sii sai..."
  - Throw all thoughts out of your head and think about what you are going to say in order to forget about anxious thoughts. It helps with public speaking.
  Warnings
  - When working with the jaw and mouth, do not overdo it, otherwise you will get injured. If you feel pain, you need to relax your facial muscles a little.