Speech techniques

To speak beautifully means to speak convincingly, logically, with good diction and intonation. That's what everyone wants to say. But many of us speak badly. Why? Because you need to work on speech and voice.

A well-trained voice, clear and correct speech is the key to successful communication. Because the voice is very strong influence not only on the mind, but also on the feelings of the interlocutor. This is the tool with which you can reinforce the meaning of what has been said. By mastering your voice, you can stir people up or put them to sleep, charm or repel. That is why there is so much focus on speech in the business world today.

Of course, you can go to public speaking courses, take private lessons in voice and speech production from teachers of theater universities. Or you can just listen to this training and independently develop your voice and work on speech. The author demonstrates speech exercises that are easy to repeat. Through training and practice, you will greatly improve your voice and speech.

Communication Techniques

WHAT to answer the interlocutor to keep the conversation going? WHAT to say and what words to say to reach mutual understanding? WHAT to answer to avoid conflict and manipulation?

The question "WHAT to say?" - is, if not the main problem of the dialogue, then, in any case, one of the first. But all questions WHAT have answers! You only need to listen carefully and write down the phrases, turns and techniques presented in the training in order to successfully use them in Everyday life. Then you can easily reach mutual understanding. Others will say that you are a great conversationalist. You can confidently speak in front of an audience or hold a congratulatory speech at a corporate evening.

The main condition: try to immediately apply all the phrases in everyday communication. It is necessary to ensure that the presented techniques become a habit and are firmly rooted in vocabulary. It just takes practice and time.

And remember, in order to be known as a sociable person, you need to learn how to form a good impression about yourself from the first minutes of a conversation. Your first words are just as important as yours. appearance. These two components instantly form an opinion about a person that will remain forever!

I want to speak well! Speech techniques. Part 1

Introduction

A well-trained voice, clear and correct speech is the key to your successful communication. Because your voice has a very strong influence not only on the mind, but also on the feelings of the interlocutor. Mastering the art of speech will help you find mutual language and mutual understanding with any of your interlocutors. People are always very sensitive to the speech of the speaker. It is she, the speech, that betrays your mood. By your speech, you can tell how confident you are in your words, as well as determine your status and social position.

How to learn to manage your speech? HOW to make your speech bright and expressive? How to learn to speak beautifully?

Speaking beautifully means speaking convincingly, logically, with good diction and intonation. That's what everyone wants to say. But, unfortunately, many of us speak badly. Why? Because you need to work on your own speech, as well as on your voice. Just like you, for example, work on your body if you go to the gym, how you improve your skills if you want to achieve career growth. The vocal cords and speech apparatus also need to be trained in order to put your voice and achieve clarity of pronunciation.

Your voice is as important as your appearance and mannerisms. This is the tool with which you can reinforce the meaning of what has been said. By mastering your voice, you can stir people up or put them to sleep, charm or repulse. The human voice is a powerful instrument.

Some of you will probably now say that he does not like his voice. However, it does not matter what kind of voice you have from birth. Through practice, you will be able to acquire the voice that your professional skills and your vibrant personality rightly deserve. You can get rid of the regional dialect, dialect, if you strictly follow the correct pronunciation. You can get rid of nasal sounds if you skillfully use the vocal apparatus. You can learn to clearly articulate and pronounce sounds correctly. You can develop your voice and learn how to speak so that you can be heard in the very back row of the audience without the slightest effort on your part. Finally, you can develop into an eloquent, skillful speaker. All of this is really up to you.

1. Speech technique

The technique of speech includes four main sections: breathing, voice, diction and orthoepy.

Consider the role of each section.

Our breathing is purely a reflex function. human body. But when we talk, sing or give a speech, we can control our breathing. What for? - you ask. To facilitate the work of our vocal cords. Because when we breathe correctly, with a diaphragm, our voice is born from the depths of the chest and sounds beautiful. A The vast majority of people use shallow breathing, thereby increasing the load on the vocal cords. That is why the voice becomes so unsound and, with prolonged speech, quickly gets tired, becomes hoarse, or even sits down.

Try an experiment. Take any text. It would be better if it was some kind of long piece. Start reading the text aloud meaningfully and with expression. How much will your strength last? Or rather the strength of your voice. At best, one or two pages. Those who have spoken in public know how hard it is to hold a speech for a long time. Therefore, you must learn to control your breathing, manage it during speech. This breathing is called speech breathing and it requires special training.

1. Breath

How to learn to "correctly" BREATH?

In speech practice, there are two types of breathing UPPER and LOWER.

Upper breathing is light shallow breathing, with it only the upper part of the lungs is actively working. This breathing, as a rule, is not used during active speech load.

Lower breathing is deep breathing, in this case, the diaphragm, the lungs, the rib muscles, and the abdominal muscles of the abdomen are involved. Such breathing is considered correct, and it is used as the basis for speech breathing.

In textbooks of speech, in schools on vocals, in theater universities, speech breathing is called differently: chest, costal, diaphragmatic, as you like and as you like, the essence does not change from this. For example, speech teachers at a theater university use the expression “breathe with the stomach” or “breathe with the diaphragm”. Perhaps this name, in my opinion, is more justified. Because when you breathe correctly, you see your stomach moving actively, not your chest. The main thing is to understand the principle of speech breathing - the ribs to the sides, the stomach forward! This is how your diaphragm should work when you inhale.

2. Voice

Having learned how to breathe properly, we can begin to set up your voice. Its strength, volume, sonority do not depend on physical efforts that tense the muscles of the larynx and vocal cords, but on correct, active speech breathing and the ability to use resonators - sound amplifiers that convert a weak and inexpressive sound into a strong, voluminous and beautiful voice . A person uses two resonator systems:

- this is the cranium, nasal and oral cavities;

Includes chest cavity.

Now let's move on to training your voice. Take 5-10 full (but not deep) breaths and exhalations (breathe with the diaphragm); inhalation - full, but short through the nose, exhalation - slow, long. After that, proceed to voice exercises.

1 exercise "Moan".

as you say normally, but with your mouth closed.

DEMONSTRATION

You will get something similar to the lowing. Moan. Do it quietly, without tension, as you exhale. Everything should be free: the muscles of the face, neck, legs, arms. Now tilt your head slightly down, to the right, to the left, continue to moan. Mouth closed, lips lightly touching. Quiet moan. You will soon feel how easily, without any tension of the vocal cords, the sound will fill the upper resonators, the lips will begin to vibrate, the vibration will be reflected on the hard palate, in the nasopharyngeal cavity. Resonance can be felt by applying fingers alternately to the lips, to the forehead, to the crown of the head, to the back of the head. If the sound is directed correctly, then the fingers will feel a slight vibration.

3. Diction

The basis of good diction is the clear and energetic work of all the muscles involved in the speech process. The presented exercises will help you develop and maintain the elasticity and mobility of the speech apparatus.

Before you start training the correct pronunciation of vowels and consonants, you need to warm up the speech apparatus.

The speech apparatus includes: lips, tongue, jaws, teeth, hard and soft palate, small tongue, larynx, back wall of the pharynx (pharynx), vocal cords. Some of them are passively involved in speech, while others, like the tongue, lips, soft palate, small tongue and lower jaw, take an active part, so they can and should be trained.

Exercise 1.

Mouth opening. The first condition for a clear, clear speech is a freely and well-opening mouth. Starting position - the mouth is closed, the lips and jaws are relaxed, the tongue lies flat, freely touching the lower front teeth.

Make a sound

several times without effort and tension: uuuu. Now make a sound

Open your mouth in a vertical direction, the lower jaw will drop by about two fingers (≈ 3 cm). Open your mouth to

it is necessary with soft, slow movements, Do 5-6 times.

I want to speak well! Communication techniques. Part 2

Introduction

Hello, friends!

I want to ask you. How often, when meeting new people or chatting with friends, do you feel uncomfortable during the conversation? And you suddenly feel that you do not know WHAT to answer the interlocutor in order to keep the conversation going? And WHAT is such a pleasant thing to say to make a compliment and achieve the location of a person? WHAT to say and what words to say to reach mutual understanding? WHAT to answer to avoid conflict and manipulation?

The question "WHAT to say?" - is, if not the main problem of the dialogue, then certainly one of the first. But believe me, this problem is very solvable. For all questions WHAT, there are answers. And you just need to listen carefully and write down all the phrases, turns, and techniques presented in the training in order to successfully use them in everyday life. Then you can easily reach mutual understanding. The people around you will say that you are a great conversationalist. You can even confidently speak in front of an audience or hold a congratulatory speech at the next corporate evening. And finally, in your resume, you can confidently write the word COMMUNICABLE, because sociability will become your main character trait and a strong advantage. It is this quality that gives you the opportunity to be an active and self-confident person.

What is SOCIETY or what kind of person is SOCIOUS? Sociability is a personality trait that expresses the need and ability of a person to communicate, contact with other people, and establish mutual understanding with them. A sociable person is characterized by: ease of contacts, the ability and ability not to get lost in communication situations, the desire for initiative, for leadership in a group.

To be known as a sociable person, you need to learn from the first minutes of a conversation to form a good impression of yourself. Your first words are just as important as your appearance. These two components instantly form an assessment about a person, and this opinion will remain forever. On occasion, let me give you a little story as an example.

1. Types of communication

Communication is one of the universal forms of personality activity (along with knowledge, work, play). Communication is manifested in the establishment and development of contacts between people. Communication shapes interpersonal relationships and creates a need for collaboration.

Human communication resembles a kind of pyramid, consisting of four sides: we exchange information, interact with other people, get to know them and, at the same time, experience our own emotions that arise as a result of communication.

However, communication is not only words, but also your actions and deeds. Scientists have found that about 70% of personal communication is carried out through non-verbal channels, these are movements, postures, gestures and facial expressions of a person. 20% includes your tone of voice and intonation of the sound. And only 10% are your words, and refer to the verbal channel. In other words, it doesn't matter what you say, it matters how you say it and what gestures and movements you use.

Yes, non-verbal communication plays a fundamental role in relationships, and a little later we will talk a little about non-verbal channels. But, no matter how important your gestures and facial expressions, feelings and emotions are, communication involves not only the transfer emotional states but also the transmission of information. The content of information is transmitted using language, that is, it takes a verbal or verbal form.

Verbal communication

This is communication with the help of a verbal, linguistic system of information transfer. Communication is done through speech.

2. Lies and manipulation in communication

In business and personal communication, we sometimes encounter lies and deceit, so every person needs to learn to recognize the signals of lies. This recognition is possible different levels: psychophysiological, verbal and non-verbal.

Since the main channel is non-verbal communication, a lie is instantly manifested in the gestures and facial expressions of the interlocutor. Having learned to control your gestures, you may have a question: Is it possible to fake body language? Most experts in non-verbal communication think not.

Even if you use gestures that inspire confidence in the interlocutor for a while, your facial expressions, eyes, and other micro-signals of the body will quickly show a discrepancy between gestures and spoken words.

This means that the lie is quite visible and definable.

Consider

Physiological symptoms of a lie of the interlocutor

3. Criticism and compliments

All of you have to deal with criticism and negative statements addressed to you. The question is how each of us reacts to such remarks. In most cases, this is still a painful perception. As a rule, in response, we begin to snap, say the same nasty things. In the family, this can come to swearing and scandal, and on the street or at work, it can ruin your mood for the whole day.

Dealing with criticism is easy enough, but first you need to understand that the one who criticizes you usually expects his words to be carefully listened to and his opinion taken into account. When you do not even want to listen to the interlocutor, you leave the problem unresolved and exacerbate it by expressing personal rejection. This leads to an aggravation of the situation. And as a result, you both lose.

Techniques to reduce the negative impact of criticism:

In reducing the negative impact of criticism, it is best to use the principle of depreciation. You, like a spring, calmly succumb to pressure, agreeing with the claims in whole or in part. Thus, you knock out a weapon from a critic and save your strength and emotions. Most importantly, it doesn't cost you anything.

4. Questions and answers

Importance of questions in business interaction:

- the question is a convenient form of motivation ("Could you ...?");

- with the help of questions, the attention of partners is attracted;

- questions provide specific information;

- with the help of a question, you can direct the partner to the desired answer (contained in the question itself, for example, a question requiring consent);

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I want to speak well! Speech techniques. Part 1

Introduction

A well-trained voice, clear and correct speech is the key to your successful communication. Because your voice has a very strong influence not only on the mind, but also on the feelings of the interlocutor. Mastering the art of speech will help you find a common language and understanding with any of your interlocutors. People are always very sensitive to the speech of the speaker. It is she, the speech, that betrays your mood. By your speech, you can tell how confident you are in your words, as well as determine your status and social position.

How to learn to manage your speech? HOW to make your speech bright and expressive? How to learn to speak beautifully?

Speaking beautifully means speaking convincingly, logically, with good diction and intonation. That's what everyone wants to say. But, unfortunately, many of us speak badly. Why? Because you need to work on your own speech, as well as on your voice. Just like you, for example, work on your body if you go to the gym, how you improve your skills if you want to achieve career growth. The vocal cords and speech apparatus also need to be trained in order to put your voice and achieve clarity of pronunciation.

Your voice is as important as your appearance and mannerisms. This is the tool with which you can reinforce the meaning of what has been said. By mastering your voice, you can stir people up or put them to sleep, charm or repulse. The human voice is a powerful instrument.

Some of you will probably now say that he does not like his voice. However, it does not matter what kind of voice you have from birth. Through practice, you will be able to acquire the voice that your professional skills and your vibrant personality rightly deserve. You can get rid of the regional dialect, dialect, if you strictly follow the correct pronunciation. You can get rid of nasal sounds if you skillfully use the vocal apparatus. You can learn to clearly articulate and pronounce sounds correctly. You can develop your voice and learn how to speak so that you can be heard in the very back row of the audience without the slightest effort on your part. Finally, you can develop into an eloquent, skillful speaker. All of this is really up to you.

Here is a list of some of the symptoms that your speech is not perfect and you should take it up:

Listeners often ask you to repeat the words you just said.

You have a noticeable accent.

Your throat gets tired after ten minutes of talking.

Your listeners' eyes start to wander after a while as you speak in a monotone.

You have to explain to the audience that you are a leader (or hold some other high position) because you can't tell by your speech.

If you have found at least one of the above points in yourself, then you really need to work on your speech and train your voice.

The exercises presented in the training are taken from the program of theatrical universities from teachers of stage speech. Be sure to record your workouts on audio so that you can listen to your speech and work on your mistakes. I recommend that you save your training records in order to hear and realize how much your speech and voice will change. Working on your speech requires patience and diligence. Just be persistent, and gradually improve your speech skills step by step.

1. Speech technique

The technique of speech includes four main sections: breathing, voice, diction and orthoepy.

Consider the role of each section.

Our breathing is a purely reflex function of the human body. But when we talk, sing or give a speech, we can control our breathing. What for? - you ask. To facilitate the work of our vocal cords. Because when we breathe correctly, with a diaphragm, our voice is born from the depths of the chest and sounds beautiful. A The vast majority of people use shallow breathing, thereby increasing the load on the vocal cords. That is why the voice becomes so unsound and, with prolonged speech, quickly gets tired, becomes hoarse, or even sits down.

Try an experiment. Take any text. It would be better if it was some kind of long piece. Start reading the text aloud meaningfully and with expression. How much will your strength last? Or rather the strength of your voice. At best, one or two pages. Those who have spoken in public know how hard it is to hold a speech for a long time. Therefore, you must learn to control your breathing, manage it during speech. Such breathing is called speech breathing, and it requires special training.

By learning to breathe properly, you can not only change your voice and speech, but also significantly improve your physical condition. For example, healthy complexion, blush, good skin is the result of proper breathing, as breathing supplies all our cells with oxygen and improves blood circulation. Proper breathing is important for everyone, and especially for those whose work is associated with a large load on the speech apparatus.

Voice The basis of the sonority of the voice is correctly set breathing. Improper breathing makes the voice less sonorous. To put a voice means: the first is to learn how to breathe correctly with the diaphragm; the second is to learn how to use resonators (sound amplifiers).

Probably, you also felt more than once that your voice “let you down” during lengthy negotiations, debates, speeches, or during a normal conversation. The voice “sits down”, hoarseness, hoarseness appear, it starts to tickle in the throat, and by the end of the performance you get tired and switch to lower intonations. Improvement of speech technology can correct this situation. Voice work, voice work. True, there are voices set by nature itself, but such cases are extremely rare. Each person is endowed with a voice that can become strong, mobile, flexible, sonorous and have a wide range. To do this, it must be developed and strengthened.

Diction Clear, precise diction is the first and indispensable condition for good speech. Otherwise, speech becomes slurred and illegible. This is expressed in the “eating” of the final consonant or sounds within the word, the sound “through the teeth”. This is due to a fixed upper and flaccid lower lip. This especially interferes with the clear and distinct pronunciation of many whistling and hissing consonants.

The main flaws in pronunciation are formed in childhood. Disadvantages include: burr, lisp, lisp, lethargy or vagueness of speech. The reason is simple - improper use of the speech apparatus. Also, speech is illegible, because the speaker pronounces the words too quickly, in a tongue twister. You need to speak smoothly, learn to open your mouth well. When you open your mouth well, the sound becomes clearer. By working on your diction, you can make it habitual to clearly articulate all the sounds of speech. Your speech will become clear and expressive.

And the last technique Orthoepy. This is a section where the rules and laws of correct pronunciation are studied. Do not confuse with spelling - the science of correct spelling. The word orthoepy comes from the Greek words orthos - straight, correct and epos - speech, and means "correct speech". It is clear what the discord and illiteracy in writing would lead to. Compliance general rules and laws in pronunciation as necessary as in writing. Deviations from generally accepted norms interfere with linguistic communication, distract the listener from the meaning of what is being said and interfere with understanding it. Therefore, knowledge of the rules and laws of pronunciation is as important as knowledge of grammar.

When working on speech techniques, it is important to remember.

Each time, before you start performing speech exercises, do some physical exercises. This is a prerequisite. If you've been backstage at a theater, you've probably seen many artists and singers pacing the hallways before going on stage. They don't just remember the words of their role; thus, they promote better blood circulation. Sometimes they even make small physical exercises something like charging. This helps to warm up the muscles, relax the forearms, shoulders and neck - all those muscles that are indirectly associated with the voice.

Charging can do the most ordinary. For example:

1. head tilts to the sides: right, left, forward, backward; circular rotation of the head;

2. cervical-shoulder department: swing arms to the sides; alternating change of hands: one hand goes up, the other down

3. body turns to the right and left; tilting the body to the side. Circular movements hips alternately in one direction, then in the other direction.

Physical exercises contribute not only to warming up the muscles, but also to removing any physical and emotional clamp.

After you do your exercises, be sure to do some relaxation exercises. Relaxation is needed to make your breathing even. Lie on the floor, relax your body. Imagine that you are lying on the seashore, on the warm soft sand. Waves gently wash your feet, and the sun warms your body. A light sea breeze blows, clean air. You breathe slowly, easily and freely. Take a few deep breaths in and out.

Only by warming up the muscles of the body, and relieving tension, you can begin to practice speech classes.

And the last speech apparatus very fragile and delicate. This delicate tool must be protected, and this can be done in various ways.

Avoid excessive fatigue and tension by keeping the neck muscles relaxed. A calm voice comes only from a calm body. A tense body tenses the vocal cords, raises the tone of the voice, breaks the resonance and reduces audibility.

Warm tea with lemon has a soothing effect on the throat. Many announcers constantly sip room temperature water with a few lemon wedges to keep their throats comfortable.

1. Breath

How to learn to "correctly" BREATH?

In speech practice, there are two types of breathing UPPER and LOWER.

Upper breathing is light shallow breathing, with it only the upper part of the lungs is actively working. This breathing, as a rule, is not used during active speech load.

Lower breathing is deep breathing, in this case, the diaphragm, the lungs, the rib muscles, and the abdominal muscles of the abdomen are involved. Such breathing is considered correct, and it is used as the basis for speech breathing.

In textbooks of speech, in schools on vocals, in theater universities, speech breathing is called differently: chest, costal, diaphragmatic, as you like and as you like, the essence does not change from this. For example, speech teachers at a theater university use the expression “breathe with the stomach” or “breathe with the diaphragm”. Perhaps this name, in my opinion, is more justified. Because when you breathe correctly, you see your stomach moving actively, not your chest. The main thing is to understand the principle of speech breathing - the ribs to the sides, the stomach forward! This is how your diaphragm should work when you inhale.

If you haven't figured out "where your diaphragm lives" yet, I'll give you a hint. When you're hungry, you use the phrase "sucking with a pad" and automatically put your hand on your stomach exactly where your diaphragm is. Somewhere between the chest and abdomen. Surely your hand has now automatically touched this very place. Now decided? Then we proceed directly to the practice of speech breathing.

Before you and I learn to breathe “correctly”, it is necessary to fulfill one more very important condition, without which it is impossible to make breathing correct. Your posture, your muscle corset. If your mother did not follow your posture as a child, you may well change your posture yourself. It does not take a lot of time. In addition, good posture will make you more attractive and give you confidence.

So. Posture. Main condition. Do this exercise for five minutes a day for a month. Try to remember the sensation that accompanies correct posture and walk with that sensation.

"Wall" Lean firmly against the wall with your whole body. Press your back, shoulders, arms, palms, buttocks, heels against the wall. Stay in this position for five minutes. Take 7 deep breaths. Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth. Then, without changing the position of the body, fix it - imagine that the wall is stuck to your back, and you take it away with you. With such a straightened back-wall, walk around the room (take steps in any direction, with any gait, but without changing the position of the back) - the more the better.

I repeat. The main thing is to do this exercise for five minutes a day for a month. You will see your posture change.

And yet, if you are away from home and you do not have the opportunity to do these exercises, then just tell yourself: “I am brave, I am decisive!” What will happen then? Feeling the spirit of courage and determination in yourself, your body will instantly straighten up and your shoulders will pull back. So you can maintain your posture, at the same time inspire confidence in yourself!

Now that you have fixed your posture, you can start training your breathing. How is speech breathing different from normal breathing?

Breathing in life is involuntary. Inhalation and exhalation are made through the nose, they are short and equal in time. The sequence of physiological or normal breathing is inhalation, exhalation, pause.

For speech, especially long, normal physiological breathing is not enough. Speech and reading aloud require more air, a constant respiratory supply, economical use of it and timely renewal.

In everyday life, we breathe through our nose. But, during public speaking we can use nasal breathing only before the beginning of a speech or during long pauses. On small pauses, the air is taken in through the mouth, since it is impossible to inhale quickly, completely and silently through the nose. In speech breathing, inhalation and exhalation are not equal, the latter is much longer than inhalation.

Since speech sounds are formed when you exhale, it is very important to learn how to properly inhale and exhale through your mouth. The goal of speech breathing training is to train a long exhalation. It is important to learn how to gradually use up the supply of air during speech. To do this, it is necessary to accustom the muscles involved in the respiratory process not to relax passively immediately after inhalation, but to slowly and gradually relax.

Let's start by checking the activity of your diaphragm. To do this, lie on the floor, place the palm of your left hand on the area between the chest and abdomen and, after exhaling, inhale, trying not to raise your chest. If the hand rises when inhaling, then the diaphragm is working well. Take a few breaths and exhales and observe the movement of the hand, that is, the diaphragm. If the hand remains motionless during inhalation, then the diaphragm acts sluggishly, and then it is necessary to develop its activity with the help of training exercises.

So, if your diaphragm moves sluggishly during breathing, train your breathing with the following exercises.

1 exercise"Candle" - training slow exhalation. Imagine that you are blowing out a candle. You can light a real candle. Focus on the stomach. Slowly blow on the "flame". It deviates, try to keep the flame in a deviated position during exhalation.

Instead of a candle, you can take a strip of paper 2–3 cm wide and 10 cm long. Place your left palm between your chest and stomach, take a strip of paper in your right hand, using it as a candle, and blow on it calmly, slowly and evenly. The paper will deviate if the exhalation is even, and it will remain in the deflected position until the end of the exhalation. Pay attention to the movement of the diaphragm - the left palm, as it were, “slowly sinks” during exhalation. Repeat the exercise 2-3 times.

2 exercise. "Stubborn candle" - training intense strong exhalation. Imagine a large candle, you understand that it will be difficult for you to extinguish it, but you definitely need to do it. Take a breath, hold your breath for a second and blow on the "candle", the flame deviated, but did not go out. (The left palm lies between the chest and stomach.) Blow even harder, even harder! More! More!

Can you feel the movement of the diaphragm with your palm? Do you feel your lower abdomen tighten up? This exercise makes it possible to feel the active movements of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles. Repeat 2-3 times.

3 exercise. "Extinguish 10 candles." On one breath (without addition), first “extinguish” 3 candles, dividing your exhalation into three portions. Now imagine that you have 5 candles. And the volume of inhalation is still the same! Now - 7 candles. Do not try to inhale as much air as possible. Let the volume remain the same, just each portion of the air on exhalation will become smaller. And now there are 10 candles. The volume of air is still the same. Portions of exhaled air are more economical. Can you feel the movement of the diaphragm with your palm? They are rhythmic, intermittent and active. Repeat 2-3 times.

Natalia Rom

I want to speak well! Speech techniques. Communication Techniques

I want to speak well! Speech techniques. Part 1

Introduction

A well-trained voice, clear and correct speech is the key to your successful communication. Because your voice has a very strong influence not only on the mind, but also on the feelings of the interlocutor. Mastering the art of speech will help you find a common language and understanding with any of your interlocutors. People are always very sensitive to the speech of the speaker. It is she, the speech, that betrays your mood. By your speech, you can tell how confident you are in your words, as well as determine your status and social position.

How to learn to manage your speech? HOW to make your speech bright and expressive? How to learn to speak beautifully?

Speaking beautifully means speaking convincingly, logically, with good diction and intonation. That's what everyone wants to say. But, unfortunately, many of us speak badly. Why? Because you need to work on your own speech, as well as on your voice. Just like you, for example, work on your body if you go to the gym, how you improve your skills if you want to achieve career growth. The vocal cords and speech apparatus also need to be trained in order to put your voice and achieve clarity of pronunciation.

Your voice is as important as your appearance and mannerisms. This is the tool with which you can reinforce the meaning of what has been said. By mastering your voice, you can stir people up or put them to sleep, charm or repulse. The human voice is a powerful instrument.

Some of you will probably now say that he does not like his voice. However, it does not matter what kind of voice you have from birth. Through practice, you will be able to acquire the voice that your professional skills and your vibrant personality rightly deserve. You can get rid of the regional dialect, dialect, if you strictly follow the correct pronunciation. You can get rid of nasal sounds if you skillfully use the vocal apparatus. You can learn to clearly articulate and pronounce sounds correctly. You can develop your voice and learn how to speak so that you can be heard in the very back row of the audience without the slightest effort on your part. Finally, you can develop into an eloquent, skillful speaker. All of this is really up to you.

Here is a list of some of the symptoms that your speech is not perfect and you should take it up:

Listeners often ask you to repeat the words you just said.

You have a noticeable accent.

Your throat gets tired after ten minutes of talking.

Your listeners' eyes start to wander after a while as you speak in a monotone.

You have to explain to the audience that you are a leader (or hold some other high position) because you can't tell by your speech.

If you have found at least one of the above points in yourself, then you really need to work on your speech and train your voice.

The exercises presented in the training are taken from the program of theatrical universities from teachers in stage speech. Be sure to record your workouts on audio so that you can listen to your speech and work on your mistakes. I recommend that you save your training records in order to hear and realize how much your speech and voice will change. Working on your speech requires patience and diligence. Just be persistent, and gradually improve your speech skills step by step.

1. Speech technique

The technique of speech includes four main sections: breathing, voice, diction and orthoepy.

Consider the role of each section.

Our breathing is a purely reflex function of the human body. But when we talk, sing or give a speech, we can control our breathing. What for? - you ask. To facilitate the work of our vocal cords. Because when we breathe correctly, with a diaphragm, our voice is born from the depths of the chest and sounds beautiful. A The vast majority of people use shallow breathing, thereby increasing the load on the vocal cords. That is why the voice becomes so unsound and, with prolonged speech, quickly gets tired, becomes hoarse, or even sits down.

Try an experiment. Take any text. It would be better if it was some kind of long piece. Start reading the text aloud meaningfully and with expression. How much will your strength last? Or rather the strength of your voice. At best, one or two pages. Those who have spoken in public know how hard it is to hold a speech for a long time. Therefore, you must learn to control your breathing, manage it during speech. Such breathing is called speech breathing, and it requires special training.

By learning to breathe properly, you can not only change your voice and speech, but also significantly improve your physical condition. For example, healthy complexion, blush, good skin is the result of proper breathing, as breathing supplies all our cells with oxygen and improves blood circulation. Proper breathing is important for everyone, and especially for those whose work is associated with a large load on the speech apparatus.

Voice The basis of the sonority of the voice is correctly set breathing. Improper breathing makes the voice less sonorous. To put a voice means: the first is to learn how to breathe correctly with the diaphragm; the second is to learn how to use resonators (sound amplifiers).

Probably, you also felt more than once that your voice “let you down” during lengthy negotiations, debates, speeches, or during a normal conversation. The voice “sits down”, hoarseness, hoarseness appear, it starts to tickle in the throat, and by the end of the performance you get tired and switch to lower intonations. Improvement of speech technology can correct this situation. Voice work, voice work. True, there are voices set by nature itself, but such cases are extremely rare. Each person is endowed with a voice that can become strong, mobile, flexible, sonorous and have a wide range. To do this, it must be developed and strengthened.

Speech TechniquesHow to learn to control your speech? HOW to make your speech bright and expressive? HOW to learn to speak beautifully? Speaking beautifully means speaking convincingly, logically, with good diction and intonation. That's what everyone wants to say. But many of us speak badly. Why? Because you need to work on speech and voice. A well-trained voice, clear and correct speech is the key to successful communication. Because the voice has a very strong influence not only on the mind, but also on the feelings of the interlocutor. This is the tool with which you can reinforce the meaning of what has been said. By mastering your voice, you can stir people up or put them to sleep, charm or repel. That is why so much attention is now paid to speech in the business world. Of course, you can take public speaking courses, take private lessons in voice and speech production from theater teachers. Or you can just listen to this training and independently develop your voice and work on speech. The author demonstrates speech exercises that are easy to repeat. Through training and practice, you will greatly improve your voice and speech. Remember, your voice is just as important as your appearance and manners! Communication Techniques WHAT to answer the interlocutor to keep the conversation going? WHAT to say and what words to say to reach mutual understanding? WHAT to answer to avoid conflict and manipulation? The question "WHAT to say?" - is, if not the main problem of the dialogue, then, in any case, one of the first. But all questions WHAT have answers! You only need to listen carefully and write down the phrases, turns and techniques presented in the training in order to successfully use them in everyday life. Then you can easily reach mutual understanding. Others will say that you are a great conversationalist. You will be able to confidently speak in front of an audience or hold a congratulatory speech at a corporate evening. The main condition: try to immediately apply all the phrases in everyday communication. It is necessary to ensure that the presented techniques become a habit and are firmly rooted in the vocabulary. This will only take practice and time. And remember, in order to be known as a sociable person, you need to learn how to form a good impression of yourself from the first minutes of a conversation. Your first words are just as important as your appearance. These two components instantly form an opinion about a person that will remain forever!

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It is known that a person perceives the world around him for the most part eyes. But you would be surprised to know how important sound is to our perception of other people's speech. The way your colleagues at work, your relatives, friends say, can make them attractive to you or, on the contrary, push them away, even regardless of their personal qualities. And to be able to control your own speech, you need to consciously learn this.

Read the book "I want to speak beautifully!" everyone who wants to comprehend a difficult science oratory. Its author, Natalya Rom, is a practicing business coach. She is a psychologist and a psychoanalyst by training. Many thematic books have already come out from under her pen, helping people achieve great heights, develop in those areas where their skills have not yet been disclosed. In the book "I want to speak beautifully!" you can find a large number of practical recommendations and actionable exercises specifically for people who do not like their voice, or for those who, in a leadership position, are not able to speak persuasively and influence their subordinates verbally.

Natalya Rom has considerable experience of working with clients of various types, over the years she has managed to comprehensively study people in order to create her own author's methods based on this knowledge. The book "I want to speak beautifully!" one of those that offers these practices to everyone: from a professional for professionals and those who want to become them.

  • how to give expression to your words;
  • how to consciously manage your voice;
  • how to speak beautifully.

It is clear that beauty in most cases is a relative concept. However, Natalia Rom describes the beauty of speech in terms of its persuasiveness and logic. After reading the book "I want to speak beautifully!" you will learn techniques to help develop good diction and learn how to choose the right intonation. And most importantly, you will understand exactly what techniques you need to use in a conversation with specific people. It is no secret that at a working meeting or presentation in front of profitable partners, your voice should be confident and cheerful, and in confidential communication with loved ones - quiet and unhurried. There are dozens more nuances that are described in the book “I want to speak beautifully!” from the author Natalia Rom.

It is worth noting that when compiling the book, Natalya Rom was guided by the exercises that are given in theater universities and stage speech teachers. Do you want to become a skilled speaker? Then we recommend that you carefully read this work.

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