First of all, you should identify the range of problems with which you have to fight.

If this is a specific speech defect (burr, lisp, stuttering), then the help of a specialist is needed.

Burr or lisp pronunciation can be corrected using the following methods:

• the person is explained the correct position of the tongue and lips, which are responsible for the correct

playing sounds;

Such training will help you learn to pronounce sounds and pronounce words correctly. But you should be prepared that such work will require a lot of effort.

As for stuttering, the work will be more difficult. The main problem lies in the psyche.

Very often it turns out that in Everyday life the person has good production speech, and when it comes to public speaking, the speaker begins to stutter.

If the problem is swallowing endings or unclear pronunciation of sounds when speaking quickly, you can deal with it yourself.

Speech correction is carried out as follows:

1. First of all, it is necessary to identify specific defects. To do this, you need to record your voice on a voice recorder. It is best to record a conversation with someone, because if you specifically read the text, then the person will not arbitrarily try to correct his mistakes in speech.
2. When assessing your voice, pay attention to whether you can pronounce the phrase in one breath, as well as the strength of the sound. If they are lacking, you need to work on your breathing. There is a simple exercise for this: you should take a vertical, straight position, one hand rests on your stomach, and the other on chest. Feet are placed shoulder width apart. Inhalation comes through the nose, so that the lower part of the chest is filled with oxygen. Exhalation comes through the mouth. This exercise helps develop the diaphragm.
3. Needs work on

pronunciation of individual letters. Stand in front of a mirror and slowly pronounce the vowels. Pronunciation should occur while exhaling. The sound should be loud and as long as possible. You can try humming the vowels.

As for clear articulation, it can be developed with the help of other exercises:

• knead and develop facial muscles with the help of antics;
• move the lower jaw up and down and left and right;
• All teeth are counted using this method, but they must first be squeezed tightly;
• stretch your mouth into a full smile, fully using your lips, and then gathering them into a tube;
• the body leans forward, hands are folded on the chest and the sounds “u”, “o”, “a” are pronounced.

All these exercises will help develop diction, speech intelligibility and correct articulation. If you cannot cope with the problem on your own, you can always seek help from a speech therapist.

How to develop diction

Has clear diction great importance not only for singers, television presenters and public speakers - it also holds a special place in everyday life. If you have problems with diction, then some difficulties in communicating with people cannot be ruled out later, but you can correct the situation by starting classes with a teacher or starting self-study.

What is diction and why does it need to be developed?

Diction refers to the clear pronunciation of words and all letters. It is definitely worth working on it, as it has a beneficial effect on how people around us perceive us.

It is worth noting that this is an extremely rare quality - diction, clear by nature. However, this does not mean that we cannot improve our own pronunciation - this is possible both in childhood and in adulthood. Of course, the second option involves a more painstaking approach. Over the course of many years, an adult has become accustomed to speaking in a certain way, so changing this is not very easy. But subsequently the results will certainly justify themselves.

Exercises to develop diction

As a rule, in order to develop diction, certain exercises are used: tongue twisters, breathing training, and so on.

Exercises with cork, nuts or candy in your mouth

This exercise is very useful before pronouncing tongue twisters. So, let's warm up our tongue and lips! To do this, hold a piece of candy, a nut, a cork or a pencil between your front teeth. Please note that your tongue should not come into contact with the selected item. Bare your teeth, opening your mouth slightly. Now, holding, for example, a nut between your teeth, begin to pronounce consonant sounds, then add vowels to them, thus forming syllables. After this, you can begin to pronounce words and full phrases.

Without tongue twisters, it is quite difficult to develop beautiful speech. Try to use several tongue twisters at once, and then pay attention to which ones are more difficult for you. Focus on problem sounds by spending more time on them. Do not forget about the regularity of classes, so that the speech apparatus has the opportunity to get used to the correct pronunciation.

We present to your attention several very useful tongue twisters: “The thunderstorm is formidable, the thunderstorm is formidable”, “Grandfather has become old”, “Mow, scythe, while there is dew, away with the dew - and we are home”, “Is there a fox near the village, or at the edge of the forest” , “Klim pounded one damn wedge.”

Delivering a beautiful speech yourself

Of course, if you want your speech to be distinguished by beauty and literacy, it is important to read as much as possible, thereby replenishing your lexicon. It is better to give preference to classics and scientific literature.

Reading. Read aloud, but be careful not to sound monotonous. Imagine that you are reading to someone and you want the person to listen with interest. Of course, in this case it is important to change the intonation, reading speed, and volume. Please note that pauses may sometimes be necessary - for example, before starting a dialogue or when highlighting particularly important points. It is also important that the pauses are appropriate, and it is recommended not to delay them.

Retelling. It is important to “capture” what you read or watch. For example, after reading a work or feature film, retell it. Of course, it is advisable to do this using a voice recorder. Subsequently, you can listen to the recording and identify all your shortcomings. Also periodically retell the learned material to friends or relatives, monitoring how the story is perceived - is the person clearly bored, trying to change the topic, or listening with genuine interest?

Enrich your vocabulary. Try to regularly add new words to your speech. If you come across some unknown word, be sure to remember it and look up the meaning. Many people prefer to insert “clever” words into conversations without fully understanding what they mean – do not make such a mistake.

Be interested in new information. Sometimes in a conversation it is quite appropriate and organic to hear facts from history and modern culture, and it would be great if you had an idea of ​​at least some of them. To do this, you should periodically look through the news and become interested in well-known and simply entertaining historical facts.

Accents. Some people have an annoying problem - they write correctly, but cannot boast of perfect speech, and all this is due to incorrect stress placement. If you're not sure how to pronounce a word, don't use it until you can look it up in a dictionary and find out the information you need.

Expressiveness. Make sure that what you say sounds expressive - it is unacceptable to mutter under your breath or say everything in one breath. To ensure that your speech sounds with the right intonation, periodically read with expression.

Flexibility. Learn to “feel” your interlocutor. For example, you see that a person is upset and listens to your stories without interest - probably he himself wants to speak out, he is worried about something. Pick up the right words that will help him open up.

Conciseness. Conciseness is exactly what many people lack when voicing any information. Most often, this irritates interlocutors, especially during a telephone conversation or at a time when a person is busy with something. If you want to convey something really important to someone, you should learn to speak to the point without making long introductions or deviating from the topic.

Articulation

What is articulation

Clear articulation of the speaker allows listeners to understand him correctly. If articulation is impaired, and this may be caused by physiological characteristics, then in some cases this may interfere with full communication. However, training the muscles of the lips and tongue can improve the situation.

Organs of articulation

The organs of articulation can be divided into mobile and immobile. The first includes the uvula, lips and tongue, and the second includes the teeth, as well as the hard and soft palate. The tongue is considered the most active of these organs - it can occupy various positions in the mouth, moving closer to organs that are less mobile. As a result, certain speech sounds are formed.

Exercises to develop articulation

• 1) First you need to develop the tip of the tongue. Imagine your tongue as a hammer, which you use to hit your teeth. At the same time, you need to repeat: “yes-yes-yes-yes.” Then move on to the letters “D” and “T” in the same way.
• 2) Let's free the larynx and tongue. You need to quickly inhale through your nose and then quickly exhale through your mouth. Exhalation sound: “Ugh.” Wanting to strengthen the muscles of the larynx, instead of “Fu”, say “G” or “K”.
• 3) Before each phrase, it is important to be able to draw air in time. Let's develop this skill. Start reading a story out loud, taking a deep breath before each sentence. If you regularly perform this exercise, the desired skill will become a habit. Please note that inhalation, like exhalation, should be silent, almost unnoticeable to others.
• 4) Activate the labial muscles. Puff out your cheeks, then release the air through your clenched mouth. At the same time, say “P” and “B” (quickly, one after the other).
• 5) Do not forget to properly separate the air if you want your articulation to be developed. When a person speaks loudly, he usually needs more breathing. In turn, quiet pronunciation forces you to control your exhalation more. Alternately pronounce phrases in a quiet and then in a loud voice.
• 6) Try to learn how to pronounce vowels on one stream, alternating them with clear pronunciation of consonants. Take a book and read a sentence. Now repeat it, ignoring the consonants. At the same time, the vowels seem to be pulled out a little. After this, insert clear consonants into the smooth flow of vowels.
• 7) This technique also works to improve diction. Pronounce any words, highlighting their endings - they should sound clear and sharp. With this exercise, your speech will gain more expressiveness.
• 8) Take into account several tongue twisters that will be different from each other. This will help you develop articulation. Start pronouncing tongue twisters slowly, but gradually the pace should increase. It is important that your phrases sound not only clearly, but also expressively.
• 9) You have the power to improve the way the sounds you make sound. Involve sounds that are “problematic” in your case. Now say out loud the words that include these sounds. You can use a dictionary for this purpose. The more often you practice this sound, the faster you will learn to pronounce it without any difficulty.

Articulation of sounds in Russian

In Russian, sounds are divided into vowels and consonants. Vowel formation occurs due to the vibration of the vocal cords as air passes through the larynx. Being periodic, the vibrations create a musical sound. You've probably noticed that when a vowel sound is formed, air comes out of the mouth unhindered, unlike any consonant sound.

The front vowels are the sounds “I” and “E”. When you pronounce them, your tongue has to move forward, resting the tip on your lower front teeth.

In turn, “A” and “Y” are middle vowels. Try saying them and you will feel your tongue move back a little.

“U” and “O” are back vowels, when pronounced, the tongue needs to move back to a slightly greater extent.

Please note that how you raise your tongue to the roof of your mouth depends on:

• high vowels (“Y”, “I”, “U”) - in this case the tongue rises to a greater extent towards the palate.
• mid-rise vowels (“O”, “E”) - the tongue must be raised to the sky not so high.
• lower vowels (only “A”) - the tongue either does not rise at all, or only minimally.

Beautiful speech and its enemies

Beautiful speech is, first of all, competent speech. A lot of stylistic mistakes can be made about you misrepresentation, and in some cases interfere with communication. Let's determine what other obstacles are encountered on the way to beautiful speech.

You probably know exactly what words we are talking about. All sorts of “well”, “this”, “uh”, “like” and similar words, used without urgent need, will not decorate your speech at all - they are empty and have no meaning!

2. Swear words

There is no need to explain anything here. If you want to create a positive impression, then completely exclude swearing from your speech, even when it seems to you that it is quite appropriate.

Many people gradually began to introduce slang into their speech, believing that it helps them keep up with the times. However, it is worth remembering that not every interlocutor is familiar with new buzzwords that can quickly sink into oblivion, and in general, he is not required to know them. Your communication will be much more difficult than it could be if a person periodically has to ask what you mean by this or that expression.

Regularly monitor what you say and how you say it, and this will undoubtedly ensure your reputation as an excellent conversationalist. Remember that beautiful and clear speech will always be your advantage, and sometimes an advantage!

The most effective exercises for diction

Finding a person with good diction is becoming increasingly difficult, because few people consciously strive to improve their speech. Speech abilities are rarely given naturally, so exercises should be done to improve pronunciation. But does every person need clear pronunciation?

Why do you need good diction?

Proper diction implies clear pronunciation of words and correct placement of the speech organs. The reason for poor diction is congenital defects of the speech apparatus. But the reason may also be imitation of the speech of other people in childhood. But even with poor pronunciation, improvement is possible if you use special exercises for diction.

The delivered diction helps:

• Achieve understanding. If a person has not worked on speech development, the information he expresses will be difficult to perceive by people who are seeing him for the first time and are not accustomed to the peculiarities of pronunciation.
• Make an impression. Improving your diction helps when you need to show your best side. An example is a conversation with an employer who would be more willing to give a position to a person with clear pronunciation.
• Attract attention. If a person is constantly developing his pronunciation and voice, any story he tells will be more readily accepted than if he has a speech impediment.

The development of diction in an adult differs in that the production of sounds is much more complex. When a person is accustomed to pronouncing words in a certain way, he has to change not only the pronunciation, but also the perception of his speech. Before improving your diction, it is worth considering the main types of exercises.

• pronunciation of tongue twisters;
• listening to your voice;
• breathing training.

To learn beautiful speech using tongue twisters, you should choose several such phrases designed to develop the pronunciation of certain sounds and find out which of them are more difficult to pronounce. It is on them that you should concentrate your attention. It is important to pronounce such phrases regularly so that the speech apparatus gets used to the correct pronunciation. Working on yourself means doing exercises every day.

A tool that helps you learn to pronounce sounds correctly is dictation recordings. If you listen to your speech on a recording, you can understand that it sounds completely different from how it sounds when talking to your interlocutor. When identifying defects and correcting them, you need to constantly record speech until they disappear.

A common problem is shortness of breath when speaking long phrases. This becomes noticeable during public speaking. To get rid of this problem, the diaphragm training method is used. One of the diction exercises is to draw out the vowel sound as you exhale for as long as possible. At first you can only do this for a few seconds, but later the time increases to 25. Breathing training also involves changing the pitch of your voice. Another way to practice is to blow up balloons.

With regular exercise, the results appear within a few days. But to maintain the effect, you need to do all of the above constantly. At the same time, it is worth using books that are intended for speech development.

Text for diction development

To develop correct pronunciation, there are texts that are compiled on the same principle as tongue twisters. They usually combine several tongue twisters to develop different sounds. This means that to correct diction you do not need to search for texts. To practice, just find tongue twisters to make all the sounds and combine them into a single whole.

To help the formation of correct pronunciation occur faster, nuts of different sizes are placed in the mouth or a pencil is clamped between the teeth. After removing such items, you can feel that it has become easier to pronounce even complex phrases.

Helps develop diction expressive reading fiction. By recording your pronunciation on a voice recorder, you can easily determine which sounds are being pronounced incorrectly.

The longest tongue twister

“On Thursday the 4th, at 4 and a quarter o’clock, the Ligurian traffic controller was regulating in Liguria, but 33 ships tacked, tacked, but never caught, and then the protocol about the protocol was recorded by the protocol, as the interviewed Ligurian traffic controller was eloquent, but not reported cleanly, and so reported about the wet weather that, so that the incident did not become a contender for a judicial precedent, the Ligurian traffic controller acclimatized in unconstitutional Constantinople, where the tufted laughter laughed and shouted to the Turk, who was blackly stoned with a pipe: don’t smoke, Turk, a pipe, buy a better one a pile of peaks, it’s better to buy a pile of peaks, otherwise a bombardier from Brandeburg will come and bombard him with bombs because some black-snouted guy dug up half his yard with his snout, dug up and dug up; but in fact the Turk was not in the business, and Klara the King was sneaking to the stall at that time, while Karl was stealing corals from Klara, for which Klara stole the clarinet from Karl, and then in the yard of the tar widow Varvara, 2 of these thieves stole firewood; but it’s a sin - not laughter - not to put it in a nut: about Clara and Karl in the darkness, all the crayfish were making noise in a fight - so the thieves had no time for the bombardier, but also not the tar widow, and not the tar children; but the angry widow put the firewood in the barn: once firewood, 2 firewood, 3 firewood - all the firewood could not fit, and 2 woodcutters, 2 woodcutters, for the emotional Varvara, expelled the firewood across the width of the yard back to the wood yard, where the heron withered, the heron withered, the heron died; the heron's chick clung tenaciously to the chain; well done against the sheep, and against the well done the sheep itself, to which Senya carries the hay in a sleigh, then Senka carries Sonya and Sanka on a sled: the sled hops, Senka sideways, Sonya head on, everything into a snowdrift, and from there only a head of bumps knocked him down, then Sasha went along the highway, Sasha found the sachet on the highway; Sonya - Sashka’s friend was walking along the highway and sucking a dryer, and besides, Sonya the turntable also had 3 cheesecakes in her mouth - exactly like a honey cake, but she had no time for a honey cake - Sonya, with the cheesecakes in her mouth, would over-mix the sexton, - over-mix: it buzzes like ground beetle, buzzing and spinning: was at Frol's - Frol lied about Lavra, will go to the Lavra at Frol Lavra will lie that - the sergeant with the sergeant, the captain with the captain, the snake has a snake, the hedgehog has a hedgehog, and a high-ranking guest has taken away from him a cane, and soon again 5 guys ate 5 honey mushrooms and a half-quarter of a quadruple of lentils without a wormhole, and 1666 pies with cottage cheese from whey from yogurt - about all of that, the bells were ringing with groans, so much so that even Konstantin - a Salzburg unpromising man from - under an armored personnel carrier he stated: just as all the bells cannot be re-ringed, all the tongue twisters cannot be repeated, all the tongue twisters cannot be re-spoken; but trying is not torture. »

How to improve your diction in a short time

Sometimes it is not possible to perform exercises to practice pronunciation due to lack of time. In such situations, articulatory charging is used. It consists of several simple exercises:

• Moving the jaw back and forth. During such actions, the mouth is in an open position.
• Pronouncing the vowels o, u and y. This should be done in a bent position with your arms crossed over your chest. At the same time, the voice lowers and the sound is pronounced in a drawn-out manner. After the next sound, you need to rise to a standing position, and then tilt and repeat the action.
• Tongue movements. A good exercise for quickly developing diction is a movement in which the tongue rests alternately on the cheeks. This is done both with a closed and open mouth.
• Touching teeth. This exercise is performed with your mouth wide open. With your tongue you need to touch each tooth in turn, following the top and bottom rows.

After performing such diction exercises, the clarity of spoken phrases increases, so they are often used by people speaking in front of the public.

Is it worth taking speech development courses?

There are speech development courses designed for speakers. They include not only exercises for correct pronunciation, but also tips to help cope with problems that arise during public speaking. The programs of such courses consist of several lessons:

• rules of articulation;
• learning the basics of proper breathing;
• development of vocal range and strength;
• rules for constructing intonation;
• study of orthoepy;
• mastering the basics of gestures.

Courses help you learn correct technique pronunciation and overcome the fear of speaking in front of an audience. Working on yourself involves long sessions, which is why announcers do this.

Speech defects arise due to improper structure of the speech apparatus or due to improper formation of sounds in childhood. The first type of defects can only be corrected with the help of speech therapists or dentists, if we are talking about irregular teeth structure.

You can correct your speech by using the normal arrangement of the organs of articulation during a conversation. In the absence of deviations in the development of the body, defects appear:

The occurrence of such defects occurs as a result of even a slight deviation of the speech organs from their natural location. For correct pronunciation, you need to know how to correctly position the lips, tongue, soft palate and lower jaw. This can only be achieved through training, because working on speech correction implies constant improvement.

How to fix slurred speech

A common speech defect that manifests itself in people with a normally developed articulatory apparatus is slurring. It manifests itself in swallowing entire syllables during a conversation. Such a defect is formed in childhood due to unconscious imitation of others. To get rid of it, you need to perform the following exercises to improve diction:

• Scan poems, following the rhythm. You should choose works that are more difficult to read. An example is Mayakovsky's poems. This kind of self-improvement will help you quickly correct speech deficiencies.
• Often pronounce words that have consonants next to each other. For example, counter-revolution. After composing such words, you should say them several times a day.

This will help you improve your pronunciation in just a few weeks.

How to put a voice

There are 3 exercises that help develop your voice.

In order for an audible effect to appear, it is necessary to perform the exercises for several months. Such exercises include:

• Pronouncing vowels. To perform the first exercise to develop diction, you need to pronounce vowel sounds one by one until you have enough breath. Saying “i”, “e”, “a”, “o” and “u” can make your voice more sonorous. Work on voice training occurs constantly, since during breaks, even for a few days, the effect becomes less noticeable.
• Activation of the abdominal and chest area. To activate the abdominal and chest areas, you need to closed mouth pronounce "m". The first utterance of the sound should be quiet, the second louder, and the third time you need to strain the vocal cords as much as possible. If work on pronunciation and voice occurs without performing these exercises, the effect is reduced.
• Pronouncing words with the letter "r". Also, to establish the voice, the sound “r” is pronounced, which also improves pronunciation. To do this, you first need to growl the sound “rrrr”, and then pronounce more than a dozen words containing the letter r in a row. During pronunciation, the letter should stand out. This exercise will help you develop your voice and improve your diction. Books also help develop diction when read aloud.

To develop diction and achieve clear pronunciation, you need to work hard. Only through regular exercise and training will you achieve tangible changes.

Development of speech diction using the Stanislavsky method

Voice, diction and speech are important components for any successful public speaking. Many people have slurred speech, a low voice, and poor diction. The reasons for this are countless. Below we will look at 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.

Causes of a low voice, poor diction and slurred speech

I know only a few reasons for a quiet voice, poor diction and slurred speech - this is self-doubt, low self-esteem and complexity. 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 quietly? Do they have slurred speech? In most cases, such people do not have speech problems. Look at politicians, actors, singers. They are all confident people who constantly speak in front of the public. Therefore, their speech is developed, their 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 there is something wrong with him (complexes), he is overcome by 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, your 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.

How to develop your voice?

So, as we have already found out, voice development is an important task for people whose profession involves public speaking. Voice production is important not only for public people. A developed and loud voice will make your communication easier in everyday life, and you won’t be constantly asked: “Ahh?”, “What?”, “What?” and other annoying questions. By performing a series of exercises to develop your voice, you will eliminate many defects and shortcomings. So let's get started.

1) To make your voice sonorous, it is very important to breathe correctly. If you have just begun to develop your voice, then breathing exercises this is the first thing you should do. Stand up, straighten your spine, place your feet shoulder-width apart, place one hand on your chest, the other on your stomach. As you inhale through your nose, push your belly forward (expanding your lower chest). Exhale air freely and naturally through your mouth, returning your stomach and chest to their original position. This is how you develop the diaphragm.

2) The second breathing exercise involves holding air. Inhale quickly through your nose and then hold your breath for three seconds. Then exhale 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, when exhaling, smoothly jump from one vowel to another -aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy.

4) With your mouth closed while exhaling, begin to “moo” - saying mmm. Try to hum so that your lips tickle. 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 rrrrr. This exercise also develops the articulatory apparatus. Change the volume of the sound, as well as intonation from subtle to rough.

How to develop diction?

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

Tongue twisters are suitable for developing diction. You can easily find them on the Internet. Here's a video for you as an example!

In order to begin to develop 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 possible, 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 one by one with your tongue. First prick left cheek, then right. Take 7-12 minutes to complete. This is a great exercise for training your tongue.

3) Good exercise on the tongue - this is “Brushing teeth”. You begin to rotate your tongue in a circle. The mouth must be closed. Make 20-30 rotations clockwise and counterclockwise.

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

5) It’s almost the same with lips. The exercise is called “Tube - smile”. First, you stretch your lips forward, after 3 seconds you begin to smile as wide as possible. First the lips forward, then back. Do this exercise for at least 7 minutes.

6) Next, stretch your lips into a tube and begin to lift your heels, first up, then down. Then start doing the same thing, only left, right. Then start turning the patch in a circle, clockwise 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, don't bite yourself. Then start biting your lower lip. After this, 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 your lower teeth with your lower lip, the upper lip should not move either.

9) After completing this warm-up, stand near the window and say the following phrase: “The weather is good outside, and I have beautiful, clear, intelligible speech.” Say this phrase loudly, clearly and clearly. They should hear you on the street.

10) To warm up your facial muscles, start kneading your face at random. 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 clear, it is necessary to pronounce the endings. Many people swallow endings, especially "th". Start saying the following row:

PTKA - PTKO - PTKU - PTKE - PTKI - PTKY

TPKA - TPKO - TPKU - TPKE - TPKI - TPKY

KPTA - KPTO - KPTU - KPTE - KPTI - KPTY

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

PI - BI - PE - BE - PA - BA - PO - BO - PU - BU - PU - WOULD

MVSTI - MVSTE - MVSTA - MVSTO - MVSTU - MVSTY

ZDRI - ZDRE - ZDRA - ZDRO - ZDRU - ZDRY

ZhDR - ZHDR - ZHDR - ZHDR - ZHDR - ZHDR

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

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

1) To develop speech, the first thing I advise you to do is read newspapers, magazines, and books. And you need to read it out loud. While reading, try to force your intonations and avoid monotony. Also, change the reading speed and volume. Pronounce all endings and follow punctuation marks. Reading aloud is the main exercise for speech development.

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

4) Fourth, expand your vocabulary. This can be done by watching films, trainings, and reading books. If you heard the president or another politician speak on TV, why don’t you try to say the same thing at home. Imagine that you are speaking in front of the public as the president. Tell your imaginary people about the political and economic situation in our country. This is very exciting activity for speech development and vocabulary replenishment.

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

How to improve your speech and diction yourself?

Good diction, clear pronunciation of words and an engaging voice timbre are all the keys to success in many areas of modern life.

Unique speech abilities are a very rare gift to a person from nature. However, the art of words can be learned regardless of age, but only if you regularly perform exercises to improve your diction.

When you get rid of speech impediments, you will stop worrying about public speaking and will begin to communicate more easily and freely in a relaxed atmosphere.

It is also possible that your career will take off, since in any profession, in any place, people are identified and promoted who are good at conveying their thoughts, speaking beautifully and in a laconic form.

Almost all speech defects can be corrected if desired, but how to improve speech and diction at home? One thing is certain - for this you need to train regularly.

Why is good diction necessary?

Well-executed diction implies clear, harmonious pronunciation of words and the correct position of the speech organs.

Why can diction be bad? The main reason is congenital defects of the human speech organs. But the reason could also be imitating the conversation of other people in childhood, for example, a cartoon or comic book character.

But even with poor pronunciation, it is possible to improve it if you use special exercises to correct diction.

The given diction helps a lot:

1. Achieve understanding. If you have not worked on speech development, the information you express will be more difficult to perceive for people who are seeing you for the first time and are not accustomed to the peculiarities of your pronunciation.
2. Make an impression. People are greeted by their clothes - this is also true of speech. Improving your diction will help when you need to present yourself with best side. An example is a conversation with an employer. The director of a company or enterprise will be more willing to hire a person with clear pronunciation.
3. Attract attention. When a person regularly develops his speech, pronunciation and voice, then any story told will be received more readily than with a noticeable speech impediment.

The development of diction in an adult differs in that the construction of sounds is much more complex than in a child. When a person has developed the habit of speaking words in a certain way, then he will have to change not only the pronunciation, but also the perception of his speech.

Before you start working on improving your diction, you need to consider the basic exercises.

Development of pronunciation in adults

How to improve your speech and diction yourself? To develop their voice and diction, announcers usually use the following exercises:

• listening to recordings of your voice;
• pronunciation of tongue twisters;
• breathing training.

In order to learn nice speech using tongue twisters, you need to select several that are most suitable in your case, intended for training the pronunciation of specific sounds and determine which of them are more difficult to pronounce.

It is on these tongue twisters that you need to focus your attention. It is important to pronounce these phrases constantly so that the speech organs become accustomed to the correct pronunciation.

Working on yourself means doing exercises every day and the more often the better.

A common problem is lack of air while pronouncing long phrases. This is clearly visible during public speaking.

In order to get rid of this problem, a method is used to train the diaphragm. One of the exercises is to stretch out the vowel sounds as you exhale for as long as possible.

At first you may be able to do this for just a few seconds, but later, with practice, you can increase the time to 25 seconds or more.

Breathing training also includes changes in voice pitch. Another good way to practice your diction is to blow up balloons.

With regular, diligent practice of such exercises, results can be felt within a week or even earlier.

But in order for the effect to persist, it is necessary to perform all of the above constantly. You can also use texts to develop speech and diction.

Exercises to work on diction

How to develop diction and clarity of speech? There are a number of effective exercises that will help improve speech clarity and diction in a fairly short time. Here are some of them:

Articulation gymnastics

We constantly hear that physical exercise good for the health. But few people pay attention to the fact that the speech apparatus also needs constant training.

By doing the exercise to improve your diction, just 15 minutes a day, you can achieve excellent results.

Start your day with such gymnastics - and pretty soon you will see how the muscles of your tongue, cheeks and lips have become stronger.

The speech apparatus will become more mobile, and your speech will become even clearer.

1. “Fence” - smile widely, clenching your teeth. Hold this position for ten seconds and return to initial position. Make sure that the upper and lower rows of teeth are clearly visible. Repeat this exercise several times a day.
2. “Tube” - without opening your teeth, pull your lips forward. At the same time, make the sound “oo-oo-oo-oo” for ten seconds. Repeat the exercise.
3. “Needle” - open your mouth and stretch your tongue out as far as possible. Hold this position for five seconds and then relax your muscles. Repeat the exercise several times.
4. “Damn” - standing in front of the mirror, show yourself your tongue, place it on your lower lip and open your mouth as wide as possible. Repeat several times.
5. “Lick your lips” - the lower jaw is relaxed and try to keep it in one position. Lick your upper lip, extending your tongue as far as possible. Repeat the same action with the other lip.
6. “Swing” - touch the lower and upper lips with your tongue in turn. Do the exercise slowly, trying not to move your chin.
7. “Hamster” - with your lips closed, press your tongue on the inside of your cheek for five seconds. Repeat the exercise with the other cheek.
8. Lower your lower jaw and move it from side to side. At the same time, keep your head straight without moving it. After this, gently move your jaw back and forth.
9. Open your mouth wide and smile. From the inside, use the tip of your tongue to lick your upper lip, repeat the same action with your lower lip, and then in a circle with both lips. At the same time, try to keep your jaw motionless.
10. Remaining in the previous position, you need to run your tongue over the lower and upper teeth. Without moving your jaw, count them.
11. Smile with your mouth wide open. Move your tongue from one corner of your mouth to the other. The lips and jaw should remain completely still, and the tongue should be between the lips, but not sliding across the jaw.
12. Stand up straight with your hands on your chest. Lean forward as slowly as possible, pronouncing the letters “o” and “u” as you exhale. Try to do this in a low voice.

Tongue twisters for the development of speech and diction

How can you improve your diction in the shortest possible time? Tongue twisters are perfect for this purpose, since they can be used to train the pronunciation of a wide variety of sounds.

Do you remember the woodcutters who cut down the oak trees, or the four turtles with four more turtles?

Also, to improve diction, it is recommended to pronounce tongue twisters after putting nuts in your mouth (as in the film “Carnival”). For this, 5 tongue twisters with all kinds of consonances will be enough - this way you will quickly get rid of speech impediments.

Listening to your voice through voice recordings

This is easy to check - read any poem or say everything that comes to mind about nature, weather and much more, recording it on a voice recorder. Then listen to the resulting recording.

Surely you yourself will notice any flaws in your speech, try to make every effort to correct them next time.

You need to record your spoken speech until you achieve the ideal result.

To make your diction a source of pride, try to apply the following recommendations.

To train diction and speech, you need to devote minutes to exercises every day. You should move on to the next task only after you have worked on the previous one quite clearly.

Regular exercises will forever rid you of the problem of slurred speech and poor diction, but will make your speech extremely clear.

All of the above simple recommendations will help you easily master correct breathing, correct pronunciation, and voice control, bringing them to automaticity. Then you will be both listened to and heard. Indeed, it’s never too late to learn to speak beautifully!

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The ability to correctly articulate words and phrases, to pronounce text clearly, clearly, with order, is called diction. Some people constantly wonder how to improve their diction and speech. This is especially true for representatives creative professions(actors, vocalists, presenters).

Correct articulation is especially important for singers: they not only pronounce the text, but also sing it, which is much more difficult. Exercises on diction in singing are done constantly: both as a separate lesson and as a chant.

When is diction and speech training necessary?

Just because people understand you doesn't mean you don't need speech exercises. It’s not easy to hear yourself from the outside. This may require the authoritative opinion of an expert or teacher. If you don’t have it, you can record your speech on audio media and listen to it. Also good way– compare yourself with the announcers of the central channels: their articulation of the sounds of Russian speech is most often competent.

You need to think about how to develop diction and speech technique, especially in cases where there is obvious burring or disturbances in the pronunciation of individual sounds.

There are qualities of good speech, they can also be developed: brevity, clarity of formulation, literacy, adherence to literary norms, logic and others.

Easy exercises to improve diction are designed to develop the correct pronunciation of individual sounds and their combinations, and more complex exercises are designed to connect elements into one whole.

Exercises for developing diction in adults

Parents know how to improve their children’s pronunciation: this is myogymnastics for the tongue and lips. But it’s hard to imagine an adult who spreads his tongue with a spatula. And the musculoskeletal system in older people has developed and is not as pliable as in children.

Exercises for clear diction for adults are completely different. Teachers use:

• pronouncing individual consonants with clear articulation;
• pronouncing tongue twisters;
• breathing exercises in combination with body gymnastics;
• special articulation exercises.

It is important to establish regularity in your classes and set realistic goals for yourself.

Exercises:

1. Pronounce these combinations of sounds by “exploding” the last voiceless consonant: pi-bee-pee-bee-pipp, bee-be-bo-bee-bipp, ga-go-gu-gy-geek and the like.
2. Read any tongue twister out loud without using vowels. Krl Klr krl krll – agree, it sounds funny. By the way, did you find out what this phrase is?
3. Pinch your nose and start reading the text out loud in one breath. Inhale only where it is meant to be done.
4. Perform any physical exercises in parallel with reciting poetry. In addition to the health benefits, you will feel where you stop controlling your breathing.

• slowly inhale through wide nostrils, exhale measuredly through the nose (rhythmically close and release your nostrils);
• inhale while tilting (usually the other way around), exhale to the sounds “g-mm-mm” or “hmm-mm”, straightening up.

Start performing developmental exercises from a few seconds, gradually increasing to 1-3 minutes. The principle of gradual complication and increasing tempo applies to all classes.

How long will it take to develop diction?

If you notice a few minor errors while listening to the voice recording, then working on your diction and pronunciation may only take a day or two. If you need to pay attention to more extensive points, then you can leave it to persistent studies for a couple of months. It is important to understand that singers may need such exercises constantly, in the form of chanting before a performance, to bring the articulatory apparatus into combat readiness.

How to correct diction for an adult? The answer is simple: practice regularly and persistently.

What will help, besides exercise?

Exercises to develop diction are an important stage of work, but you can achieve the desired result easier: read books, newspapers, magazines out loud, pronouncing the words clearly and without swallowing the endings. In this case, working on clear speech will become a pleasant pastime.

Doing diction exercises

To develop an expressive voice, teachers often use similar breathing exercises as for developing correct articulation. It is important to correctly follow the teacher’s recommendations, since incorrectly performed movements will be remembered by the muscles. It will be difficult to retrain them. The teacher will also suggest interesting exercises for developing speech and diction techniques.

How to improve your speech diction quickly

The teachers of the Artvokal center know how to deliver correct speech and diction, whether for performances in the speech genre (reports, public speaking) or vocals.

Before training your diction at home, it is better to get advice from a competent teacher, a voice training specialist, or sign up for our diction courses in Moscow.

Video exercises from "Artvokal"

In this video you will see how to independently develop correct diction during classes with a specialist teacher. Video lessons can only help you, but do not replace the teacher's hearing.

Speech abilities are given by nature, but they are not always ideal. Sometimes speech sounds slurred, which can negatively affect a person’s entire life. Hardly possible to build good career, if words are forced to break through the “mess in the mouth.” How to improve diction? Are there special exercises? Let's talk about this.

To improve your diction and clarity of speech, you need to learn how to breathe correctly. The following exercises will help with this:

1. We stand straight. Feet shoulder width apart. Palms lie on the belt. Inhale freely. We exhale air through pursed lips so that its resistance is felt. This exhalation must be done while moving. Imitate working with a scythe, an axe, cleaning the house with a broom/vacuum cleaner, and similar movements. You need to learn to exhale evenly, without tension (tension should be felt in the lower costal muscles).
2. As you inhale, slowly bend forward. The back remains straight. Then we straighten up. We exhale and begin to draw out the word “gimmmm”, while simultaneously walking in place.
3. As you inhale, slowly lean forward, spread your arms to the sides, and close them behind your head (at the back of your head). We straighten up as we exhale and chant the sounds “GN”, walking in place.
4. Mouth closed. We take a short breath through the nose. While exhaling, tap your fingers along the edges of your nostrils. Exercise improves nasal breathing. Now we add a new element: while exhaling, we make the sounds “M” and “N”.
5. The mouth is open. We inhale through the nose. Exhale slowly through your mouth.
6. Self-massage. With a little effort we press through the intercostal muscles, then move on to the abdominal area. This helps stimulate local blood circulation.

We are working on the quality of diction

Doing certain exercises will help you improve your diction. Classes must be carried out daily, because only in this case can you get quick results.

Exercises to improve speech and diction include training the muscles of the palate.

• Slowly say the sounds “K” and “G” 3 times in a row. Then pronounce the sounds “A”, “O”, “E” with your mouth practically closed.
• Imitate mouth rinsing. The sensation should be similar to that of water in your mouth.
• The mouth is slightly open to the width of two fingers. Say the syllables “AMM-AMM.” At the same time, “A” sounds in a whisper, and “M” is loud and ringing.

To improve your speech and diction, you need to perform exercises to relieve muscle tension.

• Write a tongue twister on a piece of paper. Say it out loud, voicing only consonant sounds. In place of vowels there are gaps. Then repeat it in a full voice. This will help you understand in what position the articulatory apparatus is not working correctly.
• Take a deep breath and pinch your nose with your fingers. Read any text out loud. Exhale. Start reading the text again, taking breaths in the places necessary for the meaning (in accordance with the grammatical pauses).

Articulation gymnastics

If you are interested in how to improve your speech diction quickly, then you need to practice articulatory gymnastics. Regular training guarantees improvement of diction in the shortest possible time.

The complex includes the following exercises:

• A wide smile on his face. Teeth clenched. We fix the position for 10 seconds. Then we relax. Important point: Both rows of teeth should be fully visible.
• Teeth clenched. The lips are folded into a tube, extended forward. We make the sound “U” for 10 seconds.
• The mouth is open, the tongue is pushed forward as far as possible. We fix the position for 5 seconds. Relaxing the muscles.
• The mouth is open. The tongue lies on the surface of the lower lip. Open your mouth as wide as possible and relax.
• Relax your lower jaw and fix this position. Lick your upper lip, extending your tongue as far as possible.
• Touch the tip of your tongue alternately with the upper and lower lip, pushing it forward. Do the exercise at a leisurely pace. The chin should remain motionless the entire time.
• Mouth closed. Use your tongue to apply pressure to the inner surface of your cheek, applying force for 4 to 6 seconds. Repeat on the opposite side.
• The lower jaw is lowered downwards. We make movements from side to side with it. Keep your head straight. She does not participate in the movement. Then we move the jaw forward/backward.
• There's a full smile on your face. Use the tip of your tongue to run along the inner surface of your lips. First along the top, then along the bottom, then we make a circular movement. The jaw is constantly fixed and does not move.
• A wide smile on his face. We run our tongue along the surface of the teeth, first the upper ones, then the lower ones. The jaw is fixed and does not move.
• A wide smile on his face. We run our tongue along the lip from corner to corner. Lips and jaw do not move. It is necessary to touch the surface of the lips, not the teeth.
• Stand straight, arms on chest (crossed). We bend forward slowly while inhaling, while loudly voicing the letters “O” and “U”.

The clarity of the pronunciation of sounds is ensured by the tip of the tongue. To improve diction, you need to improve your mobility.

• Use your tongue like a hammer, tapping your teeth with it. During each strike, pronounce the syllable “YES”. Then say the letters "T" and "D".
• To improve speech diction, it is necessary to develop the muscles of the larynx. This will help to establish clear pronunciation of the sounds “K” and “G”. We inhale through the nose and release the air through the mouth. As you exhale, begin to puff like a hedgehog - “FU-FU-FU.” The syllable is pronounced sharply.
• Training your lip muscles will help improve your speech and diction. This exercise improves the pronunciation of the sounds “P” and “B”. We puff out our cheeks and slam them together with our hands, just like in childhood.

Additional exercises

The ability to control the volume of air in the lungs will help improve diction and clarity of speech.

Stand in front of the mirror and read any text out loud with expression. First, do it in your usual voice. Then read it again, but much louder. By doing this exercise daily, you will soon learn to control how full your lungs are and will be able to easily deliver speeches of any size.

To improve diction in adults, the following exercise will help:

• Write the lines of your favorite poem on a piece of paper.
• Cross out all the consonants and sing the remaining vowels out loud.
• Then insert all the consonants again. Pronounce them loudly, loudly, continuing to sing the vowel sounds.

Performing a set of articulation exercises will help improve your speech and diction very quickly.

Improving voice timbre

1. Stand straight. The chin is fixed in a natural position. We stretch our neck as far forward as possible, and fixate for a few seconds.
2. Open your mouth, push your tongue as far forward/down as possible. The head is bowed to the chest. Raise your tongue to the tip of your nose while lifting your head. While moving, stretch your neck as far as possible.
3. We take a deep breath. While exhaling, pronounce the word “BOMM” loudly, stretching out the last letter as long as possible. You should feel a slight vibration at the tip of your nose and upper lip.
4. Full breath. We release the air from the lungs, pronouncing the syllable “MI-MII”. The first part is short, the second - in a drawn-out singsong voice.
5. Stand straight, hands on your chest. As you inhale, bend forward and chant the letters “U” and “O”. After this, chant the words “MILK”, “FLOUR”, “TIN”.
6. Click your tongue, gradually changing the position of your lips. At first they are gathered into a tube, at the end they are stretched into a full smile.
7. The mouth is open, the nose is pinched with the fingers. We breathe through our mouths and at the same time read any text out loud. The duration of the exercise is 5 minutes.
8. Head down, chin pressed to chest. We exhale, pronouncing the sounds “O” or “U” until the air runs out. We place our hand on the chest and, by patting, increase the vibration of the sound.

These exercises guarantee improvement in speech and voice timbre in a short time.

Working on speaking skills

How to improve your speech diction quickly? To achieve results, you will need to work on your speaking skills.

The tips are very simple, but significantly improve your speaking skills.

Pure talk

To improve diction and speech itself, you need to work on the pronunciation of pure words. This will help you practice specific sounds using specially rhymed phrases.

They differ from tongue twisters in that they contain one consonant sound many times. This will help you learn to pronounce complex sounds and improve your diction. You need to exercise every day. Improvement in speech after working with pure tongues happens quite quickly.

You need to pronounce pure phrases at a slow pace. It is very important to carefully pronounce each sound, paying attention to sound combinations that are difficult for you.

You must definitely control your pronunciation. This lesson must be recorded on a voice recorder. While listening to the recording, you can identify any pronunciation errors that have been made and correct them during the next one.

There are several tips that will help you achieve success in self-study:

• first you need to start doing the most simple exercises to improve speech and diction, gradually including more complex ones in classes;
• classes should be held at any time free time– this will help achieve results in a short time;
• It is advisable to do gymnastics daily, without taking breaks;
• make it a rule to periodically record short speeches on a voice recorder - this will help you celebrate your achievements;
• read additional literature and regularly practice new exercises, since the monotony of exercises can cause moral fatigue and refusal to exercise;
• If you have the opportunity to get advice from specialists, then you should not refuse it, as this is an excellent opportunity to receive additional practical advice.

If a person has the opportunity to attend theater courses, then this should be done. Classes with professionals will help you relax and master free speech. Experts will teach you expressive recitation, while diction, if not perfect, will improve significantly. And public speaking will no longer seem like an impossible mission.

During a conversation, do you often swallow your words, speak slurredly, quietly, and others cannot understand your speech? Then it's time for you to start working on improving your diction. No matter how interesting and important your message is, it will be useless if your words are difficult to understand. How can you improve your diction and make your speech clear and understandable?

Diction: what is this?

Diction is general concept, which means distinctness and quality of pronunciation, level of clarity. Diction in relation to spelling is comparable to handwriting in relation to spelling. Just as a written letter is not perceived, so slurred speech is regarded by listeners as foreign words. Some people with impaired diction even become the subject of ridicule and sarcastic remarks. All organs of the speech apparatus participate in word formation, some are responsible for the timbre of the voice, others for articulation, pitch, tempo or sonority. But all of them together are responsible for a person’s diction.

Diction requires:

Knowledge of sound production and word formation.
Correct use of the speech organs.

Why is speech slurred?

Some people are so good at speaking that it seems like they are natural speakers. Why do others speak so vaguely and incomprehensibly?

Do not hurry.

Stay balanced. You shouldn’t speak too slowly either; speak at an even pace, as if you’re not in a hurry. Over time, you will increase your pronunciation speed. Especially watch the pace during. The desire to quickly finish your speech contributes to poor diction. Take pauses, this will even attract the attention of listeners and color your speech.

Breathe correctly.

When pronouncing words, we don’t even think about what is happening in our speech apparatus. The beauty of speech is based on automation and consolidation of the production of sounds. Pay attention to singers and actors, they carefully monitor their breathing. There are even special exercises dedicated to proper breathing. To improve your speech clarity, learn to breathe from your diaphragm. To do this, place one hand on your stomach, the other on your chest. When you inhale, the hand on your stomach rises, the other remains motionless. Exhale, change hands. At first you will have to control your breathing, then it will become a habit.

Learn the rules for setting and forming sounds.

To speak correctly, you need to understand how speech sounds are formed. Knowing the participation and role of the organs of articulation in sound production, you will understand what you should focus on and what your shortcomings are. Think about what you plan to say, such pauses will help you concentrate and take the necessary breath for further clarity of speech.

Practice.

The best way to learn to speak beautifully and clearly is to regularly speak in front of an audience. At first it will be difficult for you to control your speech, you will constantly be disturbed by strong excitement and emotions. However, over time, you will get used to such speeches and will even be able to vary your voice to exert a psychological influence on the people listening to you. Analyze your speech and practice constantly. A performance won't be impressive if you don't prepare enough for it.

Learn tongue twisters and repeat complex words periodically.

Tongue twisters are a great way to learn how to express thoughts clearly and clearly even in complex and confusing words. Most actors warm up their vocal cords and articulatory apparatus before a performance with tongue twisters. Start saying them slowly until you memorize them, then practice saying them faster. However, it is important to say tongue twisters and difficult words correctly, so do not increase your pace if you make mistakes.

If a certain word is particularly difficult for you, be sure to pronounce it at home in front of the mirror several times. Do this until the correct pronunciation of a complex word becomes automatic.

Don't forget about intonation.

Even if you speak clearly, but monotonously, your listeners will not take your words seriously; they will constantly be distracted and think not about what you say, but how you say it. Your intonation will show what you want to emphasize and what to convey to your listeners. Speak confidently, firmly, so as not to create the impression that you doubt your words.

Train your facial muscles.

The clarity of speech directly depends on the work of the jaw muscles. To train them, do a regular set of exercises. Stretch your muscles, open your mouth wide, and make chewing movements. These exercises will help you relax and in normal speech not clench your teeth, but speak relaxed and with your mouth wide open.

Exercises to develop diction

Speak with a cork in your teeth. When there is something in the speech apparatus that prevents you from pronouncing words as before, the jaw will begin to strain and work harder.
Perform regular articulation exercises. Active exercises with the tongue, mouth, teeth and the entire jaw will help in the development and independent improvement of diction.
Read prose or poetry to music without words. This will allow you to speak smoothly, melodiously and without unnecessary hesitation.
Memorize not just tongue twisters, but entire poems with complex and confusing expressions.
Pronounce complex combinations: lrya-chra-lru-bru-pre and other syllables that are difficult to say. Using them and pronouncing them regularly will give you excellent preparation.

Diction is a clear, precise, distinct pronunciation of words, phrases, and sentences. It determines the intelligibility of speech and its perception by other people. Developed diction is needed in everyday life when communicating with others, for successful career growth in many areas of business, and what can we say about people whose profession requires them to have spoken language (singers, announcers, speakers, actors, etc.).

Another question - how to develop diction - contains more deep meaning, so let’s look at several ways to comprehensively improve this skill.

Developing diction involves working on voice training and proper breathing. To do this, you can perform a number of exercises yourself:

• Developing breathing. Stand straight, place your feet shoulder-width apart, place one hand on your chest and the other on your stomach. Breathe slowly, feeling the air flow. You should stick your stomach forward while keeping your chest still. This is how you develop the diaphragm.
• While in the same position, inhale as much air as possible with a sharp movement of your nose. Hold your breath for 3-5 seconds and exhale sharply through your mouth.
• Inhale as much air as possible through your mouth. As you exhale, pronounce the consonants (a, o, u, y, e, i), as if stretching them out. You will get a continuous stream of smooth transitions (“aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ing it? Try to make each letter sound loud and clear.
• Keep your mouth closed at all times during this exercise. Inhale as much as possible through your nose. As you exhale, try to “moo” by drawing out the letter “m.” Make sure this action lasts for a long time and the sound is as loud as possible.
• Inhale more air, and as you exhale, “growl”, pronouncing the letter “r”. It’s not a fact that it will work out the first time, but after several attempts you will see the result.

You need to practice breathing regularly. These exercises will not take more than 15-20 minutes a day (spend no more than 3 minutes to each task). Practice in front of a mirror and make sure you do it correctly. Our body doesn't always do exactly what we want it to do.

Developing diction

Simultaneously with voice training, you can develop diction and speech. Tongue twisters are best suited for these purposes. But before pronouncing them, you need to properly stretch the muscles of the tongue, face, articulatory apparatus and lips. The following exercises will help you do this:

• Stick your tongue out completely, as far as possible. Then return it to its previous position. Continue performing these manipulations for 2-3 minutes.
• Push your cheek with your tongue. You should kind of “prick” her. Do the same with the second cheek. Continue doing the steps for 4 minutes.
• Keep your mouth closed. Start moving your tongue as if you were brushing your teeth with it. inside. Do this continuously and intensely for 3 minutes.
• Stick out your tongue and make rotational movements with it. Do 20 times to the right and the same number to the left.
• In this exercise we develop the muscles of the lips. We stretch them into a duck shape (with a tube), then stretch out a wide smile. We alternate these movements for 2 minutes.
• Puff out your cheeks. Start spinning the resulting imaginary “bubble” in a circle. Perform the action for at least 3 minutes.
• Lightly bite your upper lip with your lower teeth and vice versa. Practice in front of a mirror to control yourself. The exercise lasts at least 3 minutes.
• Very effective method- this is the construction of all sorts of faces. Make grimaces, bulge your eyes, stick out your tongue. Do whatever you can think of with your face, let yourself have some fun. It is better to do this in front of a mirror for 3 minutes.

It is very useful to perform these exercises before a public speech to warm up your muscles and articulation apparatus.

After warming up, you can proceed directly to tongue twisters. Here are some of the most effective:

1. Tycoon Yegor was sunbathing on the mountain, a magnet fell on tycoon Yegor.
2. Grass in the yard, firewood on the grass. Don't chop wood, but drink wood.
3. Tell me about tongue twisters. What tongue twisters are we talking about? About tongue twisters, about tongue twisters, about my tongue twisters!
4. Tell me about the sausages! Which sausages? Maybe about shopping? Oh, yes, about shopping.
5. The transplantation of the fire hose smacked of amateurism.

To develop intelligible speech, you can use not only these tongue twisters. For diction, any that you can find will do. Say them more often, but only after warming up. There is one that has been invented, and by learning it you will definitely significantly improve your diction. You can also do it yourself.

Here are some more effective exercises for developing diction:

• Read yours favorite poem, sharply emphasizing the intonation ending of each word.
• Open a regular Russian dictionary. Choose the words that seem most difficult for you to pronounce. Repeat them until you can pronounce each one without difficulty.
• Stand in front of the mirror and read by heart a passage from your favorite prose work. Control your pronunciation, emotionality, and facial expressions.
• If tongue twisters seem too easy for you, put a few small nuts in your mouth before pronouncing them. Now speak as close to the correct pronunciation as possible.
• Read an excerpt from your favorite work with your mouth closed.
• If you play sports, the following exercise will suit you. Wear headphones and repeat everything that is said in the player (lyrics of a song or audio book) while running. This makes pronunciation difficult. But don't shout too loudly so as not to scare others.

It is impossible to develop competent speech by performing only the above exercises. Do you want to check how well your speech is delivered and developed? Imagine yourself in the place of your listener. Are you erudite and confident enough to want to listen to you for hours? If the answer is no, you have some work to do.

We’ve figured out how to develop diction, now let’s try to develop our speech and make it rich. Some techniques are suitable for this:

You can achieve noticeable results in the development of your diction and at the same time deliver a speech in about 3 months, taking into account everyday activities.

Stanislavsky on the development of diction

According to Stanislavsky, the word is the most concrete expression of a person’s thoughts. He talks about how to develop diction in three sections of the second volume, “The Actor’s Work on Oneself.” Below are the rules and exercises compiled based on Stanislavsky’s recommendations:

1. We often attend lectures, seminars, and trainings, but we simply fall asleep during them because we are bored. At the same time, the lecturer speaks clearly and understandably; he has no speech defects. The problem lies in the emotional coloring. Read and speak expressively.
2. You need to be able to speak in different tones. The following exercise will help you develop this skill. Read the poem out loud so that one line sounds loud, the second quietly, and so on until the end of the work.
3. You can practice showing different emotions by reading the same phrase, but with different emotional connotations. For example, you can say the same thing with sadness, joy, despair, anger, surprise.

Diction and speech are not as difficult as learning to work with emotions.

Listen to yourself

How to understand that diction and voice have improved, that you are working in in the right direction? Of course, you need to listen to yourself. Record your speech on a voice recorder and evaluate what has changed, what you have achieved, and what still needs to be adjusted. Draw conclusions about how to develop diction specifically in your case, what to put pressure on, and what to pay less attention to.

It is advisable to evaluate the voice with a “fresh mind”, that is, several hours after speech training, having completely rested and being in good mood. Then the assessment will be more objective, and you will understand how to develop diction and avoid new mistakes. Record your voice until the pronunciation seems perfect to you.

We figured out how to develop your diction, how to properly train your speech and make it emotional. Practice regularly, and even at home you will be able to achieve significant results and no longer dwell on the problem that worries you - how to develop and train diction.