Speech diction lessons. How to quickly improve your diction
And it’s not just a matter of “we tell them.” Timbre and diction have a tremendous impact on how the listener perceives you. It has been proven that people perceive information presented in a low-pitched voice better than in a high-pitched one. A voice with a timbre that is too high is not only harder to listen to, but also less pleasant than a low one.
Good diction is even more important than timbre. If you are not an honored doctor of science or a professor, you have to make sure that your listeners understand you without extra effort.
It’s always a real pain for me to give speeches in the first half of the day. I'm a night owl and it's hard for me to think straight before lunch. By the way, scientists say that until 12:00 the human body is still in a half-asleep state, including the facial muscles and vocal cords.
To avoid inarticulate mooing during a performance, it is recommended to do a five-minute warm-up exercise consisting of 10 exercises.
1. Lower your lower jaw down. Slowly move it left and right.
2. Lower your lower jaw. Move it back and forth. Do this very slowly, smoothly and carefully.
3. Starting position – standing, hands on chest. Leaning forward, as you exhale, pronounce the vowels “u” and “o” long and drawn out, in as low a voice as you can.
4. The mouth is open, the lips are in a smile, move the tongue to the corners of the mouth left and right. Make sure that the jaw and lips are motionless, and the tongue does not slide along the lower lip.
5. The mouth is open, the lips are in a smile. Lick the upper lip with the tip of the tongue from one corner of the mouth to the other. Make sure that the tongue reaches the corners of the mouth, the movement is smooth, without jumps, the jaw does not move. Also lick your lower lip. Then lick your lips in a circle.
6. Mouth closed. Lick the teeth under the lower lip, then under the upper lip. Make sure that your jaw and lips do not move.
7. The mouth is open, the lips are in a smile. Smoothly run your tongue over your upper teeth, touching each tooth and counting them. Make sure that the jaw does not move. The same movement applies to the lower teeth.
8. Mouth closed. The tense tip of the tongue rests on one or the other cheek. The same, but the mouth is open.
9. The mouth is open, the lips are in a smile. Raise your wide tongue to your nose and lower it to your chin. Make sure that the lips do not stretch over the teeth, the jaw does not move, and the tongue does not narrow.
10. The mouth is open, the lips are in a smile. Place the wide tip of the tongue on the alveoli behind the lower teeth from the inside, then lift it onto the tubercles behind the upper teeth, also from the inside. Make sure that only the tongue works, and the lower jaw and lips remain motionless.
How to improve diction? This problem is very relevant today for many people. After all, a person who is naturally capable of speaking beautifully is a rarity. That is why, for centuries, oratory was considered the highest art, which it was believed that only a select few could master. Fortunately, today it is possible to eliminate various speech defects quite easily. Special exercises can help with this.
However, in order to solve the problem as effectively as possible, you first need to understand its very essence. Diction is the pronunciation of syllables and letters by the human speech organs. Diction is considered good if it is clear and smooth, if the words are pronounced clearly and at the same time loud enough.
Among the main causes of problems with diction are weak jaw mobility and the inability to open the mouth normally. As a result, a person’s speech begins to sound muffled, crumpled and unintelligible. Pay attention to how you speak. Do you manage to pronounce syllables and letters correctly every time, and does your speech always sound loud and clear? If you find any problems in yourself, take care of yourself immediately!
How to improve diction with training?
Exercises to improve diction were invented many years ago. Even the Roman orator Cicero always put 3-4 small round stones in his mouth before speaking in public and read excerpts from texts. By the way, this method is still used today by many speech therapists, although today pebbles are usually replaced with wine corks or walnuts.
In addition, there are also a number of modern exercises that can improve diction:
- Open your mouth and start moving your lower jaw left and right. Try to keep your head as still as possible. After 2-3 minutes, try moving your jaw back and forth. Continue doing the exercise for another 2 minutes.
- Smile as wide as possible. Circle the teeth of the upper and lower rows with your tongue. Count each one in this way, but it is not recommended to twist your jaw.
- Smile again. After this, run the edge of your tongue along the inner surface of your upper lip. Repeat with the lower lip. Finally, “slide” your tongue along the edges of your lips in a circle. Try to maintain maximum jaw immobility.
- Smile while exposing your teeth. After this, move your tongue from one side of your mouth to the other. Try not to move your facial muscles, keep your tongue between your upper and lower lips and not touch your lower jaw.
- Now stand on your feet and place your hands on your chest. Gradually tilt your torso forward and pronounce the sounds “O” and “U”. Gradually try to make your voice lower and lower.
Basic rules for improving the quality of spoken language
By following these simple rules, after a few weeks you will be able to improve your diction and speech. In order to achieve maximum results in the shortest possible time, try to perform the exercises daily for at least 15 minutes. Please note that until noon the facial muscles continue to “sleep”. By working on yourself, you can also become an excellent speaker.
People with naturally clear diction are extremely rare. But don’t assume that diction cannot be improved. Each of us can improve our pronunciation. Correct diction can be achieved not only in childhood, but also in an adult. We will talk about special techniques and techniques in this article.
Diction is the clear pronunciation of sounds and words. Clear and beautiful speech has a positive effect on the perception of the person who has it. Therefore, not only the announcer of central television, but each of us must have clear and intelligible diction.
If you want not just to speak, but to make sure that your interlocutors understand you, you need to work on your diction. Especially if she needs it.
What does diction consist of:
Clear articulation(Correct and clear pronunciation of sounds). It is thanks to clear articulation that the speaker’s speech is legible and his interlocutors easily understand what he wants to convey. Violation of this indicator of diction may occur due to the physiological characteristics of a person. You can improve the clarity of pronunciation of sounds by training your tongue and lip muscles.
Correct articulation(Coordinated movement of the muscles of the articulatory apparatus). Malocclusions, frenulums, etc. have a negative effect on articulation. With such physiological deviations, burr and nasal sound may appear.
Timbre. Often, the manner of pronunciation is influenced by a person’s temperament. The speaker may tend to monotony or speed up his speech. Often it is haste that occurs in people with poor diction. But, as practice shows, almost anyone can “defeat” this problem.
Intonation. As for intonation, it is formed primarily from the ability to clearly pronounce vowel sounds and stress. You can set intonation with the help of some breathing exercises and reading aloud. Improving intonation is very difficult and painstaking work.
Is it necessary to read aloud to develop diction?
Every speech therapist will tell you that one of the best exercises for diction is reading aloud. At the same time, what is important is not the number of words read, but the articulation and clarity of pronunciation of sounds.
When using this technique, do not forget that reading has other useful qualities. A pleasant “bonus” of this technique for improving diction will be an increase in vocabulary, improved imagination, and memory development.
Many people love to read, but their diction leaves much to be desired. That is why you need to read it out loud. Try to pronounce the letters and words written in books clearly and with expression, and paint your speech with emotional colors.
Regular reading aloud will help get rid of tongue-tied speech, slips of the tongue, hesitations and other things that negatively affect diction.
Since the text of books, especially in classical literature, is very different from the way we speak in everyday life, it will help you not only express yourself beautifully, but also shape your speech according to the literary language.
When reading aloud, do not rush. Sit in a comfortable chair and grab a book. It is advisable that this be one of your favorite books. Of course, militants or Russian “detectives” are not suitable for such practice. Difficult scientific literature too.
Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy has a very beautiful style. But his main work, War and Peace, contains too much French. Therefore, this work will not suit you. Practice on his earlier stories.
Soviet science fiction is very good for reading aloud. Especially the works of the Strugatsky brothers. Unfortunately, their modern followers have simplified the genre too much and are unlikely to be suitable for reading aloud.
Read the chosen work expressively, marking the emphasis and making the necessary pauses. If we return to the Strugatskys, then listen to the audio books of these authors, recorded by Vladimir Levashov. Take his diction as a standard and try to repeat it.
You can take it a step further and add a little artistry to your read-aloud. Try to imagine the characters of the work, their appearance and character. Then add individual notes to their remarks. But, of course, you shouldn’t forget about the most important thing – diction training. There is no need to overdo it with artistry.
Once you become confident in reading aloud, you can increase your reading speed a little. But it is important to pronounce sounds and words clearly and distinctly. As you increase your reading speed, you must avoid monotony and excessive acceleration. Even if on the next page of the book you find out the outcome of the event.
For reading aloud to be effective, it is important to read for at least 30 minutes a day. And within a month you will be able to achieve noticeable success. And in order to be absolutely sure that your diction is progressing, record on a voice recorder how you started reading aloud and how you read after some time of such regular training.
How to improve diction for an adult or a teenager?
WALNUTS. A good way to improve your diction is to use walnuts for this. They need to be placed behind the cheek (one on each side) and the tongue twister must be spoken for several minutes. After which you need to remove the nuts and say the same tongue twister again.
PENCIL IN THE TEETH. Hold a pencil between your teeth and read a poem from memory with expression.
IMPORTANT: Both methods can be used by both children and adults. With their regular use, you can improve your diction and make your speech more relaxed and free. This technique can be used even in cases of speech impairment due to a stroke.
RECORDING ON A DICTAPHONE. This technique can be combined with reading aloud, which we described above. Turn on the recorder before you start reading aloud and record a fragment of any text you read. Then you need to listen to the recording and note the sounds that you pronounce incorrectly. When you read books aloud later, try to pay special attention to problematic sounds.
TONGUE TWISTERS. Perhaps the most famous way to improve your diction is tongue twisters. Repeat these rhythmic phrases daily. Pay special attention to the pronunciation of problematic sounds. If your diction suffers from incorrectly pronounced hissing or whistling sounds, then you can solve this problem with the help of a tongue twister:
ARTICULATORY GYMNASTICS. There are a lot of exercises to improve diction, which are included in the concept of articulatory gymnastics. With their help, you can significantly improve the pronunciation of an adult. We will talk about them in the section “Exercises for diction and articulation.”
BREATHING EXERCISES. Many people underestimate proper posture and breathing when communicating with other people. But without this it is impossible to have correct diction. Entire courses in the study of acting are devoted to correct inhalation and exhalation. And if you want to speak like Andrei Mironov or Vasily Livanov, then be sure to devote a few minutes a day to breathing training.
- Stand straight, place your hands on your waist and your feet shoulder-width apart
- Inhale slowly through slightly parted lips
- Then try also inhaling air while reading the text out loud
- Then make the task even more difficult: move around the room, take a breath and speak
- As you exhale, rise up and stretch the letter “mm-mm”
Warm-up for diction
Pencil in teeth is a great exercise for diction
Before public speaking, it is imperative to warm up your diction. To do this, you can use the methods described above. For example, take a pencil between your teeth and read a few tongue twisters. After which you need to say the same thing without a pencil.
Try saying complex words from the text you want to convey to your audience several times. Read your favorite poem from memory. A few minutes of this warm-up will be enough to stretch your vocal cords, facial muscles and prepare yourself for the performance.
You can also stretch your diction using the following exercises:
| Stick it out and hide it | We push the tongue forward as far as possible, then hide it back. We move our tongue forward and then back. Exercise duration - 2-4 minutes |
| Poking cheeks with tongue | We begin to prick our cheeks with our tongue one by one. First we prick the left cheek, then the right. Exercise duration 3-5 minutes |
| "Teeth cleaning" | Rotate your tongue in a circle in your mouth. The mouth must be closed. We do 15-20 rotations clockwise and vice versa |
| Circular movements | We stretch out the tongue and twist it in a circle. We make 10-15 circles clockwise, then counterclockwise |
| "Tube - smile" | We stretch our lips forward, after 3 seconds you begin to smile as widely as possible. First the lips forward, then back. We do this exercise for at least 3 minutes. |
| "Bubble" | First we inflate one cheek, then the other. Duration 2 minutes |
Working on diction and pronunciation
Oratorical talent is extremely rare. Almost all famous people intensively prepare for every public appearance. It is known that Cicero could not utter a single word without preparation. And he is still held up as an example as a great rhetorician.
There are many exercises with which your speech can become clear and beautiful. There are both universal exercises and those that are designed to help correct a specific problem. For example, a whistling “S”, an indistinct “L” or a violation in the pronunciation of the sound “R”. In order to solve these problems you will have to work.
Exercises for diction and voice
When speaking in public or during normal conversation, we use the muscles of the tongue and throat. It is logical that in order to speak beautifully, you need to “pump up” these muscles. But, unlike the biceps and pectoral muscles, we do not need sports equipment.
1. You can pump up the muscles involved in producing sounds by regularly pronouncing "A-E-O". At the same time, it is important to try not to open your mouth too much. The effect can be achieved by pronouncing sounds as deep as possible in the oral cavity.
2. A very good effect can be achieved in diction and by training your lips. To do this you need to say:
- "GL", "VL", "VN"- for the upper lip
- "KS", "GZ", "VZ", "BZ"- for the lower lip
3. You can also shape your tongue into a shovel shape and say "AND" And "E" repeatedly. Now let's give the tongue the shape of a hook and at the same time say "ABOUT" And "U".
4. We continue to “pump up” the muscles of the tongue. We close our mouth and, using internal movements of the palate, cheeks and lips, draw out the sound "M".
By performing these diction exercises, you can feel the results after just a few regular sessions.
Exercises for diction and articulation
Since the tip of the tongue “works” very actively in clear pronunciation, there are several exercises that will help improve its activity.
1. Imagine that your tongue is a hammer and hit your teeth with its tip. During such blows, “pronounce” yes-yes-yes-yes. Then try to pronounce the letters clearly "T-D".
2. For clear pronunciation of letters "TO" And "G" you need to “pump up” your larynx. To do this, inhale through your nose and completely empty your lungs through your mouth. The release of air through the mouth should occur sharply and resemble the sound "Ugh". Do this exercise several times.
3. If you notice that you have problems pronouncing letters "P" And "B", then train your labial muscles. To do this, you need to puff out your cheeks and release the air from your mouth with a vigorous clap.
4. It is also very important to learn how to control the amount of air. To do this, you need to use breathing exercises and practice in front of a mirror. Try reading a short text at normal volume. As a rule, you can easily control your voice. Now, do the same, but increasing the volume. There must be problems.
By regularly declaring the text at an increased volume, you will soon be able to control the amount of air needed and will be able to successfully speak in front of a large audience.
5. There is another exercise to improve articulation. Take a few lines from your favorite poem. Then eliminate the consonants from these lines and sing only the vowels. Then insert consonants and pronounce them loudly without changing the style of vowel pronunciation.
Articulation can also be improved with the following exercises:
If you notice that you are swallowing the endings of words, then read any text, emphasizing the endings of the words written in it. This needs to be done daily, and after a while you will be able to forget about this problem with your diction.
If you have a problem with the pronunciation of any particular letter, take an explanatory dictionary of the Russian language and clearly read all the words starting with this letter. Do this regularly. If desired, record this exercise on a voice recorder.
Tongue twisters for the development of diction
The most popular way to improve your diction is tongue twisters. They can also be used as a warm-up before a public speaking. In general, get into the habit of saying several tongue twisters every day. This training will help you overcome problems in pronouncing certain sounds and will make your speech more convincing and beautiful.
You don't need to set aside time for this type of training. You can repeat tongue twisters while getting ready for work. Experts believe that three weeks of using tongue twisters will make your speech smoother and your diction clearer.
Here are the most popular tongue twisters that will help improve your diction:
Christina. I’m from the South of Russia and used to often “ghekala”. When I studied in St. Petersburg I was very embarrassed about this. I searched the Internet and found a simple way to get rid of this speech defect. You just need to pronounce phrases containing the sound “Ge”. It is necessary to focus on this sound and pronounce it clearly. Within two weeks I began to pronounce this sound correctly and forgot about this problem.
Yuri. Even as a student, he participated in the drama club. Our leader tactfully hinted that my diction was not the best. And she asked me to read books out loud at least 30 minutes a day. I liked this exercise so much that I began to devote even more time to it. And the diction became noticeably better.
Video. A diction exercise that will make your speech beautiful in a week
Beautiful speech is an important factor for success in career and personal life. Tongue twisters for speech development and diction training. Tips on how to work on tongue twisters.
“It’s even rarer to hear a good tongue twister on stage, consistent in tempo, clear in rhythm, clear in diction, in pronunciation and in conveying thoughts. Our tongue twister is not clear, but blurred, heavy, and confused. This is not a tongue twister, but babbling, spitting or spilling words. A tongue twister must be developed through very slow, exaggeratedly clear speech. From long and repeated repetition of the same words in a tongue twister, the speech apparatus is so adjusted that it learns to do the same work at the fastest pace. This requires constant practice, and you need to do it, because stage speech cannot do without tongue twisters.” K.S. Stanislavsky.
Russian folk tongue twisters help develop the speaker's speech technique, clear pronunciation of words and phrases, and the speaker's diction. It is important for the speaker to learn how to pronounce the tongue twister clearly, quickly, with different intonations (intonation of surprise, reflection, admiration, etc.), pronounce the tongue twister in a whisper, but with clear articulation of consonants with a strong exhalation on vowels and with open ligaments. That is, vowels need to be pronounced as if through a megaphone, and all sounds in a patter should be articulated, and not pronounced with a hysterical sound, which only injures the throat. In a tongue twister, the speaker needs to overcome all difficult sound combinations. It is important to pronounce a complex word syllable by syllable, albeit at a slow pace, but to pronounce it without any difficulties, misfires, or reservations. Pronounce each tongue twister first silently, but articulately, then switch to a whisper and only then out loud, first at a slow pace, and then at a fast pace, but remember the clarity of pronunciation.
There is a law of “stage” patter (i.e., the fast pace of speech when a speaker speaks): the faster the speech, the clearer the diction, the brighter the intonation pattern should sound. Because the listener must have time to understand everything, hear everything the speaker is telling him, and see the pictures that the speaker conveys through speech. Those. the faster, the more accurate! Be especially specific about stress in difficult words. Try to feel the perspective in everything: in a phrase, in a word, in a thought, understanding and remembering that there is a tempo for pronouncing a syllable in a word, a word in a phrase, a phrase in a period of thought.
How to learn to speak beautifully? — Work on tongue twisters to develop your speech!
Training diction
1. (B,r) - Beavers wander into the forests. Beavers are brave, but they are kind to beavers.
2. (B, r) - All beavers are kind to their beavers.
3. (B,e) - Good beavers go into the forests, and woodcutters cut down oak trees.
4. (B) - White snow, white chalk, a white hare is also white. But the squirrel is not white - it wasn’t even white.
5. (B,c) - White oak tables, smooth planed.
6. (B,p) - The bull is blunt-lipped, the bull is blunt-lipped, the bull’s white lip was blunt.
7. (B) - Okul baba shod, and baba also shod Okul.
8. (V, l) - Vavila’s sail was getting wet.
9. (V, p) - The water carrier was carrying water from under the water supply.
10. (V, l, d) - It is not visible whether the shares are liquid or not liquid.
11. (V, sh, w) - The emotional Varvara felt the emotion of the insensitive Vavila.
Tongue twisters for the development of diction
12. (B,c) - The waxwing plays with a pipe.
13. (V, t, r) - Thirty-three ships tacked, tacked, but did not tack.
14. (V, r, h) - The nervous Babylonian Barbara, became nervous in Babylon, the nervous Babylonian Babylon of Babylonia.
15. (V, p) - The otter tried to snatch the fish from the otter.
16. (G,v,l) - Our head overtook your head with his head, out-headed.
17. (D,b,l) - The woodpecker hollowed out the oak, hollowed out, hollowed out, but did not hollow out and did not hollow out.
18. (D, l, g, h) - De-ideologized, de-ideologized, and further de-ideologized.
19. (D, r) - Two woodcutters, two woodcutters, two wood splitters were talking about Larka, about Varka, about Larina’s wife.
20. (F, c) - Leather reins fit into the collar.
21. (F) - The hedgehog has a hedgehog, the snake has a squeeze.
22. (F) - The ground beetle is buzzing and buzzing, buzzing and spinning. I tell her, don’t buzz, don’t spin, and you better go to bed. You'll wake up all your neighbors if you're buzzing in your ear.
23. (Y, r, v) - Yaroslav and Yaroslavna
We settled in Yaroslavl.
They live nicely in Yaroslavl
Yaroslav and Yaroslavna.
24. (K,b) - In Kabardino-Balkaria, valocordin from Bulgaria.
25. (K, v) - You can’t say all the tongue twisters too quickly.
26. (K, p) - They drove a stake into the palisade and beat him up.
27. (K, t, r) - Kondrat’s jacket is a little short.
28. (K, n, l) - Is this colonialism? - No, this is not colonialism, but neo-colonialism!
29. (K, p, r) - From near Kostroma, from near Kostromishchi, four peasants walked. They talked about trading, and about purchases, about cereals, and about reinforcements.
30. (K, h, s) - A goat is walking with a goat.
31. (K, l) - Klim pounded a wedge into one pancake.
32. (K, r, g) - The crab made a rake for the crab, gave the rake to the crab - rake the gravel with the rake, crab.
33. (K, sh, p, n) - The little cuckoo bought a hood, put the cuckoo’s hood on, the little cuckoo looked funny in the hood.
34. (K, r, l) - Karl stole corals from Clara, and Clara stole Karl’s clarinet.
35. (K, r, v, l) - The Queen gave the gentleman a caravel.
36. (K, r, m, n) - The Elector compromised the Landsknecht.
37. (K, r) - The courier overtakes the courier into the quarry.
38. (K, s, v) - Coconut makers boil coconut juice in short-coconut cookers.
39. (K, p) - Buy a pile of spades. Buy a pile of spades. Buy a peak.
40. (K, s) - Mow, scythe, while there is dew, away with the dew - and we are home.
41. (K, l, b) - Our Polkan from Baikal lapped. Polkan lapped and lapped, but Baikal did not become shallow.
42. (K, l, c) - There is no ring near the well.
43. (K, t, n) - The nervous constitutionalist Constantine was found acclimatized in the constitutional city of Constantinople and with calm dignity inventing improved pneumatic bag-punchers.
Tongue twisters for diction
44. (K, l, p, v) - The cap is sewn, not in the Kolpakov style, the bell is poured, not in the Kolokolov style. It is necessary to re-cap, re-cap. The bell needs to be re-belled, re-belled.
45. (K, r, l) - The crystal crystallized, crystallized, but did not crystallize.
46. (L, h) - The fox runs along the pole: lick the sand, the fox!
47. (L,k) - Klavka was looking for a pin, and the pin fell under the bench.
48. (L) - We ate, ate ruffs by the spruce tree. They were barely finished at the spruce.
Russian folk tongue twisters
49. (L,n) - On the river shallows we came across a burbot.
50. (L, m, n) - In the shallows we lazily caught burbot, You exchanged the burbot for me tench. Was it not you who sweetly begged me for love, and beckoned me into the mists of the estuary?
51. (L) - Have you watered the lily? Have you seen Lydia? They watered Lily and saw Lydia.
52. (L,b) - Malanya the chatterbox chatted and blurted out the milk, but didn’t blurt it out.
53. (L,k) - Klim threw a bow at Luka.
54. (M, l) - Mom washed Mila with soap, Mila didn’t like soap.
55. (P, r, m) - Your sexton will not out-sex our sexton: our sexton will over-sex your sexton, over-sex.
56. (P, x) - Get up, Arkhip, the rooster is hoarse.
57. (P, k, r) - In the pond at Polycarp there are three crucian carp, three carp.
58. (P, t, r) - Shot for quails and black grouse.
59. (P,k) - Our Polkan fell into a trap.
60. (P,t) - From the clatter of hooves, dust flies across the field.
61. (P, x) - Osip is hoarse, Arkhip is hoarse.
62. (P, r) - The quail hid the quails from the guys.
63. (P, g) - The parrot said to the parrot, I will parrot you, the parrot answers him - Parrot, parrot, parrot!
64. (P, k, sch) - The commander spoke about the colonel and about the colonel, about the lieutenant colonel and about the lieutenant colonel, about the lieutenant and about the lieutenant, about the second lieutenant and about the second lieutenant, about the ensign and about the ensign, about the ensign, but was silent about the ensign.
65. (P) - Pyotr Petrovich, nicknamed Perov, caught a pigtail bird; he carried it around the market, asked for fifty dollars, they gave him a nickel, and he sold it like that.
66. (P) - Once upon a time, while scaring a jackdaw, he noticed a parrot in the bushes, and the parrot said: “You’re scaring the jackdaws, pop, scare. But just jackdaw, pop, scare, don’t you dare scare the parrot!”
67. (P) - I went to weed the fields.
68. (P, r, k) - Prokop came - dill is boiling, Prokop left - dill is boiling. Just as dill boils with Prokop, so without Prokop dill boils.
69. (P, r, h, k) - We talked about Prokopovich. What about Prokopovich? About Prokopovich, about Prokopovich, about Prokopovich, about yours.
70. (P,k,r,t) - The protocol about the protocol was recorded as a protocol.
71. (P, r) - A quail and a quail have five quails.
72. (P, r, v) - The workers privatized the enterprise, privatized it, but did not privatize it.
73. (P, k) - Tell me about the purchases! — What kind of shopping? - About shopping, about shopping, about my shopping.
Folk tongue twisters
74. (P) - There is a haystack with a little underfoot, and under the haystack there is a quail with a little quail.
75. (P, k) - There is a priest on a head, a cap on the priest, a head under the priest, a priest under a cap.
76. (P, r, t) - Turner Rappoport cut through the pass, rasp and support.
77. (P) - In our courtyard, the weather has become wet.
78. (P, r, l) - Parallelogram parallelogrammil parallelogrammil but not parallelogrammed.
79. (P,t) - Ipat went to buy shovels.
Ipat bought five shovels.
I was walking across the pond and grabbed onto a rod.
Ipat fell - five shovels were missing.
80. (P, p) - Perpendiculars are drawn without protractors.
81. (P, r, t) - Praskovya traded crucian carp
For three pairs of striped piglets.
The piglets ran through the dew,
The piglets caught a cold, but not all of them.
82. (R, p, t, k) - Pankrat forgot Kondratov’s jack. Now Pankrat cannot lift the tractor on the road without a jack.
83. (R,g) - The guru’s inauguration went off with a bang.
84. (R, t, v) - The interviewer interviewed the interviewer, interviewed, but did not interview.
85. (R,l) - Eagle on the mountain, feather on the eagle. A mountain under an eagle, an eagle under a feather.
86. (R, m, n) - Roman Carmen put Romain Rolland’s novel in his pocket and went to “Romain” to see “Carmen”.
Tongue twisters for speech development
87. (R,v) - There is grass in the yard, there is firewood on the grass. Don't cut wood on the yard grass!
88. (R,k) - A Greek was driving across the river, he saw a Greek - there was a cancer in the river. He stuck the Greek’s hand into the river, and the crayfish grabbed the Greek’s hand—duck!
89. (R, p) - Reported, but didn’t complete the report, completed the report, but didn’t complete the report.
90. (R, l) - The pig snouted, white-nosed, blunt-nosed, dug up half the yard with its snout, dug, dug. That’s why Khavronya was given a snout, so that she could dig.
91. (R) - On Mount Ararat, a cow was collecting peas with its horns.
92. (R, l, g) - The Ligurian traffic controller regulated in Liguria.
93. (R, m, t) - Margarita was collecting daisies on the mountain, Margarita lost daisies in the yard.
94. (S, n) - Senya carries hay in the canopy, Senya will sleep on the hay.
95. (S, m, n) - In seven sleighs, seven Semenov with mustaches sat down in the sleigh themselves.
96. (S, k, v, r) - The fast talker quickly spoke quickly, that you can’t quickly talk all the tongue twisters, you can’t talk quickly, but having spoken quickly, he quickly said - that you can’t talk all the tongue twisters, you can talk quickly. And the tongue twisters jump like crucian carp in a frying pan.
97. (S, k, p, r) - Just as all tongue twisters cannot be quickly spoken, not spoken quickly, so all quick proverbs cannot be spoken quickly, not spoken quickly, and only all tongue twisters can be spoken quickly, spoken quickly!
98. (S,k) - Senka is carrying Sanka and Sonya on a sled. Sledge jump, Senka off his feet, Sonya in the forehead, all in a snowdrift.
99. (C) - The wasp does not have a mustache, not a whisker, but antennae.
100. (S, m, n) - Senya and Sanya have a catfish with a mustache in their nets.
101. (S, k, r) - It’s a hassle to catch a cunning magpie, but forty forty is forty hassle.
102. (S, n, k) - Senka is carrying Sanka and Sonya on a sled. Sledge jump, Senka's feet, Sanka's side, Sonya's forehead, all in a snowdrift.
103. (S, r, t) - The longboat arrived at the port of Madras.
The sailor brought a mattress on board.
A sailor's mattress in the port of Madras
The albatrosses were torn apart in a fight.
104. (T, r, s) - Sergeant with the sergeant, captain with the captain.
105. (T) - Standing, standing at the gate, the Bull is stupidly wide-lipped.
106. (T,k) - The weaver weaves fabrics for Tanya’s scarves.
107. (T,k) - To interpret clearly, But there is no point in interpreting.
108. (T,t) - Fedka eats radish with vodka, eats Fedka with vodka and radish.
109. (T,r) - Spanking is of no use to Toropka. Toropka crust for future use.
110. (T) - Don’t go to such and such, don’t ask for such and such - here’s something for you.
111. (T,k) - The Turk smokes a pipe, the trigger pecks at the grain. Don't smoke a Turkish pipe, don't peck the trigger on a grain.
112. (F, h, n) - Feofan Mitrofanych has three sons Feofanych.
113. (F) — Fofan’s sweatshirt fits Fefele.
114. (F, d, b, r) - The defibrillator defibrillated, defibrillated, but did not defibrillate.
115. (F, r) - The pharaoh’s favorite for sapphire was replaced by jade.
116. (F, l, v) - I was at Frol’s, I lied to Frol about Lavra, I’ll go to Lavra, I lie to Lavra about Frol.
117. (X, t) - The crested little girls laughed with laughter: Xa! Ha! Ha!
118. (X, h, p) - There was a commotion in the garden -
Thistles bloomed there.
So that your garden does not die out,
Weed the thistles.
119. (X, sch) - Khrushchi grab horsetails.
An armful of quinine is enough for cabbage soup.
120. (C, p) - The heron’s chicken tenaciously clung to the flail.
121. (C, x) - The heron wasted away, the heron was dry, the heron was dead.
122. (C, r) - The fellow ate thirty-three pie pies, all with cottage cheese.
123. (C) - Well done among the sheep, but against the well done the sheep itself.
124. (C, k, p, d, r) - Once upon a time there were three Chinese
Yak, Yak-Ci-Drak and Yak-Ci-Drak-Ci-Drak-Ci-Droni.
Once upon a time there were three Chinese women
Chicken, Chicken-Drip and Chicken-Drip-Limpompony.
Here they got married:
Yak on Tsype Yak-Tsi-Drak on Tsype-drip
Yak-Tsi-Drak-Tsi-Drak-Tsi-Droni on Chicken-Drip-Limpompony.
And they had children:
Yak and Tsypa have Shah,
Yak-Tsy has a fight with Tsypa-dripa - Shah-Shakhmoni,
U Yak-Tsi-Drak-Tsi-Drak-Tsi-Droni
With Chicken-Dripa-Limpompony -
Shah-Shakhmoni-Limpomponi.
125. (H, t) - A quarter of a quadruple pea, without a wormhole.
126. (Ch, sh, sh) - Scales on a pike, bristles on a pig.
127. (C) - Our daughter is eloquent, her speech is pure.
128. (H) - The turtle, not bored, sits for an hour with a cup of tea.
129. (B, R) - Four little black little imps drew a drawing with black ink extremely cleanly.
130. (H, r) - Four turtles have four turtles each.
131. (H) - The custom of a bull, the mind of a calf.
132. (Ch, sh) - Three little birds are flying through three empty huts.
133. (Sh, s) - Sasha walked along the highway, carried a dryer on a pole and sucked on the dryer.
134. (Sh) - You even stained your neck, even your ears with black mascara. Get in the shower quickly. Rinse the mascara off your ears in the shower. Rinse off the mascara from your neck in the shower. After your shower, dry yourself off. Dry your neck, dry your ears, and don’t dirty your ears anymore.
135. (Sh) - The highest echelons walked around drunk.
136. (W, F) - A yellow dervish from Algeria rustles his silks in the hut and, juggling with knives, eats a piece of fig.
137. (Sh) — Shishiga walked along the highway, his pants rustling. The step will step, whisper: “Error.” Wiggles his ears.
138. (Ш) — Six little mice rustle in the reeds.
139. (Sh) - Boxwood, boxwood, how tightly you are sewn.
140. (W, m) - Jasper in suede is suede.
141. (Sh) - Forty mice walked, carrying sixteen pennies, two smaller mice carried two pennies each.
142. (Sh, k) - Two puppies, cheek to cheek, pinch the cheek in the corner.
143. (W, R) - The Staffordshire Terrier is zealous, and the black-haired Giant Schnauzer is playful.
144. (Sh, s) - Sasha has whey from yogurt in his porridge.
145. (Sh,k) - Sashka has cones and checkers in his pocket.
146. (Sh, k, v, r) - The cook cooked the porridge, boiled it, and undercooked it.
147. (W,F) - A piston is not a hornet:
does not buzz, glides quietly.
148. (Sh, r, k) - The little nesting doll’s earrings have disappeared.
Earrings I found an earring on the path.
149. (Sh, s, k) - Sunflowers look at the sun,
And the sun goes to sunflowers.
But the sun has a lot of sunflowers,
And the sunflower has only one sun.
Under the sun, the sunflower laughed sunnyly while it matured.
Ripe, dried up, pecked.
150. (W,R) - The balls of the ball bearing move around the bearing.
151. (Sh, s) - Sasha quickly dries the dryers.
I dried about six dryers.
And the old ladies are in a funny hurry
To eat Sasha's sushi.
152. (Sh, p, k) - Yeryoma and Foma have sashes that are wide all over their backs,
The caps are recapped, new,
Yes, the shlyk is well sewn, covered with embroidered velvet.
153. (Sh, r) - The riffraff rustled with the riffraff,
What rustling prevented the riffraff from rustling.
154. (Sh) - Mother gave Romasha whey from the yogurt.
155. (Sh,k) - Troshkina mongrel
She bit Pashka.
Pashka hits with his hat
Troshka's mongrel.
156. (Sh,k,h) - Under the mountain at the pine edge
Once upon a time there lived four old women,
All four are big talkers.
All day on the threshold of the hut
They chattered like turkeys.
The cuckoos fell silent on the pines,
Frogs crawled out of a puddle,
The poplars tilted their tops -
Hear old ladies chatting.
157. (Sh, k, p) - Pashkin’s mongrel bit Pavka on the leg, Pavka hits Pashkin’s mongrel with his hat.
158. (Sh, t) - The pike tries in vain to pinch the bream.
159. (Sh, t) - I’m dragging, dragging... I’m afraid I won’t drag it,
But I definitely won’t release it.
160. (Ш,ж,ц) - In a puddle, in the middle of a grove
Toads have their own living space.
Another tenant lives here -
Water swimming beetle.
161. (Ш,ж,ч) - The train rushes grinding: w, h, w, w, w, h, w, w.
162. (Sh, h) - The puppies’ cheeks were cleaned with brushes.
163. (Brush, h) - I brush my teeth with this brush,
I clean my shoes with this one,
I clean my pants with this one,
These brushes are all needed.
164. (SH, t) - Wolves are prowling - looking for food.
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Many people, even those not associated with public speaking as such, often still have to take on the function of a speaker, presenter or entertainer. This could be a presentation of a project or a report, holding an event, or simply telling an interesting story among friends. What can we say about those for whom performing is a profession? But it doesn’t matter at all whether a person performs professionally, is just learning this skill, or has nothing to do with it at all; in any case, correct articulation will always play into his hands, because thanks to her, all spoken words will sound intelligible, clear and precise, and the speech will be beautiful and memorable. This especially applies, of course, to those people who are directly involved in the performances. In this article we present to your attention 10 effective exercises to improve articulation.
Each of the exercises is aimed at training the muscles of the speech apparatus and improving their mobility. When performing, it is important to pay special attention to the fact that the load should be directed to specific muscle groups. It is also important that the muscles of the cervicobrachial region can work freely, and the pace of exercise should be slow - this helps to obtain the greatest effect from the exercises. Before performing the exercises, you must perform warm-up exercises for the speech apparatus. You can devote only 5-7 minutes to it, but the quality of practice will improve significantly.
Articulation gymnastics
Articulation gymnastics differs by type:
Gymnastics for the cheeks
- Retracting and inflating the cheeks alternately
- Distillation of air from one cheek first to the other cheek, then under the lower lip, then under the upper lip
- Tension of the cheeks and lips with an attempt to push air out of the mouth
- Retraction of the cheeks and simultaneous closing and opening of the lips
Gymnastics of the lower jaw
- Pressing your fists into the lower jaw and pressing your jaw onto your fists
- Various movements of the lower jaw: up and down, back and forth, circular
Gymnastics of the soft palate
- Yawning with open mouth
- Movement of the tongue, gathered into a “scapula”, to the soft palate and return to the alveoli - the base of the upper and lower teeth
- Pronunciation of vowel sounds with yawns
- Imitation of gargling
Lip gymnastics
- A tense smile with closed teeth and lips stretched out like a tube.
- Various movements of lips with closed teeth: up-down, left-right, circular
- Chewing lips
- Pulling the lips over the teeth and then smiling with the lips sliding over the teeth
- Lifting the upper lip exposing the upper teeth, then lifting the lower lip exposing the lower teeth
- Snort
Tongue gymnastics
- Rotating the tongue in a circle in the space between the lips and teeth and holding the tongue under the right and left cheeks alternately
- Chewing the tongue
- Slapping tongue with lips
- Pulling the tongue forward with a “needle”
- Attempts to reach the chin and nose with the tongue
- Folding the tongue into a “tube”, moving the “tube” back and forth and blowing air into it
- Turning the tongue on different sides
- Holding the tongue against the upper palate
After the articulatory gymnastics are completed and you are convinced that all parts of the speech apparatus have been developed, you can move on to the main exercises to improve articulation.
Exercises to improve articulation
Exercise 1
An exercise to feel the tip of the tongue - its hardness and activity in pronunciation. To do this, use your imagination: imagine that your tongue is a small hammer. Then hit it on the teeth with the tip, saying: yes-yes-yes-yes-yes. After this, practice pronouncing the letters “T-D”.
Exercise 2
Exercise to free the larynx and tongue. Its essence is that you need to quickly take a short breath through your nose and exhale completely through your mouth. The exhalation should also be sharp and should be accompanied by the sound “Fu”. The same exercise can be supplemented with an exercise to strengthen the muscles of the larynx: pronounce the letters “K-G” several times.
Exercise 3
Exercise for rapid activation of the labial muscles. You need to puff out your cheeks and release the accumulated air with a sharp clap through pursed lips, while vigorously pronouncing the letters “P-B”.
Exercise 4
An exercise to practice the skill of drawing air before each new phrase. Take any poem or excerpt from a work and consciously take a deep breath before each new phrase. Try not to forget about this so that you develop a habit. And you also need to take into account three points: breathing should be silent, at the beginning of each phrase you should keep your lips slightly open, and after the end of each sound you should immediately close your mouth so that the ending is not “chewed.”
Exercise 5
Exercise for proper air distribution. Typically, a person requires more breathing when speaking loudly, but speaking softly often requires greater control of exhalation. Practice pronouncing phrases in a low and loud voice and determine how much air you need for each of them. Combine this technique with the previous one.
Exercise 6
An exercise for smooth pronunciation of vowels in a single flow and clear pronunciation of consonants within this flow. Choose any poem (or several lines from it) and do it as follows: first, eliminate all consonants from the lines and pronounce only the vowels evenly, stretching them out a little. After this, begin to insert clear and quick consonants into the stream of vowels, trying to ensure that the stream of vowels remains as sonorous.
Exercise 7
Diction exercise. It is a simple reading of tongue twisters. Choose for yourself several tongue twisters with different letter combinations and begin to hone your pronunciation. Slowly at first, measuredly. Then increase the pace. Watch the rhythm, control diction, intelligibility and expressiveness.
Exercise 8
Another exercise to improve diction. It consists in the fact that at the end of each word you need to pay special attention to sharply emphasizing its ending. This will make the pronunciation of the word clearer and more expressive.
Exercise 9
Exercise to improve the pronunciation of sounds. It is used for those sounds that are most difficult for you to pronounce. Take a dictionary, open the letter that is causing you difficulty, and read all the words in a row that have a sound that is difficult for you, listening carefully to it. Through repeated repetitions, pronunciation will improve. In addition to this exercise, you can use a voice recorder to track your progress: record all the words you speak, then listen to the recordings and work on mistakes.
Exercise 10
An exercise to develop the timbre and acoustic properties of the voice. It includes the development of the muscles of the pharynx and tongue. You need to silently pronounce the letters “A-E-O” 10 times, while trying to open not the mouth, but the pharynx cavity.
And as a small bonus, another cool and effective technique for improving the overall quality of not only articulation, but also intros in general is working with a mirror. Choose a passage of prose or a poem that you remember and read it while watching your reflection in the mirror. Track your facial expressions, movements of lips, eyes, eyebrows, cheekbones. Listen to your voice. The main evaluation criteria should be aesthetics, naturalness, harmony, as well as psychological and physical comfort. You must ensure that you like yourself, so that the sound of your voice is pleasant to you, and your facial expressions and gestures evoke exclusively positive emotions.
Naturally, these exercises are not exhaustive and the only ones of their kind. And they should only serve as pointers for you in working on your articulation. If you wish, you can find a huge number of similar exercises on the Internet or specialized literature. But to summarize, we can make a brief summary and highlight a few main principles:
- Of particular importance in articulation training are the systematic nature of exercises and their conscious control.
- It is very important to regularly work in front of the mirror
- During training, you must be demanding of yourself, be able to look (listen) to yourself from the outside
- It is necessary to do numerous repetitions of unpronounceable sounds until you feel a state of complete comfort when pronouncing them.
- Particular attention should be paid to working with muscular and emotional tensions
- Progress significantly speeds up listening to audio and viewing video materials with recordings of people with excellent articulation
Be guided in your practice by these principles, and the desired result will very soon make itself felt. And the first tangible effect will appear at the initial stage. Remember that developing articulation is recommended not only for singers, professional presenters, lecturers, speakers or actors, but also for any person in general, if only for the simple reason that we all live in society and we constantly have to interact with other people.
We wish you good luck with your articulation work. Speak beautifully!
To train your articulation and improve your mood, we suggest you take a short test:
- Try turning your lower lip inside out without using your hands and with your mouth closed.
- Try to do the same, but with your mouth open
- Repeat point No. 2 at the mirror
