Most full list of the most useful and effective, at the same time simple and understandable, diction exercises.
Exercise thirty. Exercises for diction.
Once in Hollywood they began to shoot a film called "The King's Speech!" (actually "The King's Speech"). All the teachers of rhetoric were inspired because they hoped to see a worthy work of cinema about oratory. With great actors. With a quality plot. With a powerful directorial work.
And all this happened - the direction, the plot, the actors, everything was fine, the film got an excellent box office, rave reviews, a bunch of awards and four Oscars, but only it turned out to be not about rhetoric, but about speech therapists. Speech therapists! Excellent movie. And about speech therapists.
Since then, and the film was released in 2010, every person who decides to engage in rhetoric wants to do his own diction at the same time. Is not that great?
Diction, part one.
The well-known Demosthenes, who successfully corrected his diction with the help of stones in the mouth, would remain a role model in our time, if not for the modern prices for dentistry. Therefore, instead of stones, they now use a wine cork, either by holding it with their front teeth, or simply by holding it in their mouth. Find the cork, you will need it now.
Below are the lines, each of which should be said aloud in one breath. The first time the line must be read slowly, the second time in a whisper, the third time with a cork, the fourth time without a cork at normal speed, the fifth time quickly.
1. PTKI, PTKE, PTKA, PTKO, PTKU, PTKY, PTKE, PTKYa, PTKyo, PTKYu
2. PKTI, PKTE, PKTA, PKTO, PKTU, PKTY, PKTE, PKTYa, PKTE, PKTYu
3. TPKI, TPKE, TPKA, TPKO, TPKU, TPKY, TPKE, TPKYA, TPKYO, TPKYU
4. BDGI, BDGE, BDGA, BDGO, BDGU, BDGY, BDGE, BDGYA, BDGE, BDGU
5. BGDI, BGDE, BGDA, BGDO, BGDU, BGDY, BGDE, BGDE, BGDE, BGDYU
6. GBDI, GBDE, GBD, GBDO, GBDU, GBD, GBDE, GBDYA, GBDY, GBDU
7. MRLI, MRLE, MRLA, MRLO, MRLU, MRLA, MRLE, MRLYa, MRLE, MRLU
8. MLRI, MLRE, MLRA, MLRO, MLRU, MLRE, MLRE, MLRE, MLRE, MLRU
9. RMLI, RMLE, RMLA, RMLO, RMLU, RMLA, RMLE, RMLA, RMLYO, RMLYU
10. RZHLI, RZHLE, RZHLA, RZHLO, RZHLU, RZHLY, RZHLE, RZHLYA, RZHLE, RZHLYU
11. RLZH, RLZHE, RLZHA, RLZHO, RLZHU, RLZHY, RLZHE, RLZHYA, RLZHE, RLZHE
12. ZHRLI, ZHRLE, ZHRLA, ZHRLO, ZHRLU, ZHRLY, ZHRLE, ZHRLYa, ZHRLE, ZHRLYU
13. LMNI, LMNE, LMNA, LMNO, LMNU, LMNY, LMNE, LMNYA, LMNE, LMNU
14. LNMI, LNME, LNMA, LNMO, LNMU, LNMY, LNME, LNMYA, LNME, LNMU
15. MILLION, MILLION, MILLION, MILLION, MILLION, MILLION, MILLION, MILLION, MILLION, MILLION
16. FTCHI, FTCHE, FTCHA, FTCHO, FTCHU, FTCHY, FTCHI, FTCHYa, FTCHÜ, FTCHYU
17. FCHTI, FCHTE, FCHTA, FCHTO, FCHTU, FCHTY, FCHTE, FCHTYa, FCHTE, FCHTYu
18. TFCHI, TFCHE, TFCHA, TFCHO, TFCHU, TFCHY, TFCHE, TFCHYa, TFCHyo, TFCHYu
19. TKPI, TKPE, TKPA, TKPO, TKPU, TKPY, TKPE, TKPYA, TKPE, TKPY
20. KPTI, KPTE, KPTA, KPTO, KPTU, KPTY, KPTE, KPTYA, KPTE, KPTYU
21. KTPI, KTPE, KTPA, KTPO, KTPU, KTPY, KTPE, KTPYa, KTPE, KTPY
22. GDBI, GDBE, GDBA, GDBO, GDBU, GDBY, GDBE, GDBYa, GDBE, GDBY
23. DBGI, DBGE, DBGA, DBGO, DBGU, DBGY, DBGE, DBGYA, DBGE, DBGU
24. DGBI, DGBE, DGBA, DGBO, DGBU, DGBY, DGBE, DGBYa, DGBE, DGBYu
25. RLMI, RLME, RLMA, RLMO, RLMU, RLMY, RLME, RLMYA, RLME, RLMYU
26. LMRI, LMRE, LMRA, LMRO, LMRU, LMR, LMRE, LMRYA, LMRE, LMRU
27. LRMI, LRME, LRMA, LRMO, LRMU, LRMA, LRME, LRMYa, LRME, LRMU
28. ZhLR, ZhLRE, ZhLR, ZhLR, ZhLR, ZhLR, ZhLR, ZHLRE, ZhLRE, ZHLRYU
29. LRZH, LRZHE, LRZH, LRZH, LRDU, LRZH, LRZH, LRZHE, LRZHE, LRZH
30. LZHRI, LZHRE, LZHRA, LZHRO, LZHRU, LZHRA, LZHRE, LZHRE, LZHRE, LZHRE
31. MNLI, MNLE, MNLA, MNLO, MNLU, MNLY, MNLE, MNLYA, MNLE, MNLU
32. NLMI, NLME, NLMA, NLMO, NLMU, NLMY, NLME, NLMYA, NLME, NLMY
33. NMLI, NMLE, NMLA, NMLO, NMLU, NMLA, NMLL, NMLL, NMLE, NMLYu
34. TChFI, TChFE, TChFA, TChFO, TChFU, TChF, TChFE, TChFYa, TChFE, TChFYu
35. ChFTI, ChFTE, ChFTA, ChFTO, ChFTU, ChFTY, ChFTE, ChFTYa, ChFTE, ChFTYu
36. ChTFI, ChTFE, ChTFA, ChTFO, ChTFU, ChTF, ChTFE, ChTFYa, ChTFE, ChTFY
If you think that you are being bullied by this exercise, you are thinking correctly. But if you think that this is the only meaning of this exercise, you are mistaken. It is real and very effective. WHAT, WHAT.
It is advisable to do it every day of the month for two in a row.
Diction, part two.
We clearly and clearly pronounce aloud all the disgrace that is printed below.
and, uh, a, oh, u, s, e, i, e, u
uh, uh, uh, uh
uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
ah, ah, ah, ah
oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
a, uh, u, oh, u, s
uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh
and oh, u, s, a, uh
oh, u, s, a, uh, and
y, s, a, e, u, o
s, uh, uh, u, oh, u
pee, pe, pa, po, poo, py
bi, bae, ba, bo, boo, be
pee-bbe, pe-bbe, pa-bba
in-bbo, poo-bbu, py-bby
ne, pya, pyo, pyu, baa, baa, bao, bu
ki, ke, ka, ko, ku, ky
uk, ek, ak, ok, uk, yk
gee, gee, ha, go, goo, gee
yg, eg, ah, og, yg, yyg
ty, te, that, that, that, you
it, et, at, from, ut, ey
di, te, yeah, do, do, dy
id, ed, hell, od, oud, yd
fi, fe, fa, fo, fu, fe
vi, ve, wa, vo, woo, you
fivi, fave, fava, fauvo, fuvu, fywy
wifi, vefe, wafa, vofo, wufu, vyfu
ri, re, ra, ro, ru, ry
ir, er, ar, op, ur, yr
trri, trre, trra, trro, trru, trra
drri, drre, drra, drro, drru, drry
lee, le, la, lo, lu, ly
yl, el, al, ol, st, yl
whether, le, la, le, lu, ly
lill, lell, lall, loll, lull, lull
three, three, three, three, three, three
dree, dre, drya, dre, drew, dry
long, for, for, for, for, for, for
aphids, aphids, aphids, aphids, aphids, aphids
si, se, sa, so, su, sy
zi, ze, zo, zo, zu, zy
stu, sta, hundred, hundred, stu, stu
wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow
si, si, sya, syo, syu, sy
zi, ze, zy, zo, zi, zi
ste, ste, ste, ste, st, st
here, here, here, here, here, here, here
shi, she, sha, sho, shu
lshi, lshe, lsha, lsho, lshu
lies, lies, lies, lies, lies
hee, he, ha, ho, ho, ho
them, eh, oh, oh, uh, oh
hwi, hve, hwa, hvo, hwu, hwa
xhi, xhe, xha, xho, xhu, xxx
oo, oo, oo, oo, oo, oo, oo
oo, oo, oo, oo, oo
chi, che, cha, cho, chu
ich, ech, ach, och, uch, ich
Diction, part three.
Tongue Twisters. You can pronounce them with a cork in your mouth, or without. Although they are tongue twisters, they should be read slowly, pronouncing each sound as clearly as possible. Remember to open your mouth on vowels and pay attention to the final syllables of words.
Tongue twisters for practicing sounds b, p, c, f, g, k, d, t, x:
I got some beans, a bean. From the trampling of hooves, dust flies across the field. The bull was dull-lipped, the bull was dull-lipped, the bull had a dull white lip. A cap on a cap, a cap under a cap. Verzila Vavila cheerfully turned the pitchfork. Near the stake of the bell, near the gate of the bell. The jackal walked, the jackal galloped. Buy a pile of rush. Buy a pile of fluff. The weaver weaves the fabric on Tanya's shawl. The water carrier was carrying water from under the water supply. Our head overtook your head, overtook it. In one, Klim, beat the wedge. There is a mop with a podrikopenochkom. In the field, Frosya is flying millet, Frosya takes out the weeds. The crab made a rake to the crab. Gave a rake to the crab crab: hay rake, crab, rake! The tree has pins. The cuckoo bought a cuckoo hood. He put on the cuckoo's hood, how ridiculous he is in the hood! All beavers are kind to their beavers. Beavers take beans for beavers. Beavers sometimes excite the beavers by giving them beans. Pankrat Kondratov forgot the jack, and Pankrat could not lift a tractor on a tractor without a jack. The honey cake is on the honey, but I have no time for the honey cake. Prokop came, dill boiled, Prokop left, dill boiled: as under Prokop dill boiled, so dill boiled without Prokop. The sorcerer sorcerer in the stable with the wise men. The bomber bombarded the young ladies with bonbonnieres. Feofan Mitrofanych has three sons Feofanych. Our guest took the cane away. Pharaoh's favorite was replaced by jade with sapphire. Arboretum rhododendrons are given by parents. To the Habsburgs from Strasbourg. A grouse was sitting on a tree, and a grouse with goslings on a branch. Brit Klim brother, Brit Gleb brother, brother Ignat is bearded. I praise the halva.
Tongue twisters for practicing sounds p, l, m, n:
Shot quail and black grouse. In our courtyard, the weather is slicker. Two woodcutters, two woodcutters, two woodcutters talked about Larka, about Varka, about Marina's wife. Klara-krala sneaked with the crocodile to Lara. The commander talked about the colonel and about the colonel, about the lieutenant colonel and about the lieutenant colonel, about the lieutenant and the surety, about the second lieutenant and about the second lieutenant, about the warrant officer and about the warrant officer, but he did not say anything about the lieutenant. Grass in the yard, firewood on the grass. Do not chop wood on the grass of the yard. The Elector compromised the Landsknecht. Reported and underreported, completed and overreported. The snout was a white-snout pig, a blunt-nosed pig; I dug half of the yard with a snout, dug, undermined. The fellow ate thirty-three pies and pie, and all with cottage cheese. Thirty-three ships maneuvered, maneuvered, but not fished out. Karl stole corals from Klara, and Klara stole a clarinet from Karl. Queen Clara punished Karl severely for stealing the coral. Karl put the bow on the chest. Clara was stealing onions from the chest. You cannot re-negotiate all tongue twisters, you cannot re-negotiate. Mom Romashe gave her yogurt serum. Tell us about your purchases. About what purchases? About shopping, about shopping, about your own purchases. The cap is sewn, but not in Kolpakov style; the bell is poured, but not in a bell-style. It is necessary to repack the bell, re-knock it out, the bell must be re-belled, re-knocked out. The protocol about the protocol was recorded by the protocol. I was at Frol's, I lied to Frol about Lavra. I will go to the Lavra, to the Frol Lavra navra. The king is an eagle. Courier overtakes the courier in the quarry. Malanya the chatterbox chattered milk, blurted it out, but didn’t blur it out. Have you poured the lily? Have you seen Lydia? They poured the lily, saw Lydia. The galley messenger burned out. Go to the host, so take the reed. Our Polkan from Baikal was lapping. Polkan was lapping, but Baikal was not shallow. We ate, ate ruffs at the ate, they barely ate at the ate. Mom did not regret the soap. Mom Milu soaped soap. Mila did not like soap, Mila dropped the soap. In the darkness, crayfish make noise in a fight. An eagle on a mountain, a feather on an eagle. A mountain under an eagle, an eagle under a feather. The city of Nerl on the Nerl River. On Mount Ararat, Barbara tore grapes. From under Kostroma, from under the Kostroma region, there were four men. A sergeant with a sergeant, a captain with a captain. The Turk smokes a pipe, the hammer bites the crumbs. Don't smoke, Turk, pipe, don't peck, hammer, grits. And I have no time for sickness.
Tongue twisters for practicing sounds with, h, w, w, h, sch, c:
Senya and Sanya have catfish with a mustache in their nets. The wasp has not a mustache, not a mustache, but a mustache. Senka is carrying Sanka with Sonya on a sled. Sledge skok, Senka off his feet, Sanka in the side, Sonya in the forehead, all in a snowdrift. Osip is hoarse, Arkhip Osip. Doesn't want to mow with a scythe with a scythe, says the scythe is a scythe. The net caught on a twig. But the seven sat down in the sleigh themselves. Overloading of watermelons was going from body to body. In a thunderstorm in the mud from a load of watermelons, the body collapsed. The Waxwing Pipes. Sasha walked along the highway and sucked drying. Forty mice walked, they found forty pennies, two flat mice found two pennies each. Sixteen mice walked and six found pennies, and the more common mice were noisily rummaging around for pennies. Quarter peas without a wormhole. The quartermaster incident. Precedent with a challenger. Konstantin stated. The hedgehog has a hedgehog, the snake has a snake. It's terrible for a beetle to live on a bitch. Two puppies cheek to cheek pinch the brush in the corner. The pike tries in vain to pinch the bream. The ground beetle buzzes, buzzes, but does not spin. The jasper in suede is suede.
Do you want your child to become a TV or radio host, a famous actor in the future? Are you planning to build a successful career on stage yourself? Then you need to work on the development of stage speech for a long time and persistently. The teaching method includes a variety of diction exercises. There are special acting classes for both adults and children. Do you want to know what stage speech is and learn simple exercises for the development of the vocal apparatus? Then read this article to the end.
Every person who dreams of becoming a famous actor must regularly perform stage speech exercises. A loud voice, clear diction, correct placement of accents in the text - all this allows you to express feelings and emotions, to beat the work. The technique of stage speech is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. The actor must be able to convey the mood, show inner world or other psychological traits of your character. If you learn to do it right, you will soon be able to become a real star of film and theater scenes.
Stage speech, as an integral part of acting, developed gradually, becoming more and more perfect. Ancient Greek orators practiced speech in motion, because such a performance invariably aroused the special interest of the public. Even then, people realized that not only the meaning of the words in the text is important, but also the intonation and the way of reading.
Demosthenes, a famous orator and philosopher, had a very quiet voice by nature, his speech was slurred and many listeners often did not understand the meaning of his words. Then he began to work on himself, doing diction exercises every day. To do this, Demosthenes went to the edge of a cliff by the sea and made his speech, shouting over the sound of the waves. Also, his contemporaries claim that he often retired in a cave and rehearsed his monologues there in order to be able to hear himself.
Fortunately, today you don't need to resort to such extreme methods to improve your pronunciation and expressiveness. Stage speech lessons for children and beginners are quite simple. You can do simple diction exercises at home on your own or take a class with a teacher.
How to quickly improve your speech technique?
If you want your speech to become beautiful, clear and correct, you need to regularly attend special lessons. This is not surprising, because the teachers know their subject very well. You have probably attended lectures more than once, and listen to a very boring and slurred speech that makes you want to sleep. A professional speaker uses all the possibilities of his speech apparatus in order to constantly hold attention and attract the interest of the audience. Stage speech lessons will be equally useful for both future artists and businessmen, politicians and other professionals whose activities are directly related to communication.
To quickly learn to fully master your voice and improve diction, perform simple exercises on stage speech every day. It won't take you much time, but it will bring the desired effect. For beautiful speech, breathing is no less important than clear diction. That is why, in the lessons of stage speech, you will not only pronounce tongue twisters and expressively read texts, but also perform breathing exercises.
Breathing exercise options
High-quality technique of stage speech largely depends on the correct breathing of the speaker. A person who makes a speech in front of listeners cannot afford to breathe air through his mouth. This will lead to the fact that your breathing will be lost and you will not be able to correctly withstand intonation and place accents. To prepare for public speaking, do the following exercises regularly.
- Breathe through your nose (inhale and exhale) with your mouth open for 3-5 minutes.
- Place both hands on your solar plexus. Take a deep and very slow breath (the process should take 3-4 seconds). At the same time, your hands will feel how your stomach rises, filling with air, and when you exhale, it drops. Such a hesitation should be clearly visible. If you don't feel anything, tilt your body forward a little while inhaling. Gradually increase the inhalation time.
- Exercise for training chest breathing. Inhale deeply as if you were smelling a fragrant flower, then exhale very gently and draw in your stomach. Taking a short inhale and a long exhale will help you improve your chest breathing. When this exercise is easy for you, begin to pronounce long phrases as you exhale.
These exercises are not difficult, but very effective. Do them daily, and you will soon be able to deliver a long speech without hesitation and breathing problems.
Improving articulation
In order for the pronunciation of individual sounds to be intelligible and clear, you need to constantly train the organs responsible for articulation.
The lesson should start with simple pronunciation of vowels, consonants and simple ligaments. Try to make your voice sound loud and bright, not like it would normally. Everyday life.
Various tongue twisters also help train the vocal apparatus. Such rhymes, on the contrary, need to be pronounced very quietly, in a whisper. Gradually increase the reading tempo and volume. Consider a few simple tongue twisters to improve stage speech.
- "Got a bean bean."
- "The dust flies across the field from the clatter of hooves."
- "Prokop came - dill was boiling, Prokop left - dill was boiling."
If you have been attending stage speech lessons for quite some time, you can gradually complicate the task for yourself by learning longer and complex tongue twisters... If you can memorize and read by heart, you can be sure that you will become a great speaker.
Sound and diction are an integral part of stage speech
The sound of your voice will help to express a certain range of emotions. You must learn to adjust the timbre, range of sounds, intonation. To practice your sound, do the following exercises:
- Read any work in prose or poetry, constantly changing the volume of the speech. Say the first line very quietly, the second - loudly, etc.
- Say one phrase with different intonations, try to express different emotions using ordinary words - fear, happiness, surprise, passion, etc.
- Develop your imagination. Think of how the animals would speak if they could talk. Tell the verse from the perspective of a fox, hare, dog, cat.
Clear diction is very important for stage speech. It will allow you to achieve success in your career, because people on a subconscious level listen more and positively perceive a person's clear and intelligible speech. You can develop your speaking skills using the following exercises.
- Stand straight with your hands on your chest, elbows apart. Take a deep breath, and gradually bend forward as you release the air from your lungs. The exhalation should be accompanied by the pronunciation of lingering vowel sounds (o, a, y) in a very low voice.
- Pronounce complex combinations of sounds regularly - STFRA, VZVA, LBAL. At first, this exercise may seem quite difficult to you, but gradually you will begin to succeed.
- Try reading medium-length text with your mouth closed.
A lesson in stage speech, like any other, should yield results. After completing a block of exercises, you should consolidate the result by reading a complex text as expressively as possible. If you are studying with a teacher, he may suggest that you take a special test at the end of the lesson. Correctly completing the tasks, you gain a certain number of points.
Boneless Tongue Exercise
Do you want to remember your childhood and have some fun? Then start doing the exercise for the development of the articulatory apparatus, which from the side looks like a normal antics. To prepare for a lesson in stage speech, you need to first do a little warm-up.
Articulation gymnastics has many advantages, namely:
- Your language starts to work very clearly;
- The feeling that you are talking with a full mouth disappears.
- The pronunciation of sounds becomes clearer and more correct.
For the Boneless Tongue exercise, you need a regular mirror. Stand in front of him and start to warm up.
- Open your mouth a little. Use the tip of your tongue to perform circular motions in different directions. Perform 10 rotations clockwise and counterclockwise.
- Open your mouth wide, stick out your tongue completely and gently lift its sides up. You should have a kind of tube. Now try moving your folded tongue, blowing into it.
- Use your tongue to clean the surface of your upper and lower teeth. Try to repeat the exercise with both mouth closed and open.
Light biting on the tongue helps to loosen this muscle slightly. Do such manipulations before speaking in public, and then your speech will be clear and intelligible.
Simple exercise "Cork"
Even the simplest speech development exercise will be effective if done regularly. Cork is very popular among both adults and children. Such a fun activity allows you to:
- Strengthen the muscles of the cheeks, lips and upper palate.
- Tighten the skin of the face, smooth out fine wrinkles and nasolabial folds.
- Improve diction and speech.
Experts say that the "Cork" exercise is useful not only for future speakers and actors, but also for everyone who wants to preserve the beauty and youthfulness of facial skin for years to come.
So, let's get down to class. Prepare a small wooden or plastic stopper from a bottle of champagne, learn a tongue twister.
Pinch the plug in your front teeth. Without releasing a product, start reading tongue twisters. Repeat the rhyme several times in a row. You will be able to determine on your own which sounds you get better and which ones are worse. Constantly improve your pronunciation, train your articulation apparatus, and speed up your speech rate.
A person talking tongue twisters with a champagne cork in his mouth looks very comical. it fun exercise can be turned into a fun and rewarding family competition. Have each family member read the tongue twister in an unusual way, and then work together to decide who did the best. After you remove the plug from your mouth, you will be surprised how much your speech has improved, because the words will "flow like a river".
Stage speech teaching methods
Professional specialists who are engaged in the preparation of future speakers, voice actors, etc., use various teaching methods. There are several most successful options for improving diction and speech, we will consider them in more detail.
- Continuous formation of stage speech. The teacher offers the student several sets of exercises, between which there is a logical relationship. There are no long pauses between lessons.
- Stepped complication. The student begins learning by mastering himself simple material, the loads are gradually increasing.
- Play existence. Learning using this method is the most enjoyable, since the student uses his imagination in the classroom. Fun, playful activities tend to produce great results.
- Partnership relationship. In the lesson, the teacher and the student are "on an equal footing". The teacher can only advise, but not insist on repeating this or that exercise.
Stage speech lessons will be useful to everyone. Do you want to achieve your goal? Get ready for the fact that you will have to constantly learn, train and improve yourself. Show persistence, and very soon your oratorical skills will surprise everyone around you.
Content:
Finding a person with good diction is not easy today. Few of us have a pleasant voice, the ability to pronounce words clearly and clearly for the people around us, without raising our voices and without resorting to ways to enhance the impact of our speech. In fact, it is not difficult to develop your speech. Very rarely, exceptional speech data is given to a person by nature, while the rest can be advised only to spare no effort and time, working on exercises for diction.
What is good diction and what is it for?
The concept of "diction" means the distinct pronunciation of sounds and words with their correct articulation. The mechanism that produces sounds is the speech apparatus, and very often its violations and defects cause the diction of a person's speech to have a low level of quality. One of the main reasons for the insufficient development of diction is considered to be the inactivity of the lower jaw and the inability to open the mouth wide enough during a conversation. At the same time, the words are not pronounced clearly enough, dull, and the speech seems "crumpled". They say about such a person that his diction and expressiveness of speech are serious. This deficiency is too strong and requires immediate action to remedy the current situation.
If you feel that your diction is far from perfect, then start dealing with this issue immediately. Speech enhancement is possible: specially designed speech exercises will help you eliminate the shortcomings of pronunciation of sounds. You can find everything you need on the site and start doing it. Thinking about how to improve diction, remember that only work and careful implementation of the proposed exercises will help you correct. And make it truly expressive and enjoyable for others.
Careful work on diction will very soon make itself felt. You will see that your social circle has significantly expanded - those who previously avoided talking to you, tired of asking again and listening to slurred speech a hundred times, today are happy to come into contact, paying tribute to your eloquence. You will cease to be afraid of public speaking, and speaking with excellent diction will convey the meaning of the speech to the audience and help to remember it. Very often, good articulation of speech contributes to successful promotion - a person who has the ability to speak in public is excellent for high positions and leadership positions.
If you see that your child needs work on diction, do not delay the beginning of classes, postponing it for a while and thinking that the problems will "outgrow" and disappear by themselves. Additional lessons to improve diction will help achieve several goals at once - improve speech, increase self-esteem and school performance, allow you to find new friends and avoid ridicule about "porridge in the mouth." The acquired skills of good speech diction will last for life and will help in later life, study at a university and building a prosperous career at the place of work.
Exercises in speech technique may not be the most fun of the classes, but you only need to do them 20 minutes a day, moreover, you can still have time to cook, wash or drive to another area of the city. Both vowel exercises will while away your waiting time and help you make new acquaintances, it's no secret that people are curious. It is very useful to check how much you have advanced in the development of your diction by entering into a conversation, because high-quality communication is your goal!
Try to communicate with people as often as possible!
Various exercises for its development
1. Breathing and posture
1) Train the exhalation
Spread your feet shoulder-width apart with your hands on your waist. Exhale slowly through a small hole in your tightly compressed lips so that you feel air resistance. In this case, you need to pronounce any quatrain. Also you can do this exercise combined with walking, squatting, running, and so on.
2) train inhalation
Lean forward and inhale (your back should be straight), then, straightening back, slowly exhale the air and pull the sounds "gim-m-m-". Following this exercise, you need to do one more thing: with your mouth closed, inhale the air through your nose, expanding your nostrils, and when exhaling, pat them with your index fingers.
3) Lie down with one hand on your stomach and the other on your lower chest
Take a deep deep breath (through your nose). The abdomen should protrude forward, and the chest should expand. After that, make a free (in no case abrupt) exhalation, returning the abdomen and chest "in place".
4) Stand in a natural, relaxed posture, place one hand on your chest to feel the vibration, and bring the other to your mouth to check your breathing. Now try to moan in different vowels: a warm exhale - a groan ("Ooh") - a warm breath.
If you do everything right, you should have a yawning sensation and freedom in the throat area.
The next stage is similar, only during a quiet moan, you need to try to extend it and make an emphasis with a light push of the diaphragm inward, then a warm exhalation.
It should also be remembered that speech breathing largely depends on
from correct posture. Therefore, practice the book-on-head exercise daily.
At first, just walk at a slow pace with a book on your head, and then be sure to supplement the exercise with hand movements and squats.
Diction exercises: "Book on the head"
2. Articulation
Clear articulation of speech sounds (setting the speech apparatus in a position that allows you to form the desired sound) depends on the degree of training of active speech organs -,. Therefore, working out clear diction always begins with muscle training - articulatory gymnastics, which allows you to consciously control the desired muscle groups. You can find exercises on our website. In short, here are some of them:
1) lower the lower jaw down, slowly moving it in different directions
2) without changing the position of the jaw, gently move it back and forth
3) in a standing position, bend forward, keeping your hands on your chest and in a drawn-out pronounce in an extremely low voice as you exhale the vowels "y" and "o"
4) strain the tip of your tongue with your mouth tightly closed and alternately rest it on the left, then on the right cheek.
Next, do the same, but with your mouth open.5) stretch your lips in an open-mouthed smile, moving your tongue left and right towards the corners of your mouth.
During the exercise, the lips and jaw remain stationary, and the tongue does not slide over the lower lip6) run your tongue along the bottom and top row teeth, counting each of them. The jaw is motionless, the mouth is open in a smile
Articulation gymnastics will allow you to develop the organs of the speech apparatus
3. Pronunciation of consonants and vowels
After working out the clarity of the actions of the active organs of speech with the help of articulatory gymnastics, one should proceed to the formation of the correct pronunciation skills of individual vowels and consonants of Russian speech and their combinations.
Training vowels requires not only developing the correct phonetic position when pronouncing each of them, but also comparing the vowels. The fact is that the vowels formed according to the laws of phonetics in different parts speech apparatus ("front-lingual", "middle-lingual", "back-lingual"), can sound in different positions: some - at the teeth (front position), others - in the dome of the hard palate (middle position), others - in the larynx (back position) ... In this case, the so-called "variegation of vowels" occurs during speech.
Exercises to train vowel sounds
"NS"
When pronouncing the sound [ AND] the mouth is open to the width of the little finger, the lips are stretched to the sides, the tongue is flat, the tip of the tongue touches the lower teeth, the middle part of the back of the tongue is maximally raised to the palate; when pronouncing the sound [ NS] the tongue moves back more than with [ AND].
In exercise number 1 for all couples, we will pronounce the first sound in front of the mirror, first without a voice, several times the first sound, then the second, and repeat it aloud.
Exercise number 1
IVA, IL, PIR, PIKA, KIT, LIST, OR, CIRCUS
REAR, SON, CHEESE, WAS, SOAP, SMOKE, BULL, FISH
"E" - "E"
When pronouncing the sound [ NS] the mouth opens to the width of the thumb, the tips of the front upper and lower teeth are visible, the tongue lies at the lower front teeth, the back and middle parts of the tongue rise up and forward and touch the molars; vowel E in Russian speech, it is pronounced longer and more intensely than the sound [ NS].
Exercise number 2
Say the following words slowly and clearly:
ECHO, THIS, EXTRA, EPOS, ERA, EXTRA
FIR, FIR, RACCOON, EKHAL, ELENA, EVA
"AND I"
When pronouncing the sound [ A] the mouth is open in a vertical direction so that two fingers can be inserted between the teeth, placed one on top of the other. The tongue lies flat, the tip of the tongue does not touch the lower front teeth; when pronouncing a letter I AM [Ya] the tip of the tongue is much more forward, and rests on the lower teeth.
We are trying to do all this without sound.
Exercise number 3
Say the following words slowly and clearly:
ACT, ATTACK, STOCK, ANNA, MAC, BAL, CANCER, START
PIT, YAR, ANCHOR, BERRY, NURSERY, YAK, POISON, RAGE
"U" - "U"
When pronouncing the sound [ Have], the lips are rounded, extended forward and come together in the form of a funnel, the distance between the teeth is one thumb, the tongue is slightly pulled back, the root of the tongue is lowered, the back is raised; when pronouncing a letter NS [Yu] the front of the tongue rises more than with the sound [ Have].
Exercise number 4
Say slowly and calmly, without straining your voice, the words:
MORNING, COAL, US, MIND, KNOTS, TOOTH, BOW, COURT, NARROW, BEETLE
YURA, YULA, SKIRT, YUG, YUNOSHA, YUNGA, YULIA, YURODIVY, HUMOR
"O" - "Yo"
When pronouncing the sound [ O] lips are pushed forward and have a more rounded shape than [ Have], the tongue is slightly pulled back and does not touch the teeth, the back of the tongue is raised up. Vowel Yo [Yo] is pronounced with greater duration and tension than [ O].
I hope you remember to try silently first.
Exercise number 5
Say the following words:
WASP, AXLE, PERCH, WINDOWS, LAKE, DONKEY, HOOP
FIR-TREE, HEDGEHOG, CAPACITY, FIRST, YOKAT
Exercises to train consonants
Consonant training begins with setting the speech apparatus in the correct phonetic position and practicing the clear pronunciation of each of these sounds. The second stage is the connection of these separate sounds in combination with each other and with the addition of vowel sounds according to a special training scheme.
1. Explosive sounds "P" - "B"
They require a particularly tight junction of the speech organs and active overcoming of this obstacle - the "explosion" of the bow with a strong stream of exhaled air.
1.1. "Cork"
Let's check how well the labial muscles are prepared for the formation of explosive sounds " NS" and " b". Compress your lips tightly, even pull their edges slightly over your teeth, biting them slightly. With the air in the mouth, (without exhaling!), Break the bow sharply, as if you are shooting a plug, clamped by your lips. Do not free your lips, let the air stream break their bow.
1.2. "Explosion"
Shoot the "cork" with the now active exhalation: ppp! Do not strain, only lips are tightly compressed. Don't try to get more air. It is not the quantity that decides the matter, but the vigor of the push (the impact of the diaphragm) and the precise focusing of the exhalation on the tips of the lips. Do not allow aspiration at the end, let alone a vowel sound, you should not get "nx" or "pppa ...". If, instead of an explosion, you get a smack, you sucked in air instead of pushing it out. Having achieved a clear explosion on sound " NS"(Do not be surprised if this does not work out right away, you need daily persistent training, including gymnastics of the labial muscles), turn on the sound of the voice -" bbb "along with the exhalation. Train both consonants in pairs, while maintaining a clear differentiation in voicing: "p" - "b", "p" - "b", "p" - "b". Do not allow a vowel sound at the end of the sound: "py" - "would".
1.3. "Table tennis"
Imagine that your right hand is a table tennis racket. Practice hitting an imaginary ball with a racket, hitting it with the back of a freely hanging hand - ppa! .. ppa! .. ppo! .. ppu! .. ppi! .. ppi! .. Let every sound, like a ball, fly forward with a resounding explosion up. Make sure that the vowels explode on the lips, continuing the explosive consonant, rather than falling back. Send sound to different points in the room: up, right, left, down.
Having worked out these combinations, turn on the sound of the voice on the exhale: bba! .. bbe! .. bbo! .. bbu! .. bby! .. bbi! ..
Connect the deaf and ringing sound couple - pubba! pebba! pobbo! pubbu! pybby! pibby! Double the voiced consonant by stressing the first syllable. Toss balls easily, freely, without muscle tension.
2. Whistling and hissing sounds "S" - "Z" and "W" - "F"
2.1. "Puncture"
Check by ear if there is a puncture in the inflated chamber of the volleyball, squeezing it near the ear ... So it is ... An intense, even whistle of the outgoing air is heard: "sssssssss! ..". Simulate the sound by precisely following the articulation setting. Remember that with the sound "c" the tip of the tongue is lowered and pressed against the front lower teeth, the body of the tongue is tense, forming a "slide" with slightly raised edges, and the exhaled air "rolls down" along it. Press the "ball" harder from time to time, the sound intensifies.
2.2. "Locomotive"
The locomotive slowly dissipates steam: shsh ... shhh ... shhh ... So he moved from his place: sh-shh-shshh ... sh-shh-shshh ... He went faster and faster: shshh-shshsh-sh ... shshh-shh-shh ... shshshshh-shh … Breathe out the air with vigorous thrusts of the diaphragm. Observe the correct articulation position of the sound. Remember that the tip of the tongue is lifted upward, forming a "bucket" in the dome of the hard palate, into which the exhaled air hits.
2.3. "Mower"
Sharpen the braid with a bar. The bar slides from one side to the other of the blade: sss-zzz ... sss-zzz ... sss-zzz ... sss-zzz ... The scythe is sharpened, you can start mowing. A sweep of the scythe, and it resonantly cuts the grass: lzhzh ... zzhzh ... zzhzh ...
3. Sounds " L "and" R "
3.1. "Telegram"
Tap the text of the telegram with the telegraph key: la-la-lal! le-le-le! lo-lo-lol! lu-lu-lul! ly-ly-lyl! l-l-lil! The stress falls on the last syllable. Keep the beat.
Try to start a toy car engine…. With the exhaled air (without the sound of a voice), vibrate the tip of the tongue raised to the upper teeth: trrr ... trrr ... trrrrrr ... trrrrr ... tr ... Turn on the sound of the voice (the engine has started!): Drrrrrr ... drrrrrr ...
4. Combination of plosive consonants
Let's combine three explosive voiceless consonants together, taking them in all possible combinations: ptk, pkt, ktp, kpt, tkp, tpk. We will work out each of them separately (without vowels!), Making sure that each next explosion is clearly audible: n! T! To! Then we will begin to bring them closer together: p-t-k! Finally, let's combine it into one combination: ptk! Make sure that the noise of exhaled air does not slip between the consonants, and even more so the sound of a voice, it would not work p / x-t / x / -k / x / or p / s-t / s-k / s.
Having worked out each of the combinations, connect them with the main row of vowels, pronouncing one phrase with an emphasis on the first syllable:
ptka-ptke-ptko-ptku-ptky-ptki!
Having worked out all the combinations in this way, create variants of "phrases", "dialogues" from them: "Ptka-ptke-ptko?" - "Tpka-tpke-tpko!"
Diction training: public speaking
5. Doubled consonants
The habit of dropping consonants in the middle of a word also contributes to the negligence of speech, especially if there is a combination of several consonants, even a simple doubling. We often hear: war, instead of war, usually, instead of usually, etc. It is necessary to ensure that the doubled consonant sounded longer than usual, like a long sound.
Often one of two identical consonants drops out at the junction of words spoken together or a word and a preposition, changing the meaning of what is said; for example, instead of from the building, we hear a publication. The pronunciation of such words can be trained by choosing paired words with one and doubled sounds: submit - otDat (pronounced odd); not that, comrades - not that, comrades; To do - still different to do (pronounced to do), etc.
6. Pure phrases
To practice individual sounds of speech and their combinations, specially composed phrases are used - pure phrases. They repeatedly repeat the trained sound or combination of sounds. To completely or partially get rid of speech defects, it will be enough to have in the arsenal about five tongue twisters with various combinations incompatible sounds. Here are some of them that we would advise you:
The bull is dull-lipped, the dull-lipped bull, the bull's white lip was dull.
From the trampling of hooves, dust flies across the field.
The Turk smokes a pipe, the hammer pecks the crumbs. Don't smoke, Turk, pipe, don't peck, hammer, grits.
Prokop came - dill was boiling, Prokop left - dill was boiling. As under Prokop, dill boiled, so dill boiled without Prokop.
The radish rarely grew in the garden bed, the garden bed was rarely in order.
The snout was a blunt-snout pig, it dug half of the yard with its snout, dug and blew it up.
She was at Frol's, she lied about Lavra, she will go to Lavra, Lavra will lie against Frol.
Senka is carrying Sanka with Sonya on a sled. Sledge - gallop, Sonya off his feet, Sanka - in the side, Senka - in the forehead, everything - in a snowdrift!
Cuckoo cuckoo sewed a hood. He put on the cuckoo's hood: how funny he is in the hood.
The heron was wet, the heron was dry, the heron was withering, the heron was dead.
A bristle at a pig, a scale at a pike.
Chita flows in Chita.
Not the one who is stingy with words, but the one who is stupid about what he does.
Chef Peter, cook Pavel. Peter swam, Pavel swam.
Here are a coupleadviceovby pure clauses:
1) You need to work on pure phrases slowly, carefully checking the installation of each sound, carefully practicing its correct sound.
2) Before you start working on phrasebooks, carefully study the pronunciation norms. You need to know how to pronounce individual sounds and their combinations according to the laws of oral speech, so as not to develop the wrong skill. For example, the words "rarely" (radish rarely grew on the garden bed) and "bed" sound - "reTko", "gryatka"; "Sewed" (sewed the hood) like "ShShyla", etc.
3) Record exercises with pure phrases on a dictaphone, this will allow you to hear yourself from the outside, notice and quickly correct speech deficiencies, and also make adjustments in the process.
4. Intonation
Intonation is responsible for a lot: the melody, the tempo of speech, the power of pronunciation, the timbre of the voice.
And in order to achieve expressive intonation, you need to remember famous saying: "All life is a theater, and the people in it are actors." After all, it is by becoming an actor that you can "hone" your intonation. Since the most effective exercise to work on it, it is reading by role.
And fantasy will also be an excellent help here. After all, if you are working on intonation pronunciation alone with yourself, then you should draw in the imagination of different interlocutors and tell “them” some text, adjusting exactly to “them” and changing intonation. You can read more about it in the article.
5. Tongue twisters
Diction tongue twisters can be very useful for developing good pronunciation of sounds. They are familiar to almost all of us, and the words are chosen in such a way as to teach a person to pronounce almost incompatible sounds quickly and clearly. Several times, repeating the same phrase tongue twisters for diction, you will notice that each time the previously disobedient sounds lend themselves to pronunciation more and more easily, and illegible speech becomes clear and articulate. You will find a great variety of different tongue twisters on our website. Here are the most suitable ones:
In the yard there is firewood, behind the yard there is firewood, under the yard there is firewood, above the yard there is firewood, firewood along the yard, firewood in the width of the yard, the yard of firewood will not fit. Drive the yard back to the wood-burning yard.
Thirty-three ships maneuvered, maneuvered, but not fished out.
A bear with raspberries ran past little Marina.
The ram-brawler climbed into the weeds.
A cap on a cap, a cap under a cap.
Verzila Vavila cheerfully turned the pitchfork.
The jackal walked, the jackal galloped.
Feofan Mitrofanych has three sons Feofanych.
A sergeant with a sergeant, a captain with a captain.
The net caught on a twig.
Overloading of watermelons was going from body to body. In a thunderstorm, in the mud from a load of watermelons, the body collapsed.
It's terrible for a beetle to live on a bitch.
In the hut, a yellow dervish from Algeria rustles with silks and, juggling with knives, eats a piece of figs.
The gypsy walked up to the chicken on tiptoe and sniffed: "chick!"
Koshchei is not treated to cabbage soup.
6. Acting techniques
Take advantage of diction training - take walnuts, a cork or a pencil in your mouth and say a few tongue twisters, or read the text.
Pronounce the words slowly, emphasizing each letter and concentrating on each word.
That's all for now. Let the charming voice and impeccable diction give you one of the wonderful keys that will help you to reveal a wonderful speaker in you!
Working on diction using acting techniques
Diction is understood as a clear, clear and distinct pronunciation of all sounds native language with their correct articulation with a clear and intelligible pronunciation of words and phrases. A clear and clear pronunciation of words is ensured due to the correct articulation of each sound, and, above all, the ability to open the mouth freely and wide enough during the speech. With a poorly opened mouth, sounds are pronounced through teeth. To develop the mobility of the muscles of the lower jaw, the ability to open the mouth wide enough during the speech process, special exercises are used.
Imperfections in pronunciation of sounds that are not corrected in time can remain for life. They are also common in adults. Deficiencies in speech are fixed, and people, getting used to them, sometimes do not notice them. It is sometimes believed that it is impossible to correct the deficiencies in pronunciation of sounds and other speech defects in adulthood. This is not true. With some effort, you can improve your speech and eliminate pronunciation defects. To develop good diction, it is necessary, first of all, to strengthen the muscles of the tongue, lips and lower jaw, to establish correct speech breathing. For this, special exercises are used.
1. Speech breathing.
Correct speech breathing is the basis of sound speech. It provides normal voice and sound production, keeps speech fluent and musical.Exercises to develop correct speech breathing.
- Find a comfortable position (lying, sitting, standing), place one hand on your stomach, the other on the side of your lower chest. Inhale deeply through your nose (while the belly bulges forward and expands Bottom part chest, which is controlled by both hands). After inhaling, immediately make a free, smooth exhalation (the abdomen and lower chest will return to their previous position).
- Take a short, calm breath through your nose, hold the air in your lungs for 2-3 seconds, then make a long, smooth exhalation through your mouth.
- Take a short breath with your mouth open and on a smooth, prolonged exhalation, pronounce one of the vowel sounds (a, o, y, and, e, s).
- Pronounce several sounds smoothly on one exhalation:
- aaaaa
- aaaaaooooooo
- aaaaauuuuuu
- Count on one exhalation to 3-5 (one, two, three ...), trying to gradually increase the count to 10-15. Monitor the smoothness of your exhalation. Count down (ten, nine, eight ...).
- Read proverbs, sayings, tongue twisters on one breath. Be sure to follow the setting given in the first exercise.
- A drop and a stone wears away.
- Right hand build - break with the left.
- Whoever lied yesterday will not be believed tomorrow.
- On the bench by the house, Toma sobbed all day.
- Do not spit in the well - it will be useful to drink water.
- There is grass in the yard, firewood on the grass: once firewood, two firewood - do not chop wood on the grass of the yard.
- Thirty-three Yegorkas lived like a hill on a hillock: one Yegorka, two Yegorka, three Yegorka ...
- Read Russian folk tale"Turnip" with correct reproduction of inspiration at pauses.
Turnip.
Grandfather planted a turnip. The turnip has grown big, very large.
My grandfather went to pick a turnip. Pulls - pulls, cannot pull.
The grandfather called the grandmother. Grandma for a grandfather, grandfather for a turnip, pull - pull, they can't pull!
Grandma called her granddaughter. The granddaughter for the grandmother, the grandmother for the grandfather, the grandfather for the turnip, I pull t - they pull, they cannot pull!
Granddaughter called Bug. A bug for a granddaughter, a granddaughter for a grandmother, a grandmother for a grandfather, a grandfather for a turnip, pull - pull, cannot pull!
Beetle called the cat. A cat for a bug, a bug for a granddaughter, a granddaughter for a grandmother, a grandmother for a grandfather, a grandfather for a turnip, pull-pull, cannot pull!
The cat called the mouse. A mouse for a cat, a cat for a bug, a bug for a granddaughter, a granddaughter for a grandmother, a grandmother for a grandfather, a grandfather for a turnip, pull-pull - pulled a turnip!
2. Voice exercises
No. 1. "Groan"
Imagine that you have a sore throat, or a headache, or just feel tired.
The lips are slightly closed, the muscles of the neck, shoulders, arms are free. You moan softly at the sound [m].
Feel the vibration on the lips, in the nasopharyngeal region, in the hard palate, in the head resonator. Do not overestimate or underestimate the sound! Find your "center" of the voice (the tone on which the voice sounds especially smooth and free). Then we pronounce the sound combinations:
- [ma - mo - moo - me - mi - we]
- [mum - mum - mum - mum - mim - mym] ...
Now pronounce the syllables with other sonorants during the "groan":
[lllamm-lllomm-llumm-llamm-llimm-llymm]
No. 2. "Beep"
- Continuously, like a beep, pull the vowel: uuuuu ... "Beep" is not loud, without tension, lips in the "proboscis" position.
- Now add the vowel [o] to the vowel [y]: uuoooooooooooo ...
- And now with the vowel [a]: wooooooooooah ...
- Then with the vowel [eh]: uueuueuueuueuue ...
- Then with [and]: woooooooooooooooooooo ...
- And, finally, with [s]: uuyuuyuuyuuyuy ...
- Now hum, merging all six vowels into one continuous sounding line: uuouuauuueuyuyuy.
- [nnam-nnomm-nnumm-nnemm-nnimm-nnimm]
- [rramm-rromm-rrumm-rramm-rrimm-rrumm]
3. The mobility of the organs of articulation.
Exercises to develop the mobility of the lower jaw.
- Freely lower the lower jaw until there is a gap of two fingers between the teeth.
- Silently, drawl (on one exhale) pronounce the vowel sounds:
- aaaaaaaaaaaaa
- yayayayayayayayayayaya (distance between the teeth in two fingers);
- ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
- ёёёёёёёёёёёё (distance between the teeth in one finger);
- iiiiiiiiiiiiiii (mouth slightly open).
- Pronounce vowel sounds with a voice:
- aaaaaaaaaaaaa
- yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
- ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
- her
- iiiiiiiiiiiiii
- Pronounce several vowel sounds together and with a drawl on one exhale:
- aaaaaeeeeeee
- aaaaaeeeee
- aaaaaiiiii
- niiiiaaaaa
- oooooooooooo
- aaaaaiiiiiioooooo
- niiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- aaaaaiiiiiieeeeeeeeoooooo, etc.
- Say proverbs, sayings, tongue twisters that are saturated with vowel sounds that require a wide opening of the mouth.
- Small, but daring.
- Two of a Kind.
- Found a scythe on a stone.
- Know the edge, but don't fall.
- As the fisherman is, so is the fish.
- A rolling stone gathers no moss.
- The snake has a snake, the hedgehog has a hedgehog.
- Read the poem, clearly pronouncing the sounds "a", "I".
Already the sky was breathing in autumn,
Less often the sun shone
The day was getting shorter
Mysterious forest canopy
With a sad noise she was naked,
Fog fell on the fields,
Noisy caravan geese
Stretched towards the south: approaching
Quite a boring time;
It was November already by the yard ...
A. Pushkin
Exercises to develop lip mobility.
With lethargy and insufficient mobility of the lips, the clarity and clarity of pronunciation of many vowels and consonants suffers. So, to pronounce the sound u (u), you need to stretch your lips forward with a tube, for o (e) - round your lips, for s (h) - stretch your lips in a smile, etc. The following exercises are helpful for lip development.- Stretch your lips into a smile without exposing your teeth.
- Stretch your lips into a bared smile with your mouth closed.
- Pull tightly closed lips forward (as with a whistle).
- Pull your lips forward in a tubular shape.
- Alternate between pulling your lips into a tube and stretching them into a smile.
- Raise your upper lip to expose your upper teeth, then lower your lower lip to expose your lower teeth.
- Pronounce vowel sounds with a drawl (first without a voice, but with emphasized articulation, then with a voice).
- iiiiii (lips are stretched in a smile);
- oooooo (oval lips);
- uuuuuu (lips with a tube).
- Pronounce consonants (first silently, then with a voice):
- ssssss, zzzzzz (lips stretched in a smile);
- shshshshshsh, zzhzhzhzhzh (lips extended forward with an oval).
- Pronounce several sounds together and drawl on one exhalation:
- iiiiiuuuu (lips are first stretched, then take the form of a tube);
- uuuuiiii (lips from the form of a tube go into the form of a smile);
- oooooooiiii (rounded, tube, smile);
- aaaaiiiiuuuuyyyy, etc.
- sssssssshshshshsh (when pronouncing a sound from the lips they are stretched, when pronouncing w they are stretched forward);
- zzzzzzzzzzhzhzhzhzh (when pronouncing z, stretch the lips, while pronouncing, stretch it forward).
- With tightly closed lips, form an explosion when pronouncing the sounds p, b (dad, woman, bagel, croup, drum, stick).
- Reinforce the clarity and clarity of pronunciation of sounds in words:
willow, game, iron, lesson, junk, perch, donkey, whirligig, lawyer, south, hedgehog, tree, Irina, institute, incubator, emerald, shelter, snail, rod, sensation, optometrist, equipment, juice, lock, wheel, hat, school, beetle, belly, drying, sun, iron, folder, drum, broom, bicycle, apron, sweatshirt, jacket.
When pronouncing words, watch the position of your lips in front of the mirror. - Read proverbs, sayings, tongue twisters. Watch for the correct position of the lips, for the clarity and clarity of pronouncing words and phrases.
For example:- Stand for each other and you will win the battle.
- You will learn from the clever, you will unlearn from the stupid.
- Cabbage loves water and good weather.
- The wasp does not have a mustache, do not whisker, but antennae.
- Wolves prowl, looking for food.
- The tree has pins.
- Read the story aloud and make sure your lips take an active part in pronouncing sounds and words.
Bells.
I really love these simple flowers - funny bells. You will come out of the forest to the unmown, overgrown tall grass meadow and you gasp with joy - so many different flowers flaunt, similar to a festive round dance. All over the green meadow, chamomiles turn white, dandelions turn yellow, and mouse peas bloom. And above all, all the more fun - purple bells. From the light breath of the warm summer wind, the bells sway, bow, soundlessly ring, joyfully greeting the guest. All summer long blooming, bells ringing inaudibly, the familiar and lovely flowers of our meadows and forests.
Exercises for the development of the muscles of the tongue.
Language takes an active part in the formation of most speech sounds. The clarity of speech largely depends on his work. Particular difficulties arise when pronouncing words with a confluence of consonants, when it is necessary to quickly switch the movement of the language from one position to another. To strengthen the muscles of the tongue, improve its mobility and switchability, before using exercises in pronouncing sounds, words and phrases with a confluence of consonants, clearly work out the following movements.- Stick your tongue out and move it to the left, right, up, down.
- Stick out your tongue and make a circular motion from left to right, then vice versa - from right to left.
- With your mouth open and tongue slightly protruding, make it wide, narrow, with a cup (the tip and side edges are slightly raised).
- With a slightly raised, tense tip of the tongue, "brush" the upper teeth from the outside and inside, in the direction from the inside of the teeth to outside and vice versa.
Exercises in the clarity of pronouncing consonants in syllables.
Read the syllables.- pa, po, poo, py, pe
- pyo, pyo, pyu, pi, ne
- that, that, that, you, te
- you, you, you, you, those
- sa, so, su, sy, se
- sya, syo, syu, si, se
- zhu, zhu, zhu, zhi, same
- ap, op, up, ep, ep
- at, from, ut, yt, et
- ac, os, mustache, as, es
- ash, osh, ush, oysh, ash
Exercises in the clarity of pronouncing words with a confluence of consonants.
Read aloud words with a confluence of two, three and four consonants: entrance, attach, luggage, tourist, card, flowerbed, service, tail, brush off, sweep, collect, roach, stamp, pimple, swagger, platoon, swim, weave, straighten , move, spark, feed, canvas, look, grotesque, breast, cover, instant, smooth, tetanus, smooth out, tetanus, trunk, hawk, bonfires, sprats, emerge, open, health resort, fight, meet, overseer, uniforms, ostracism , metro builder, colander, wandering, transcription.Exercises in the clarity and clarity of pronouncing sounds and words in phrasal speech.
To practice the clarity and clarity of pronunciation of consonants and words, it is useful to use tongue twisters, which are built on a combination of consonants that are difficult to pronounce. Reading tongue twisters should begin in slow motion, while clearly pronouncing every word and every sound. Increase your tempo gradually, but be careful not to diminish the clarity and clarity of your speech.Read tongue twisters.
- Prokhor and Pakhom rode on horseback.
- The jackdaw sat down on a stick, the stick hit the jackdaw.
- From the trampling of hooves, dust flies across the field.
- The bull's white lip was dull.
- The water carrier was carrying water from the water supply system.
- Feni has a sweatshirt, Fai has shoes.
- On seven sleighs, seven in the sleigh sat themselves.
- The chicken chick clung tenaciously to the chain.
- Prokop came - the dill was boiling. Prokop left - the dill was boiling. As under Prokop, dill boiled, so dill boiled without Prokop.
- Mom Romashe gave her yogurt serum.
- A bee buzzed, a spider buzzed.
- Scales at the pike, bristles at the pig.
- The cap is not sewn in a Kolpakov style; the cap would be repackaged, but the cap should be re-capped.
- There is grass in the yard, firewood on the grass: once firewood, two firewood - do not chop wood on the grass of the yard.
- The ships maneuvered, but not fished out.
- You cannot re-negotiate all tongue twisters, you cannot re-negotiate.
It is important to remember that:
- Further consolidation of good diction is carried out when reading aloud poetic and prosaic texts. At the same time, at first it is necessary to continue to monitor the work of the lips, tongue, lower jaw, for the distinct pronunciation of vowel sounds (stressed and unstressed), for the clear pronunciation of consonants, but at the same time do not allow their amplified or stressed pronunciation.
- Each exercise is practiced until it can be performed easily and freely, without much stress.
- When working on diction, it is necessary to take into account the correct use of speech breathing and voice. So, when pronouncing tongue twisters, it is necessary to correctly convey their content, it is appropriate to pause, to draw air in a timely manner.
Below are some exercises to help you work on diction.
- Say the following lines, observing the sonority, composure and freedom of sound:
This beast is called a lama.
Lama is a daughter
And the lama is mom.
(V.V. Mayakovsky).
The mermaid floated on the blue river,
Illuminated by the full moon
(M.Yu. Lermontov)
The exercise should be performed together in order to mutually control each other. Having dispersed with a friend as far as possible, imagine that you are talking in the presence of a third, sleeping person, whom you do not want to wake up. Naturally, you will speak quietly and at the same time try so that the person to whom you are speaking hears you accurately and clearly. - Say the following words slowly and clearly to distinguish vowel sounds.
- Anna, address, author, astra, algebra, us, ball, poppy, start, hand, yak, yar, poison, berry, pit, Anya, Asya, viola, Albina, Alice.
- side, here, guest, grief, rain, house, dawns, cat, clods, scrap, bridge, salt, ice, tears, counting, Lenya, aunt.
- morning, coal, mind, bonds, prisoner, tooth, bow, noise, club, labor, name, write, iron, union, south, whirligig, youth, holy fool, humor, on Wednesday, in bad weather.
- was - beat, howled - pitchfork, washed - Nile, rear - mud, lynx - rice, blaze - saw.
- by - be, you - ve, ge - ge, ly - le, we - me, us - ne, py - pe, ry - re, you - te, sy - se.
- Say the following phrases with different intonations: statements, questions:
- The proverb does not pass by.
- Written with a pen, you can't knock it out with an ax.
- Friendship is friendship, but service is service.
- You can't cut a strong friendship with an ax
- Patience and work will grind everything
- Pronounce consonant combinations on one exhale. Do this, at first only articulating sounds silently, then in a whisper, and finally clearly, loudly.
- Ba - bo - boo - bae - bi - be
- wa - woo - woo - ve - wi - you
- yes - do - doo - de - di - dy
- Pa - po - poo - pe - pi - py
- fa - fo - fu - fe - fi - fy
- ta - that - tu - te - ti - you
- Ha - go - gu - ge - gi - gee
- ka - ko - ku - ke - ki - ky
- ha - ho - ho - he - hee - hee
- Play with the ball and syllables. Say:
- PPA - PPO - PPU - PPE - PPI - PPU
- Bba - bbo - bbu - bbi - bby
- Pabba - pobbo - pubbu - pebbe - pibby - pibby
- Pronounce sound combinations with sonorant consonants on one exhalation. Say first in a whisper, then louder, and finally loudly (but do not shout).
- lra - lro - lru - lre - lri - lry
- Rla - RLO - RLU - RLE - RLI - RLI
- Pronounce the following consonant combinations correctly and clearly:
- Ptka - ptko - ptku - ptke - ptki - ptky
- Tpka - tpko - tpku - tpke - tpki - tpky
- Kpta - kpto - kptu - kpte - kpti - kpty
- "Barbarian"
Think of a drummer hitting a marching march. Say the following lines to the beat of the drum:
A pair of reels - 3 times
Has hit the storm!
A pair of reels - 3 times
Beat the fight!
I. Selvinsky.
Watch your breath.
Remember that the strength of the sound depends on the activity of breathing, and not on the physical tension in the larynx, which causes overextension of the vocal cords. - Speak tongue twisters and tongue twisters first silently, then aloud, articulating clearly.
- The bull is stupid, stupid, stupid goby.
- The bull's white lip was dull.
- Chita flows in Chita.
- Cuckoo cuckoo sewed a hood.
- I'm tired of the cuckoo's hood: how funny he is in the hood.
- From the hoof ax, dust flies across the field.
- The cook Peter, the cook Pavel Peter swam, Pavel swam.
- Prokop came - dill was boiling, Prokop left - dill was boiling. As under Prokop, dill boiled, so dill boiled without Prokop.
- The radish rarely grew in the garden bed, the garden bed was rarely in order.
- The heron was withering, the heron was drying up, the heron was finally dead.
- Got a bobol beans.
- Baba Vakul shod, and Baba Vakula also shod.
- In one, Klim, beat the wedge.
- Buy a pile of rush.
- Buy a pile of fluff.
- There is a heap with a podrikopenochkom.
- Millet is flying in the Frosya field, Frosya takes out the weeds.
- The crab made a rake to the crab. Gave the rake to the crab: hay, rake the crab to plunder.
- I praise Halva.
- A black grouse was sitting on a tree, and a grouse with black grouses on a branch.
- Our guest took the cane away.
- Shot on quail, but on black grouse.
- Klara - steal sneaked to Lara.
- In the yard there is grass on the grass for firewood, do not chop wood on the grass in the yard.
- There is grass in the yard, on the grass: One firewood, two firewood, three firewood.
- The snout was a white-snout pig, a blunt-nosed pig; I dug half of the yard with a snout, dug, undermined.
- The fellow ate three pies with a pie, but all with cottage cheese.
- Thaler's plate is worth it.
- Go to the host, so take the reed.
- We ate, ate ruffs at the spruce. They barely ate them.
- Mom did not regret the soap. Mom Milu soaped soap. Mila did not like soap, Mila dropped the soap.
- The city of Nerl on the Nerl river.
- And I have no time for harassment.
- On Mount Ararat, Barbara tore grapes.
- Near the canopy and the Sled in the canopy, catfish with a mustache.
- The wasp has not a mustache, not a mustache, but a mustache.
- Osip is hoarse, Arkhip Osip.
- Doesn't want to mow with a scythe with a scythe, says the scythe is a scythe.
- The net caught on a twig.
- We sat down in the sleigh by seven ourselves.
- Waxwing waxwings.
- Sasha walked along the highway, Sasha found a sachet on the highway.
- Boxwood, boxwood, how tightly stitched you.
- There is no ring near the well.
- The buzzing beetle buzzes, buzzes, but do not spin.
- The jasper in suede is suede.
- Zyamka stung the chamois, chewed the Zyamka zhamka in the castle.
- The train rushes with a grinding noise: w, h, sha, schA, w, h, sha, schA.
- The heron chicken clung tenaciously to the flail.
- Tongs and tongs - these are our things.
- Two puppies nibble cheek to cheek on a brush in the corner.
- Pronounce expressively and clearly, on one exhale, the following tongue twister. If you are short of breath, draw air on ":".
Lucky Senka Sanka and Sonya on a sled: sled skok, Senka off his feet, Sanka in the side, Sonya in the forehead, all in a snowdrift.
Say the tongue twister cheerfully, with humor, mischievously, laughing at what is happening.
Then say it with the intention of communicating something terrible, revealing in detail and mysteriously every detail of this extraordinary incident.
Now say it at a fast pace, as if you are running to the bus stop, you ran ... but the bus left! - "Doubting Thomas"
Say the following phrases with different intonations, highlighting individual words.
It is as if you are conducting a dialogue with a friend who, like "Unbeliever Thomas", questions your every word. Defend the truth of your words calmly, with conviction. Greater conviction is given to speech by lowering the tone of the voice on the stressed word. Follow this in the exercise.- (pronounces with an even, calm intonation).
- (logically, highlighting the first word in intonation).
- 1st. Mila bought mimosas for mom (answering, also emphasizes the first word in intonation).
- 2nd. Mila bought mimosas for mom?
- 1st. Mila bought mimosas for mom.
- 2nd. Mila bought mimosas for mom?
- 1st. Mila bought mimosas for mom.
- 2nd. Mila bought mimosas for mom?
- 1st. Mila bought mimosas for mom!
Use other texts that have a lot of sonorous sounds, for example:- In the shallows, we lazily caught burbot, and we exchanged burbot for your tench.
- Laurel tore lilies of the valley and gave them to Lara.
- Say verse lines, changing the rate of pronunciation (start slowly, then gradually speeding up, and finally quickly).
Our Laurel tore lilies of the valley.
He gave Lara lilies of the valley.
Lara took lilies of the valley,
I was glad to lilies of the valley. - Set simple game tasks for the following tongue twisters and say them out loud:
- Pankrat Kondratov forgot the jack, and Pankrat could not lift a tractor on a tractor without a jack.
- 33 ships maneuvered - maneuvered but not fished out.
- Malanya the chatterbox chattered milk, blurted it out, but didn’t blur it out.
- I reported it, but I didn’t report it enough, I began to report it - I did it.
- The cap is not sewn in the Kolpakov style, the bell is not embroidered in the Kolokolov style. It is necessary to repack the bell, re-knock it out, the bell must be re-belled, re-knocked out.
- Say, observing the correct breathing:
In days of doubt
During the days of painful thoughts about the fate of my homeland,
You alone are my support and support,
O great, mighty, truthful and free Russian language!
Don't be you-
How not to fall into despair when the whole,
What is happening at home?
But one cannot believe that such a language was not given to a great people!
(I. S. Turgenev) - Read and comprehend the hexameter composed A. V. Pryanishnikov. Tasks:
- To develop voice stability, begin to read the first line of the hexameter monotonously at an average height, then, after drawing air, continue reading the second line also monotonously and on a medium note, then the third, etc. Make sure that your voice does not tremble, does not sway, that it is even and on the same note all the time.
- To develop the pitch of your voice, say the first line of the hexameter at the lowest note for you, the second line higher in tone to the highest note for you. Then back in scale.
- To develop the strength of your voice, read the first line in a whisper, the second louder, the third even louder, etc., but do not shout. Then back to a whisper.
- To develop tempo, start reading the first line slowly, the second faster, the third even faster ... Then back.
The chest cage should be expanded slightly and at the same time
Select the lower abdomen to support the respiratory sound.
During breathing, the shoulders should be at rest, motionless.
Speak each line of poetry with one breath
And make sure that the chest does not constrict during the speech.
Since when you exhale, only one diaphragm moves.
Reading after finishing the line, do not rush to proceed to the next one:
Pause briefly at the pace of the verse, at the same time
Take some air, but only using the lower breath.
Hold the air for a moment, then continue reading.
Watch carefully so that every word is heard:
Remember to dictate clear and pure on the sounds of consonants;
Do not be lazy to open your mouth so that the way is free for the voice;
Do not muffle the sound with an aspirated dull shade -
The voice must retain metallicity even in a quiet sound.
Before taking exercises for tempo, pitch and volume,
It is necessary to direct attention to the evenness, stability of sound:
Listen closely, so that the voice does not tremble anywhere, does not sway,
Exhale sparingly - with the expectation of a whole line.
Composure, sonority, stability, slowness,
Fluency is what with attentive hearing first look for in the exercise.
Good luck!
People with naturally clear diction are extremely rare. But, do not assume that diction cannot be improved. Each of us can improve our pronunciation. Put correct diction it is possible not only in childhood, but also in an adult. We will talk about special tricks and techniques in this article.
Diction is the clear pronunciation of sounds and words. Understandable and beautiful speech positively affects the perception of the person who has it. Therefore, not only the announcer of the central television, but also each of us should have a clear and intelligible diction.
If you want not just to speak, but to make your interlocutors understand you, you need to work on your diction. Especially if she needs it.
What diction consists of:
Distinct 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 the pronunciation of sounds with the help of training the tongue and muscles of the lips.
Correct articulation(Coordinated movement of the muscles of the articulatory apparatus). Disturbances of bite, bridle, etc. have a negative effect on articulation. With such physiological deviations, burrs and nasal sounds may appear.
Timbre... Often a person's temperament influences the manner of pronunciation. The speaker may tend to be monotonous or speed up his speech. Often, it is haste that occurs in people with poor diction. But, as practice shows, almost any person can “defeat” this problem.
Intonation... As for intonation, it is formed primarily from the ability to clearly pronounce vowels and stress. You can put intonation using some breathing exercises and reading aloud. Improving intonation is a very difficult and painstaking job.
Do I need to read aloud to develop diction?
Each speech therapist will tell you that one of the best exercise for diction is reading aloud. At the same time, it is not the number of words read that is important, but 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 vocabulary, improving imagination, developing memory.
Many people love to read, and yet their diction leaves much to be desired. That is why you need to read aloud. Try to pronounce the letters and words written in books clearly and with expression, to paint your speech in emotional colors.
Regular reading aloud will help get rid of tongue-tied language, slips of the tongue, hesitation and other things that negatively affect diction.
Since the text of books, especially in classical literature, is very different from how we talk in everyday life, it will help you not only express yourself beautifully, but also shape your speech according to the literary language.
Reading aloud is not worth rushing. Sit in comfortable armchair and take the book. It is advisable that this is one of your favorite books. Of course, militants or Russian "detectives" are not suitable for this practice. Difficult scientific literature too.
Leo Tolstoy has a very beautiful syllable. But, in his main work "War and Peace" there are too many French... Therefore, this piece will not suit you. Practice on his earlier stories.
Soviet science fiction is very suitable for reading aloud. Especially the works of the Strugatsky brothers. Unfortunately, their modern followers have oversimplified the genre and is hardly suitable for reading aloud.
Read the selected piece expressively, indicating accents and making the necessary pauses. Returning to the Strugatskys, listen to the audiobooks of these authors, recorded by Vladimir Levashov. Take his diction as a standard and try to repeat it.
You can go further and add a little artistry to your reading aloud. Try to imagine the heroes of the work, their appearance and character. Then add individual notes to their replicas. But, of course, do not forget about the most important thing - diction training. You shouldn't overdo it with artistry.
As you read aloud with confidence, you can increase your reading speed slightly. But, it is important to pronounce sounds and words clearly and distinctly. When the reading speed is increased, monotony and excessive acceleration should not be lost. Even if on the next page of the book you will find out the outcome of the event.
For reading aloud to be effective, it is important to read at least 30 minutes a day. And within a month you will be able to achieve noticeable success. And in order to be sure that your diction is progressing, record on a dictaphone how you began to read aloud and how you read after a while of such regular training.
How to improve diction for an adult, teenager?
WALNUTS. In a good way to improve your diction is to use walnuts for this. They need to be laid on the cheek (one on each side) and the tongue twister should be pronounced for several minutes. After that, you need to remove the nuts and repeat the same tongue twister again.
PENCIL TO TEETH... Grip a pencil with your teeth and read a poem from memory with expression.
IMPORTANT: Both techniques can be used for both children and adults. With their regular use, you can improve diction, make speech more relaxed and free. This technique can be used even in cases of speech impairment as a result of a stroke.
RECORDING TO VOICE RECORDER... This technique can be combined with reading aloud, which we described above. Turn on the recorder before reading aloud and record a portion of any text you read. Then you need to listen to the recording and mark the sounds that you are pronouncing incorrectly. When reading books aloud later, try to pay special attention to the problematic sounds.
TONGUE TWISTERS... Perhaps the most famous way to improve your diction is with tongue twisters. Repeat these rhythmic phrases daily. Special attention devote to the pronunciation of problem sounds. If your diction suffers from incorrectly pronounced hissing or sibilant sounds, then you can solve this problem using tongue twisters:
ARTICULATION GYMNASTICS... There are many exercises for improving diction, which are included in the concept of articulatory gymnastics. With their help, you can significantly improve pronunciation in an adult. We will tell about them in the section "Exercises for diction and articulation".
BREATHING EXERCISES... Many underestimate correct posture and breathing while interacting with other people. But, without this, it is impossible to have the correct diction. Whole courses in the study of acting are devoted to correct inhalation and exhalation. And if you want to talk like Andrei Mironov or Vasily Livanov, then be sure to devote a few minutes a day to breathing exercises.
- Stand straight with your hands on your waist and your feet shoulder-width apart
- Breathe in slowly through your slightly parted lips.
- Then try breathing air as well while reading the text aloud.
- Then complicate the task even more: move around the room, take a breath and speak
- As you exhale, rise and pull the letter "mmm"
Warm up for diction
A pencil in your 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 in your teeth and read a few tongue twisters. Then you need to say the same thing without a pencil.
Try to pronounce Difficult words from the text that needs to be conveyed to the 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 set yourself up for the performance.
You can also stretch your diction using the following exercises:
| Stick out and hide | 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 your cheeks with your tongue | We begin to prick our cheeks in turn with our tongue. First we prick the left cheek, then the right. Exercise duration 3-5 minutes |
| "Teeth cleaning" | We rotate the tongue in the mouth in a circle. At the same time, the mouth must be closed. We do 15-20 rotations clockwise and vice versa |
| Circular motions | We stretch out the tongue and twist it in a circle. We do 10-15 circles clockwise, then counter |
| "Tube - Smile" | Pull your lips forward, after 3 seconds you start smiling as wide as possible. First lips forward, then back. We do this exercise for at least 3 minutes. |
| "Bubble" | First inflate one cheek, then the other. Duration 2 minutes |
Work on diction and pronunciation
Oratorical talent is extremely rare. Almost all famous people prepare intensively 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 fix a specific problem. For example, a sibilant "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 in casual conversation, we use the muscles of the tongue and throat. It is logical that in order to speak beautifully, you need to "pump" these muscles. But, unlike biceps and pectoral muscles, we do not need sports equipment.
1. You can pump the muscles involved in the reproduction of sounds by regularly saying "A-E-O"... At the same time, it is important to try to open your mouth not 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 with diction and training the 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 and say "AND" and "NS" repeatedly. Now let's give the tongue the shape of a hook and at the same time say "O" and "U".
4. We continue to "pump" the muscles of the tongue. We close our mouth and use the internal movements of the palate, cheeks and lips to pull the sound "M".
Performing these exercises for diction, you can feel the result after 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 it in the teeth with the tip. During such strikes, "speak" 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" your larynx. To do this, inhale through your nose and empty your lungs completely through your mouth. The release of air by the mouth should be sharp and sound like "Ugh"... Do this exercise several times.
3. If you notice a problem with the pronunciation of letters "NS" and "B" then train your labial muscles. To do this, you need to puff out your cheeks and release air from your mouth with a vigorous cotton.
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 small text at a normal volume. Typically, you can easily control your voice when doing this. Now, do the same, but turn up the volume. There should be problems.
With the regular declaration of the text at an increased volume, you will soon be able to control the amount of air you need and will be able to successfully perform in front of a large audience.
5. There is another exercise to improve articulation. Take a few lines from your favorite poem. Then exclude consonants from these lines and sing only vowels. Then insert the consonants and pronounce them loudly without changing the vowel pronunciation style.
You can also improve articulation with the following exercises:
If you notice yourself swallowing the endings of words, then read any text, underlining the endings of the words written in it. You need to do this every day, and after a while you can forget about this problem of your diction.
If you have a problem with the pronunciation of any individual letter, take the explanatory dictionary of the Russian language and clearly read all the words for this letter. Do this regularly. Record this exercise on a voice recorder, if desired.
Tongue twisters for the development of diction
The most popular way to improve your diction is with tongue twisters. They can also be used as a warm-up before public speaking... In general, get in the habit of saying a few tongue twisters every day. This practice will help you overcome pronunciation problems for some sounds and make your speech more convincing and beautiful.
You don't need to set aside time for this kind of workout. You can repeat tongue twisters while getting ready for work. Experts believe that three weeks of using tongue twisters will make speech smooth and clear diction.
Here are the most popular tongue twisters that will help you improve your diction:
Kristina. I am from the South of Russia and before often "ghekala". When I studied in St. Petersburg I was very shy about it. I searched the Internet and found an easy 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 in his student years, he participated in the drama club. Our leader tactfully hinted that my diction was not the best. And she asked me to read books aloud 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 has become noticeably better.