hi and welcome back to love English so today I've got a lesson that includes no
grammar no vocabulary and no pronunciation but this lesson should
help you sound more fluent more confident and smarter in English today
I'm looking at nine hacks nine tricks to sound more confident and smarter in
English and it does not involve any of those
three things grammar pronunciation and vocabulary this lesson is focusing on
not what you say but how you say it and whether you are a native speaker or a
non-native speaker of English this lesson should help you boost your
confidence and really impress people when you speak also ensuring that people
are listening to you that they are focused and engaged with what you are
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9 yeah that many fingers speaking hacks to sound confident and smarter in
English
now don't forget do comment below if you have any more tips or tricks to help you
sound more confident smarter or engage your audience more when you're speaking
English then do comment below and share your suggestions please of course let me
know which of these 9 tips have you found most useful and which ones are you
gonna try to use next number one and all of these are pretty simple to implement
to start using posture your posture is the way you sit having your shoulders
back your spine straight projects confidence it looks like you are more
confident sitting over maybe shoulders rounded it looks like you are shy and
lacking confidence so this is the number one tip back straight shoulders back and
also it will help you project your voice to speak a little bit louder and more
clearly it is essential when you are speaking whether in a business situation
a seminar or even giving a speech it is essential when you speak that you have
good posture whether in a business meeting in a seminar if giving a speech
or even if you are just simply sitting down still keep your back straight and
your shoulders back number 2 and this again is about body language make sure
that you are not talking down this again projects that sense of lacking
confidence perhaps feeling a little bit shy keep your chin up to match your body
posture to match your back and your shoulders chin up back straight and
shoulders back having your head held high is of course a sign of confidence
and again your voice is being projected it's not going down but it is going out
and speaking directly to the people you are trying to engage with number three
and the could be very important for you many of
my students when they are giving a presentation perhaps they have a
PowerPoint to go with it often focus on the PowerPoint they're looking at the
wall all the time or on their notes it is essential that you focus on your
audience whether that is one person or a roomful of people make sure that you are
able to make eye contact perhaps choose one two three points in a room and make
eye contact with those people regularly it is so important that you focus on
your listener when they feel like you are paying attention to them they will
pay attention to you this also means that you need to avoid looking this way
looking that way looking through them or looking past your audience they want to
feel like you are talking directly to them so eye contact and focus on your
listener don't make the eye contact too intense or it could get scary number
four and this might seem super obvious but project your voice speak loudly
speak clearly so people can hear you part of that is articulating your words
you'll notice when sabra and I speak we do pronounce our words very clearly and
that means our mouth is doing a lot of moving speaking loudly it might seem
like a simple enough thing but many of my students in class will not speak
loudly to the point that I can't hear them clearly and so I make sure that I
get them to repeat what they said but I make them sit up and project their voice
try practicing this yourself maybe record yourself when you speak and focus
on projecting your voice you want to be able to reach the back of the room if
you're giving a presentation but also if it is just a one-on-one
conversation you shouldn't be speaking like this so your audience can't hear
you come on you can do it you can speak loudly
you can speak clearly it is all about confidence number five
using these in the same way that body language can say a lot about what you
are saying and how you are saying it your hands are very important in adding
emphasis and projecting what you are saying it can even help when it comes to
your intonation and stress now if you want to see some people use their hands
well and effectively when they speak then why not watch some politicians they
learn to use their hands very clearly when they speak having open hands making
open gestures suggests honesty and truthfulness but having your hands like
this could perhaps project a more serious tone what you don't want to do
is fiddle with your hands or make tapping sounds on the table that can be
very distracting and of course remember that in some countries different hand
gestures could be considered to be rude for example in England you would only
say to with your hands like this not like this be careful this not this now I
can't show you right in this moment but how you place your body can also add a
lot of emphasis to your speech when you're speaking and engaging your
audience if you are giving a presentation or a speech moving to
different points around the room along the stage can be very engaging and also
show that you are trying to focus on different parts of the audience as well
leaning in more when you are having a one-on-one conversation can show your
interest and your engagement with that person whether you are speaking or
listening so pay attention to how you place your body whether you've got one
shoulder moving forward whether you're really interested that can create more
kind of intimacy in the conversation or whether you are simply making sure you
go from the center of the room to the right to the left
now when you are giving speeches you need to make sure that you use vivid
vocabulary now what do I mean by a vivid vocabulary
I mean choosing your words carefully so that people understand you clearly using
colloquial expressions and idiomatic expressions might not be the best choice
depending on your audience and the situation in which you are speaking you
want to make sure as well that you're not using really advanced fancy words
that people might not understand as an English teacher I have to grade my
language making sure that I don't use any expressions that are too advanced
for my audience I want them to be able to understand me clearly and concisely I
do not want to confuse them so choose your words carefully you don't want to
sound too snobby to posh but you also don't want to sound too informal using
slang for example number eight and you might not realize that this is such an
important part of speaking but varying your speed of speech can be very
effective if you listen to me for example you will find that I do not
speak at exactly the same speed depending on what I am saying sometimes
you might have a more emphasis when you slow down and you focus on a particular
thing but sometimes you can emphasize excitement or importance when you speed
up and talk a little bit faster this also means that people won't be bored it
is really important that you keep them engaged so different speeds varying the
pace of your speech will mean people are more interested
and your voice is just generally more interesting this way now in the same way
that it's important to vary your speech do not be afraid to use pauses
now when I say pauses listen carefully I am emphasizing this as I talk I don't
mean long pauses but I mean short pauses to give your audience time to digest to
think about what you have said so for example you might talk about something
that's very important and then you would kind of go on and discuss it a little
bit more so those pauses can really help emphasize important parts of your speech
include in that as well word stress word stress that's right
stressing your words focusing on key words that are really important
this helps vary the pace of your speech and again focuses your audience on what
you are saying and the important parts of what you are saying in the same way I
suppose this could be counted as 10 you need to ensure that your intonation
changes so your intonation is the pitch and tone of your voice if you don't use
intonation you will sound a little bit like this and after a while people tend
to fall asleep when you don't have different intonation also this includes
not stressing words and also the speed in which you are speaking this is called
monotone many boring teachers may talk like this which means many students fall
asleep so pitch tone your intonation those last few are essential if you do
want to sound smarter show your confidence but importantly engage your
audience you want them to be interested in what you are saying so that's it some
top tips to help you sound at smarter more confident engage your audience
whether it's one person or a roomful of people it is really important that you
employ these speaking strategies whether you
are a beginner or more advanced try using just a few of these when you speak
and like I said try recording yourself this can help
so you listening back to your speech will be able to notice the improvement
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