Communication is a
skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're
willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of
your life.
Brian Tracy
Have you heard
of the word 'mumbling'? Mumbling is
saying something very quietly and indistinctly. When we mumble others will find
it very difficult to hear what we say. It is also called murmuring or
muttering.
The major
cause for mumbling is not opening the lips adequately. We have to pronounce the
vowels and consonants properly. When we speak with a closed lips, we will not
be able to pronounce the vowels and consonants distinctly and this will affect
our articulation.
You can
correct mumbling through some simple exercises.
Stand in front
of a mirror and whisper the vowels a , e
, i , o , u and notice how your lips move. Open your mouth and exaggerate as you shout
these vowels sounds. Again notice how your lips move when you shout these
sounds. Repeat this exercise and practice speaking with your mouth open.
You can try
one more exercise. Take a pencil or pen and bite it between your molar teeth
and speak! Read a paragraph from a book. Practice this exercise for about five
minutes.
This will relax your lips since you cannot move your jaws in this
position.
Try these
exercises and you will notice your diction and articulation improve.
N C Sridharan
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