You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your
ideas won't get you anywhere.
Lee Iacocca
In an
hydraulic braking system, the brake will not work if there is a leak. In the
context of speaking, how we use the air we inhale and exhale is very
important. By doing some breathing
exercises, we can improve the quality of our speech and delivery.
Do the
following simple exercises:
1. Inhale
slowly and deeply through the nose. Hold for a few seconds. Exhale very slowly
through the mouth. Repeat this exercise five times.
2. Inhale
slowly and deeply through the nose. Exhale slowly making the sound 'ahh'. When you do this use your
diaphragm.
3. Inhale
deeply. Exhale in short explosive bursts like 'huh! huh! huh! huh! huh!
4. Inhale
slowly and count aloud clearly enunciating each number until you run out of
breath. This is a good warm up exercise and will improve your articulation.
5. Read the
following sentences as many times as you can. The sentence is filled with words
that uses air while pronouncing.
He hid at home and sobbed when his sister seized whatever he had
on top in the thin five shelved closet
Like a
footballer should know how to train his foot for hitting a ball, a speaker
should know how to use his voice!
N C Sridharan
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