If thought is electricity, and our language is a transmitter, then we need strong connecting wires. Without them, thoughts from the brain reach the language with interference, and even prepared speech can turn into an incoherent set of words.

There is nothing wrong with that, just in some cases it can do harm. Any person evaluates your essence, and one of the criteria is the ability to communicate. Why do we need to scare off the "big shot" once again?

Therefore, in order to always be on top and learn how to correctly express our thoughts, we will immediately consider 3 directions for the development of our speech. We will act comprehensively, because these areas are strongly intertwined.

3 criteria for quality speech:

Quick wording

#1 Practice (fastest and 100% way)

Just as a muscle grows with exercise, so does the speed of formulation increase with practice. And if the muscle can still be pumped up with magic powder or an injection, then speech is no longer possible. And that means you have to put in the effort.

But there is a secret boring practice will only hurt us. Struding dictionaries, saving newspaper clippings and standing in front of a mirror will only discourage the desire to develop oneself. Therefore, it is necessary to take only what will be interesting. And you can try the following:

• Take any word and define it

  For example, when you stand and wash the dishes, there is not much to do, both hands are busy and all that remains is to think. Just at this time you can practice.

  Oh spoon! A spoon is a voluminous, one-sided-convex object, endowed with the ability to send food to the mouth. Plate. A plate is a flat material body of a rounded shape, which serves as a reservoir of food for a person. And so on in the same way.

  With such foolishness the brain forms a cliché(pattern phrases) and then uses them to talk. He does not have to formulate - you have already done this in advance - he just needs to remember and put it on the tongue.

• If you read at least a few pages a day, then one page can be read aloud. In this case, the brain will not only see, but also hear beautiful speech. Here again, the memory that forms template blanks works.

• Start a diary or blog

  You have the same attempt when talking, so this exercise is as close to reality as possible.

• Speak your actions

  Think of yourself as a cooking show host when you're making a sandwich, or as a driving instructor when you're driving. The more you talk and develop speech speed, the easier it will be for you to express your thoughts later.

• Don't be afraid of discussion

  In a dispute, not only truth is born, but also the ability to express one's point of view. It's like chess: you analyze your opponent, attack his arguments, bring your own - in general, it turns out to be a good training session.

  Agree that training with a living person is much better workout with a "pear" (in our case, with diary entries). Try to take advantage of any situation, so do not miss the opportunity to participate in the dispute.

#2 Wisdom of all wise men

2 ears - 1 mouth. Listen more, talk less. Talk without thinking - shoot without aiming.

All these aphorisms come down to one thing: before you say something, you need to carefully listen and think over your speech. It's simple math: the less you say, the less likely you are to say something stupid. The more you listen, the you can think better.

After thinking and pulling time, you will be fully equipped:

• Are you prepared for the interviewer's questions?

• You do not breed boltology, but briefly and to the point convey information

• You express your thoughts consistently and it is easier for you to convince a person

In order to do all this, you need to write theses in your head - to determine what you want to say. Then, gradually cover them with sugar - arguments, justifications and answers to possible questions. And in the end, without unnecessary water, express your thoughts, explaining and illustrating if necessary.

#3 Crib

In some situations, thoughts do not fit on their own, so you must have a plan "B". That is, when you feel that you have lost the thread or gone off topic, you need to smoothly jump off the conversation or switch to an abstract subject.

To do this, you need prepared phrases. You can come up with them yourself, or you can take from the list below:

• “Fuh, I've worked so hard that porridge is in my head. Let me tell you later…”(Honestly admit that you are talking nonsense)

• “Well, this is the story, I don’t remember everything. You better tell me how Vovka is there.(Switch to the interlocutor, and then ask questions)

• “Oh, look what car drove by, I heard from her…..”(Quickly switch to surroundings to come back and summarize)

• "Well, it's all empty. Let's talk business..."(Reduce everything to stupidity and focus on another topic)

These are the simplest and most versatile options. To evade the conversation is not so noticeable, you can come up with versions for your environment.

Vocabulary and variety

To build a house, you need bricks. In order to formulate and correctly express your thoughts, you need words. Below we will consider methods for replenishing vocabulary.

#1 Food is obtained by hunting

The simplest and most obvious option is. And it's true: if you want to speak beautifully, you need to love literature.

But! Us beautiful literary words are rarely useful. Much more important are ligaments, transitions and turns of speech. Therefore, you can read completely different books, the main thing is that you like them.

If you love the classics, the letters of great people will help well. In them they communicate with their contemporaries and some expressions can be borrowed for themselves.

Another option is to watch lectures. They are good colloquial style and having a narrator. Imperceptibly, you will adopt his manners: competently place accents, pause and use bright comparative turns.

Choose the field of activity you are interested in and a worthy speaker. In this case, you will chase two birds with one stone at the same time: you will improve your knowledge and learn to express your thoughts.

#2 Exercise Game

Write down the word and choose synonyms for it. You can do this in your mind, or you can arrange competitions between your family. In any case, no one will lose and only improve erudition.

#3 Environment

To learn how to express your thoughts and replenish your vocabulary, you need to immerse yourself in the appropriate society. You can do this in real life, or you can do it online. For example, try to watch speeches by speakers (as a TED option), video lectures, webinars. The key is to do it consistently. so that the "wave of vernacular" does not absorb the rudiments of intellectuality

#4 Memory Development

Vocabulary requires a good memory. The catch is that it is quite difficult to train it on purpose and it will take a lot of time. Therefore, we consider memory as coming phenomenon.

What is the point? Not a memory needs to be improved for memorization, and memorize, to improve memory. Do not try to specifically "inflate the brain", but try to fill it useful information to inflate itself.

That is, if you want to remember a word, you must use it in speech as often as possible and the result will be an improvement in memory. The more words you learn and apply, the easier it will be to remember the rest.

Expressiveness and confidence

It is impossible to beautifully express your thought, languidly wagging your tongue. Just remember: at least once have you admired a person who is insecure and mumbling under his breath?

#one. During a conversation, do not concentrate on yourself, do not think about appearance. Focus on what you want to say.

Visualize the object, savor your knowledge. At first, you will have to make efforts to hold thoughts, but then it will be automatic.

With this method, you will reduce the level of excitement and fully invest in the conversation. The brain can only hold one thought at a time., and when you forget about the opportunity to make a reservation or blunt, the words will pour themselves. This happens because the brain focuses entirely on the conversation, which means it picks up offers faster.

#2 Voice recorder / camera

Record your speech on electronic media to listen to it from the side. First - the voice will seem unfamiliar, second - you will immediately hear your shortcomings.

It can be:

Long pauses

A lot of "water" in the conversation

Once you recognize the problem, it will be easier to deal with it. You will know what to focus on Don't try to improve everything at once.

#3 Feel the mood

• Say goodbye if the person wants to leave

• Change the subject if the person is bored

• Show knowledge if there is an important person in front of you

Be on the same wavelength with a person so that he remembers you as a pleasant conversationalist. Among annoying and boring storytellers, you will stand out.

#4 Don't try to please

The best confidence is not being afraid to be real. You will only harm communication if you bend and flatter.

Naturalness inspires confidence. The simpler and more relaxed you treat yourself, the faster you will join the conversation. And the easier it will be for you to express the desired thought.

#5 Magnetism

Your speech should attract attention in every way. Somewhere you need to stop, somewhere turn up the volume, somewhere insert a digression. Do not let the person fall asleep, let him feel your story.

Here are a few quick ways beautify the conversation:

• Actively gesticulate

• Turn on facial expressions

• Insert jokes or stories

• Make accents

• Break your speech into small paragraphs

Most importantly, don't be shy! If a emotion comes from within then you will only win. This will show your honesty and openness, which will play into your hands in the future.

#6 And finally

You can't learn to ride a bike without falling. Don't be afraid to make mistakes and don't focus on failures. The interlocutor has his own problems, and he doesn't care about your spans.

A person will either understand you or smile. But in any case, he will forget about it in 5 minutes.

Conclusion

Learning to express your thoughts is actually easier than it seems. Everything comes with a strong desire and performance. The main thing to remember: A chain cannot be stronger than its weakest link

Clarity of thought determines the clarity of presentation - this is the truth. Why are many people unable to speak clearly and clearly formulate their position? How to learn to express yourself so that you are understood and wanted to listen.

Not everyone knows how to express their thoughts. You listen, you listen to such a person - and in vain you try to catch a reasonable thought from the stream of words and understand what he wanted to say.

And then if you have the patience to listen to the end. And involuntarily you begin to think: does he himself understand what he is talking about? After all, it was not for nothing that back in the 17th century, the French literary critic N. Boileau wrote: "Whoever thinks clearly, he clearly states."

To be able to correctly formulate your thoughts in order to convey them to the interlocutor is important both in a friendly conversation and when applying for a job, especially one that requires business contacts and negotiations.

Things to think about before you start talking

1. Define the main idea

Before entering into a conversation, one should “think out” the thought to the end, that is, clearly imagine what will be discussed. L. N. Tolstoy believed: “To deal with the language somehow means to think somehow.” Based on this, the inability to express one's thought indicates that it has not yet fully "ripened" in the speaker's head.

2. Use less detail

The mistake many people make when talking is that they give too much great attention details, making it impossible to capture main idea. No wonder A.P. Chekhov said that brevity is the sister of talent. Excessive talkativeness and verbosity only make it difficult to perceive what has been said.

3. Don't get distracted

Sometimes during a conversation, the speaker is distracted, looking at foreign objects, which is why he often loses the thread of the conversation. Therefore, trying to convey something important to the interlocutor, it is worth focusing on your thoughts.

4. Speak loudly and clearly

Often, when telling something, we jump from one topic to another, speak in fragments of phrases and think at the same time that the interlocutor should understand us perfectly. You should not think that he is obliged to guess what we want to say - it is better to speak clearly and clearly right away.

What does the ability to formulate thoughts depend on?

Logic will help in the ability to express your thoughts, because it is not without reason that it is called the science of correct thinking or the art of reasoning.

The main task of logic is to draw the correct conclusion on the basis of reasoning and get a true idea of ​​the subject of reflection. “Logic is the pursuer of dark and confusing thinking,” said the English philosopher J. Mill back in the 19th century.

Thus, in order to be able to correctly formulate your thoughts, you need to learn how to build a logical chain of reasoning in order to convey to the listener a clear understanding of the narrator's thoughts. And for this it does not hurt to study the logic and its laws.

Learning to formulate your thoughts is impossible in the absence of a rich vocabulary. Suppose a person speaks briefly, clearly, is not distracted, but it is not interesting to listen to him and he is no interlocutor. Perhaps the fact is that he has a poor vocabulary. For example, the vocabulary of an educated person today is about 10,000 words. For comparison: A. S. Pushkin used over 21 thousand words in his works.

A person who has a rich vocabulary and knows how to use it attracts people as an interesting conversationalist. Employers are no exception, as good literate speech speaks of education and creativity.

How to increase your vocabulary?

One way to enrich vocabulary is by reading. This is confirmed by the words of the French Enlightener: "People stop thinking when they stop reading." You need to read not everything in a row, but those works that really help to enrich speech - the classics L. Tolstoy, M. Bulgakov, etc., and read thoughtfully, analyzing what you read. You can write out the words and expressions you like so that, if necessary, use them in your speech.

AT Everyday life most people tend to use the same set of words. However, it is not difficult to make your speech interesting and noteworthy if, with the help of a dictionary of synonyms or an explanatory dictionary for banal and hackneyed words, which, perhaps, we ourselves are already tired of, we select alternative options and include them in our vocabulary.

It will help to make speech bright, beautiful and figurative by remembering the words, phrases and expressions you like, which you can “overhear” in someone else’s conversation, film, etc. and make them “your own”. It is best, of course, to write them down and re-read them from time to time, since they tend to be forgotten.

How does the state of memory affect the ability to express thoughts?

Many people are familiar with the feeling of confusion during a conversation, especially an emotional one, when not only “beautiful” and correct words disappear from memory, but also any words at all. And only after a while it suddenly dawns on a person what should have been said. The development of memory and quick reaction will help here.

Insufficient saturation of the blood and, accordingly, the brain with oxygen worsens the state of memory. Many people are familiar with the feeling of fatigue that comes with a long stay in a poorly ventilated room. Physical activity and sports improve blood circulation, ensure the efficiency of the brain, which also affects the state of memory.

Equally important is a good night's sleep - otherwise, the memory at the chemical level will not work at full capacity. Tobacco and alcohol in large quantities over time lead to a deterioration in memory, and foods that contain a lot of protein (meat, fish, eggs, etc.) and are easily digested (for example, boiled vegetables) improve it. Intense mental work is accompanied by a loss of calcium and phosphorus, so their reserves must be replenished by turning off cheese, nuts, eggs, etc. in the diet. It is curious what worsens brain function and a full stomach.

It is necessary to train the memory in the same way as any other organ, which otherwise atrophies over time. Everyone has their own way of training. The main thing, before asking for help, is to first try to remember the forgotten things yourself.

As a memory training, you can, for example, add up in your mind the numbers that make up the numbers of cars passing by. Or, for non-urgent calculations, do not rush to use a calculator.

Many are helped by remembering the necessary names, other people's birthdays, phone numbers and addresses with the help of associations and parallels built in their minds. For example, remembering the code of a bank card 2467, we focus on the fact that 2 and 4 add up to 6, followed by 7.

How to get the skills of forming thoughts?

Keeping a personal diary will help you learn how to form your thoughts. Both a computer version and a "paper" version will do. Keeping a diary on paper will take more time, but it will allow you not to rashly delete the text you don’t like. Over time, the texts at the beginning and at the end can be compared to evaluate the result. Of course, you need to write not dryly and monosyllabically, but expressing your mood, emotions and trying to show eloquence.

Some people, in order to learn how to express their thoughts, start blogging on the Internet, for example, on LiveJournal, and even risk posting their videos on, in order to look at themselves from the outside and get an assessment.

Skills in the ability to formulate and express your thoughts, as well as defend your point of view, can be acquired by participating in discussions and forums, both online and live. And the more sociable a person is, the more opportunities he will have to demonstrate his “oratorical” abilities and “hone” his skills.

However, it is important to have not just a wide circle of contacts - it must be appropriate in terms of intelligence and interests. After all, constantly dealing with people in a conversation with whom you do not have to strain and who themselves cannot connect two words, a person gradually loses the ability to express his thoughts easily and clearly.

Eloquence and expressing thoughts "on the case" makes people think about your rightness, thereby bringing you closer to public recognition.

Anyone can learn to express their thoughts correctly. To do this, you need to monitor the ornateness of the syllable, literacy, and even the intonation of your statements.

We build sentences correctly

The first brick in the foundation of the building called “how to learn to speak beautifully” is a clear and grammatically correct construction of sentences. After mastering this wisdom, the newly minted speaker will be able to produce stylistically correct sentences, while not thinking about how this is done.

Most likely, at the beginning of training, it will be a little difficult to generate semantically correct constructions on the fly. Therefore, before delivering a scheduled report, it is better to write down the basic maxims on paper - this way it will be easier for you to generate your speech.
As you prepare your speech, consider:

• interesting thoughts,
• expressions and word forms that come to mind.

Review the information received, it will facilitate your further work.

So, one of the working methods of developing the skill of beautiful oral speech is keeping a diary. It records the events that happened to a person during the day. One side, this method helps to streamline thoughts, on the other hand, it teaches them to express them beautifully and, as a result, helps to learn how to speak beautifully.

Thesaurus Improvement

Communicate more with different people

In the event that learning to speak beautifully is your goal, you need to realize once and for all that the wider your vocabulary, the more ornate and interesting your speech will be. In order to keep your thesaurus constantly updated, it is recommended to read more books and, drawing unfamiliar words from them, study and memorize their meaning. The same can be done when communicating with people.

The more words you know, the more diverse your social circle will become, because you will be able to keep up a conversation with representatives different professions and social strata. That's right, thanks to the practice of communication and reading, you will significantly expand your vocabulary and make the speech more ornate.

To replenish vocabulary, experts recommend reading complex books with an abundance of unfamiliar words. Thus, you can achieve amazing results in a fairly short time.

Reading classical works is the key to competent and beautiful speech

Read books

Everyone has long known that classical music helps people learn how to speak beautifully. literary works- No wonder the whole world admires them. Remember that not every reading is useful for the formation of competent speech. So, reading the tabloid press or mediocre women's novels, you will never master the Virgil style. And vice versa, when reading classical literature - Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy - a person puts precious speech turns into a piggy bank, which will certainly come in handy when conducting a conversation or reciting a speech.

Remember that writers and poets are called upon not only to entertain people and give them a sense of beauty. It is they who can make a world-class orator out of a tongue-tied person. Remember that well-delivered speech directly depends on reading.

Nevertheless, one should not focus solely on the classics - today, there are a huge number of modern writers who introduce their own, unique and unlike anything style into the written word. Milorad Pavic, Boris Vian, Richard Brautigan - their work is permeated with a fairy tale, their style can literally be felt. By reading high-quality literature, you will notice that, over time, your speech will become more interesting, saturated with synonyms and metaphors. Now people will reach out to you with a request to teach them how to speak beautifully.

Technique of conducting public disputes

To learn how to speak beautifully, you should determine for yourself a few points. First, why do you need a beautiful, staged conversation? Do you just want to match up with your friends by talking to them as equals, or is your goal to become a professional public speaker who can turn the crowd on?

Different ends require different means. So, chatting with a few friends will never compare with public speaking to huge audiences. Even as a person with a well-delivered speech, before going to a meeting with a large number of people, be it a rally or a concert, you need to think through every phrase to the smallest detail and write down the result, in case you succumb to excitement or forget what you wanted to say.

Of course, it is necessary to plan performances of this kind in advance. In addition, after creating the perfect sketch, you should periodically re-read it - you may want to add or change something. Among other things, while proofreading your speech, you will probably find a few mistakes in it that are worth correcting.

The role of gestures and facial expressions in the construction of a monologue

Having understood how beautiful it is to communicate, you will certainly notice that even the most beautiful speech will be dry and uninteresting without the use of facial expressions and gestures. So, to be sure that your speaking skills are really good, you should practice near the mirror and understand what your strengths are and what you, on the contrary, are doing wrong.

At first, your gestures will look a little funny, but as you practice, you will understand what should be removed from the process, and what points look bright, they are better left. It should not be assumed that ideal solution will become an implausible, strained smile that will become your companion throughout the monologue. Remember that people feel fake, and the more natural you look, the better you will be perceived. Practicing in front of the mirror long enough, you will certainly achieve tangible results.

As in any business, oratory important motivation. Be persistent, remember that you will never master the technique of competent presentation of thoughts.

The beauty of speech is in its confidence

Some people cannot express their thoughts clearly and clearly, not because of a lack of knowledge or an insufficient vocabulary base, sometimes the reason lies in banal shyness. If you notice that this problem concerns you, it is worth, first of all, to cross the inner barrier and stop being afraid of people. If you have already learned how to express your thoughts in the family circle or your mirror image, this does not mean that you do not hesitate in front of a large number of people. Practice self-control and, in time, you will be able to.

Highlight the main points

Of course, the variety of details in your monologue is a positive thing, however, sometimes your interlocutor can simply lose the thread. Remember too long literary works - have you ever wanted to put the book on the far shelf just because the climax will never come? This is also the case in the construction of a monologue.

Remember that even the most interesting information presented boringly loses all meaning and deprives the interlocutor of interest. When creating a speech, be guided by the main rule - stipulate the most important and interesting postulates, while omitting minor details that the interlocutor, if desired, will ask himself.

• all in all,
• as if,
• exactly this,
• type,
• shorter.

A voice recorder will help you get rid of them, on which you can record part of your monologue and, after listening to it, highlight your own inserted words that haunt you.

It doesn't matter what exactly you record, because our goal is to identify unnecessary words in the process itself. Many people, having started recording themselves on a dictaphone, are simply amazed at the amount of unnecessary garbage flying out of their mouths.

Remember - a person who expresses his thoughts beautifully and correctly always stands out from the masses, they begin to imitate him, he literally becomes an ideal in terms of communication.

Do not forget that grandiloquent communication is a wonderful process, but it is far from always appropriate. It is worth delimiting circles of communication, understanding where you are at a particular moment in time and with whom you are having a dialogue. Sometimes, in order to achieve understanding, it is worth starting to communicate with people in the language that they understand to a greater extent.

Also, remember two necessary points that must be present when conducting a discussion or a simple friendly conversation. It's about self-control and maintaining self-control.

The ability to speak beautifully will be useful to every person, regardless of profession. Interlocutors always respond positively to the set voice, good diction, well-formed phrases and justified intonations. Mastering the introduction to the art of rhetoric.

Among the professions in demand lately, most are based on the ability to speak beautifully and correctly. Lawyers, politicians, announcers on numerous television and radio channels, teachers, those who work with clients - in a word, representatives of a huge number of successful people must speak in such a way that they are listened to, listened to, admired.

Therefore, work on your speech includes three main areas:

• diction training (clear pronunciation);
• work on the technique and content of speech;
• increase your vocabulary and development of speech.

In addition to verbal (verbal) there are non-verbal means of speech: intonation, facial expressions, eye contact, etc. True, these means will begin to “work” if the main tool - your beautiful speech - will bear fruit.

The correctness of speech, the clarity of the origin of vowels and consonants, the change of intonation, the emphasis in your voice - all these characteristics of your speech will help you influence almost any person, win him over, convince him that he is right or that he needs to continue further cooperation with you.

diction training

You need to start training with proper breathing. If you breathe incorrectly, then this can lead to a breakdown in the voice, prolonged pauses, and a distortion of the meaning of the phrase. Therefore, during public speaking speakers do not use ordinary breathing, but speech. Normal breathing may simply not be enough, so it is important to learn how to use air correctly and restore it in time. In this case, diaphragmatic breathing is used. It is developed by a whole system of breathing exercises, but they require perseverance and great patience.

• Record your reading of any text on the recorder.
• Listen to the resulting recording.
• Let others listen to it.
• Compare your opinion with someone else's.
• Highlight major weaknesses.

The most common pronunciation errors are:

• incorrect pronunciation of vowels in a weak position (without stress);
• "eating" individual consonants;
• loss of vowel sounds;
• incorrect connection of consonants when they are connected;
• indistinct pronunciation of hissing and whistling sounds;
• mispronunciation soft sounds etc.

It is advisable to correct diction with the help of specialists. Now there are many organizations where speech therapists work. Of course, in general, classes are designed for children, but you can take private lessons to quickly achieve the desired effect.

All classes should begin with exercises to relax the muscles responsible for proper articulation. It is better to follow a certain sequence of exercises. You need to start the exercises with the simplest ones, gradually moving on to more complex ones. You need to practice every day. Move on to the next exercise only after fully mastering the previous one. Every day you need to set new goals and objectives. The results achieved from time to time need to be maintained by repeating the basic exercises.

Work on the content and technique of your speech

One of common mistakes speech - too fast speech. When a person is in a hurry, what is called chattering, it is difficult to perceive him. You need to learn to control the pace of your speech. To begin with, you can pronounce some speech material at a very slow pace that does not require special understanding. It can be a sequence of numbers, for example, up to one hundred, names of months, cities or countries, a list of male or female names.

It is better to write down this sequence so that you can pronounce the words in the forward and reverse order. Over time, having memorized this sequence, it is better to reproduce from memory, while simultaneously training the memory. Then you need to move on to repeating the text by ear. Moreover, it should be recorded at a fast pace, but it will need to be repeated at a slow pace.

How to "put" a voice

Of course, the term "voice production" refers more to musicians, actors and other creative professions. It means that you need to train the strength of the voice, its range and timbre. The strength of the voice can be trained if you pronounce texts of various types loudly and clearly: poems, fables, odes, poems in prose.

The range can be expanded if you pronounce a variety of text exercises at the highest or lowest tones. In this case, the voice should ideally become higher or lower, depending on the ultimate goal. The timbre of the voice depends on overtones, that is, on an additional tone that sounds like a kind of echo. An overtone appears at the moment of reflection of sound from the wall of a natural resonator (one's own skull, chest cavity, larynx, and others).

Speech development

Unfortunately, modern people they become more and more tongue-tied, they cannot correctly express an idea, they get confused in the meanings of words. This is due to many reasons.

Firstly, now they read little, as they spend more time at the computer monitor or TV screen.

Secondly, samples of literate speech are heard too little. It's no secret that even from the TV screen you rarely hear samples of correct and beautiful speech. There is no need to talk about radio stations at all: DJs communicate with radio listeners in the same way as they are used to communicating with friends - sprinkling their speech with slang words and expressions.

Thirdly, they rarely watch theatrical performances. Indeed, the theater requires a special style of dress, it is necessary to behave culturally, the most important thing is to understand the content of individual mise-en-scenes, the complexity of the character of the characters. All this requires extra effort from people, so it’s much easier to go to the movies, eat popcorn and “neigh”.

However, if you are firmly convinced that your speech is distinguished by the poverty of the dictionary, the abundance speech errors and incorrect construction of sentences, and you intend to learn how to control the attention of the audience, then you just need to urgently start working on your own speech.

Learning to speak beautifully

So, here are some tips that will help you learn how to master beautiful and competent speech.

1. Build sentences correctly

Illiterate and monotonous speech is given out primarily by incorrectly constructed sentences. When a person painfully selects words to continue the thought he has begun, makes long pauses, and as a result receives a “clumsy” thought, this indicates that he does not own the technique of correctly constructing sentences.

You need to start learning the correct construction with written exercises, writing down interesting thoughts, observations, aphorisms in a separate notebook. In the future, immediately before the performance, you need to compose the text in advance on paper, retelling according to the finished plan, repeating individual expressions.

You can generally keep a diary (it's fashionable, judging by TV shows like "The Diary of Dr. Zaitseva" and the like), writing down impressions for the day, some of your observations, reasoning. All this contributes to the development of speech in general, and the correct construction of sentences in particular.

2. Increase your vocabulary

The poverty of speech betrays a meager vocabulary. If a person expresses his assessments, judgments, comments in the same words, this indicates that it is difficult for him to express his thoughts due to lack of knowledge. Therefore, such speech makes a repulsive impression, and the person himself will not have authority, especially among those who are fluent in speech.

Agree, in our time, say, a tongue-tied director of a school is nonsense. He simply will not be able to speak to teachers, which means that he will not be able to gain authority either among colleagues or among students of his own school. After all, even illiterate students understand that teachers, and even more so the director, must be literate in every sense of the word.

How to diversify your speech? Of course, first of all, work with explanatory dictionary. Hearing a new word for yourself, you need to look up its meaning in the dictionary, write it out and remember it. Moreover, you need to memorize the word only in the context, that is, in the sentence. Used without context, the word may be incomprehensible or perceived in a distorted sense.

It’s not bad to solve at least crosswords or crossword puzzles, because the meanings of words are also given there, and sometimes in an allegorical or ironic sense, which helps to learn to understand the ambiguity of a word. It is also important to read articles in various magazines - not only in glossy ones.

For example, reading economic news will help you understand the financial and legal fields and greatly enrich your speech with terms from these areas. If you are interested in medicine, even if you watch programs like Living Healthy and the like, you can understand a variety of medical concepts, ranging from an elementary injection to highly specialized terms.

By reading articles on psychology, you can expand your vocabulary with many fairly modern concepts, because now almost everyone in our country is either a psychologist for himself or a doctor for himself. Ideally, it is better to expand the circle of your contacts. After all, maintaining relationships with lawyers, IT specialists, doctors, teachers, etc., you will voluntarily or involuntarily hear new words for you, starting to gradually understand their meaning, and then introducing them into your own speech.

3. Learn to prioritize

Attention to detail is good for observation. But, especially public ones, excessive detailing can lead to a weakening of interest and boredom. Therefore, it is important to learn how to compress any information. With the help of computer programs, compressing the amount of information is quite simple. How to do it with text?

You also need to learn how to control the pace of speech so that there is time to stop before you manage to blurt out something like that. Let a short pause be better than “squishing” and “squirting”. This requires self-discipline, constant self-control from a person, but the result is certainly worth such sacrifices.

5. Expand your speaking practice

Now, in the age of testing and copying off ready-made homework, it is rarely possible to give a monologue speech. That is why former schoolchildren and students then come to work tongue-tied. Therefore, if you set out to learn how to speak correctly, it is important to use all the opportunities for public speaking already at school.

Oral answers in class, speeches at various scientific and practical conferences, performances in front of classmates, on stage - all this will help not only become self-confident, but also make you speak coherently, competently, and convincingly.

Of course, reading classic fiction or non-fiction literature will also help, because you can always give examples from books or modern reality. And nothing makes a speech more persuasive than giving a lot of arguments.

Use gestures that will allow you to feel more comfortable being in front of the audience, and listeners will evoke the right associations. If at first you speak, peeping into the notes, then frequent and long speeches will soon help you feel confident even during direct communication with the audience or a certain circle of people.