Earn Your Audience’s Attention!
Earn Your Audience’s Attention! For this week’s dose of clear English speech coaching, we have a speech tip video below. Also, let’s turn our attention to those first words for your presentation. 1. The audience has given you their time. But their attention is something you have to earn. 2. The only way you […]
Pauses In A Presentation, Part Two
Pauses In A Presentation, Part Two For your weekly dose of clear English coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. Do you want to know a brilliant tactic for pausing at the beginning of a presentation? 1. Brilliantly effective is this: When you are first introduced, upon arriving at the podium or your […]
Three Most Commonly Mispronounced English Sounds for Spanish Speakers
Three Most Commonly Mispronounced English Sounds for Spanish Speakers Nearly 20% of Americans speak a different language at home. About 47% of the foreign-born population are Hispanic. The Latino population has doubled since 1990. Florida is home to the third highest total of Latinos, or 22.8 percent of the state’s population. California and Texas are home […]
Pauses In A Presentation, Part One
Pauses In A Presentation, Part One For your weekly dose of clear English coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. Now hear this: If you are an ESLer, your audience welcomes pauses in a presentation. If it is a lengthy pause of more than two seconds, smile at them, so they won’t think you forgot […]
Jumping to the Next Level for English Pronunciation—A Hero
Jumping to the Next Level for English Pronunciation—A Hero Last month I went to south Florida to connect with relatives for a family wedding and to connect with Catholic priests doing the clear talk program in the Archdiocese of Miami. Father R had been stuck in his English speech communication. But now he is hero again […]
What About Variety?
What About Variety? For your weekly dose of clear English coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. What about variety? We all crave variety: different places, different things,different people. This is especially true in a presentation where the audience may take any excuse to tune out. By giving the audience vocal variety, you give […]
The Danger of Becoming Overly Enthusiastic
The Danger of Becoming Overly Enthusiastic For your weekly dose of clear English coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. Let’s turn our attention now to the danger of becoming overly enthusiastic and perhaps intimidating or irritating an audience. 1. If you notice your voice elevating almost to the point of shouting, bring […]
Believe In What You Are Selling! Elevate Your Emotions
For your weekly dose of clear English speech coaching, we have a weekly speech tip video below. For your weekly dose of clear, successful communication, let me paraphrase Michael Klepper. There are speeches where you are selling. You’re selling a concept. You’re selling your organization’s capabilities. You’re selling a product. You’re selling a service. Most importantly, you’re selling […]
American Accent Training: What does it take to make a habit?
How do you form a habit? Neuroscientists tell us it takes doing a new pattern a thousand times before we make a neural trace in our brains. Neuroscientists tell us it takes 70 days of practice every day to change a habit. They say it takes 10,000 times of practice before a pattern is a habit. The […]
Tips for Your Presentation and Enthusiasm
For your weekly dose of clear English speech, we have a weekly speech tip video below. Let’s turn now to tips for your presentations and enthusiasm. According to Michael Klepper, most presentations suffer from a lack of enthusiasm. 1. Start with this viewpoint from Kevin Daley. The five watchwords for presentations are: credibility, commitment, integrity, enthusiasm, knowledge. Can […]