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Does Exercise Strengthen Speech Muscles?

You already know that specific exercise will strengthen your skeletal muscles—for example leg muscles for running, football—both soccer and American football– and  arm muscles and upper body exercise for many sports, including tennis.   What about muscles for human speaking?  Skeletal muscle is found throughout the body, attached to bones via tendons. It is also […]

Public Speaking- Best Advice for Speech Writing

Public Speaking-  Best Advice for Speech Writing Asked to do a presentation, a speech? Speech writing is different than other writing.  The best speeches are written not to be read with the eyes but to be heard. Maximize success by writing the speech to be heard. Here are some tips for direct, clear, appealing speech […]

“N” Most Frequent Consonant- Do Vocal Strength Exercise

The consonant “n” is the most frequent consonant in English. Recall all those prefixes and especially suffixes— en, an, in, ment, tion, sion, cian, etc. American positioning of the tongue for “n” requires muscle stiffness of the tip of the tongue, and extending the voicing at the vocal folds and speech volume are all critical. […]

/d/- Vocal Strength Exercise

Most common pronunciation error for grammar is the consonant [d] for past tense verbs. (Today I play; yesterday I played.) Here’s a vocal strengthening exercise to get that /d/ right. —Take a deep breath and pronounce /d/ consecutively for as many times as you can. Do this exercise 3 times a day for at least […]

Get “s” and “z” for Grammar “s”

Surprising but true, along with “r” and “l” pronunciation, “s” is most difficult for native-born children in North America. It’s critical for grammar for plurals, subject- verb agreement (“I sit” but “she sits”) and for possessive (“The house belongs to Sam” and “Sam’s house.” Added to the pronunciation difficulty is that “Grammar s” is always […]