By Olga Smith
What is the basis of English articulation? Why is it so important? What are the examples of other performers who use it too? Where you can learn it? When it is particularly useful? We will answer all 5 questions in this blog.
What is the basis of English articulation?
It is called muscular warm-up and rhythmic exercises. These simple exercises strengthen our speech organs, particularly the tongue and lips. It is very good to do tongue-twisters to master your articulation. Here is a little example of a tongue-twister from our book Get Rid of your Accent, Part 1:
She sells seashells by the sea-shore;
If she sells seashells by the sea-shore,
Then I’m sure she sells sea-shore shells.Why is articulation so important?
Because strengthening your speech organ muscles helps to master the articulation of English consonants which make your speech crisp and clear.What are the examples of other performers who use warm-up exercises?
Dancers, musicians and athletes warm up their muscles in order to perform better and avoid injuries..Where and how you can learn articulation?
You can master muscular warm-up and articulation exercises during speech lessons in a drama school, with a private elocution tutor or with our apps Get Rid of your Accent UK1, Elocution Lessons and Business English Speech., as well as with our video course Get Rid of your Accent Part Two.When it is particularly useful to do articulation exercises?
Doing warm-up and articulation exercises would be very useful before a job interview, a public speech, an important conference call, a presentation, a court appearance, teaching a class, giving a lecture, etc. We recommend that you do articulation exercises regularly, at least once a day for a few months if they have a goal to get rid of an accent and speak clearly.More on www.batcsglobal.com