I know what you mean. I live in the UK and people often say to me huh and is so annoying and like Richard say I often repeat myself without being aware of it.
I love TH-cam. The fact that one can find an expert in almost all fields. I have always had a problem with speaking clearly. This is helping, thank you.
I just came across this video because I think my enunciation has become poor since I barely speak anymore. So when I do speak, it seems like I’m barely opening my mouth. Ugh. Thank you for this video and I’ll be sure to use this everyday!
i should probably read aloud (making podcast recordings) and not only off-the-cuff speech -- the two are so different! A few years ago, I had the wrong assumption that I was a clear speaker. But I rested on my laurels and I was stunned to hear how awful and lisping and slurring my speech had become, playing back a late night recording. It took months of intensive work to correct, especially off-the-cuff speaking. I did daily podcast recording, both reading aloud and off-the cuff. A couple years later, my speech is reliably cleaned up and no longer a prominent issue BUT I will always try hard and never again rest on my laurels and take clear, clean speech skills for granted.
I'm fluent in English and learning other languages in my spare time, but even in my language I have terrible annunciation. And growing up having people constantly have trouble understanding me has made me shell up and made the problem even worse and I barely talk to people anymore. Well the first step is wanting fix it and finding out what I can do about it. Thank you for doing this series. Hopefully this will help me in the long run. ✊✊
Thank you so much for this. I'm South African, and even though English is my first language, I could not believe how bad I sounded when I heard recordings of my self. I have been practicing this a little every day, and I believe I have gotten a lot better.
I'm a traumatic brain injury survivor. I was in a coma for 6 weeks, with a survival chance of less than 50%, after I got into my car accident in November 2017. I would say I was very articulate, with a sharp tone, prior to my accident. Upon the initial stages of my recovery, my speech was about 5%, maybe 10%, of pre-accident. Every word came out of my mouth was slurred and slow. I was so disgusted and feeling hopeless, I thought about ending my life. I bumped into this video in May/June of 2018, thought it might potentially help, as I was searching for everything, ANYTHING to recover my speech, to sounds like who I used to be. I would go through this video every morning, before speaking to anyone (everything is fully memorized/automatic now, I would occasionally come back here, for the minor details). Now, when it comes to speech, I am now at 80%-90% of who I used to be. I am SO BLESSED, AND GRATEFUL to you, Ben, THANK YOU!!!!!!
Saw a few lessons online but this is by far the best. To anyone from outside the UK this is what you want to listen to. I’m from London myself and this is the best lesson on TH-cam. I was brought up in a council estate, my mother and father worked hard to get us out and did. I’m doing my best to relearn how to speak and not sound like I have a low level of education
Thank you! Native English speaker from The US, but I’ve always had difficulty with slurring certain words and not forming certain letters properly. This video was a lot of help already!
@@engvidBenjamin Hello, Benjamin. I wonder whether you have videos on how connected speech works in British English. TH-cam has many videos on how it works in American English, but there aren't enough videos providing in-depth lessons on how connected speech works in British English. Could you perhaps do something about that? I would benefit enormously from your lessons.
Quickly was easy for me. But I always stumble upon inexplicable and I can't say it right the first time. Maybe my mouth physical structure makes that word difficult for me.
Two things I really learned from this. It sounded like poetry, which had a rhythm to it. So when saying these I kind of sang them and I feel like that definitely helped me! So poetry is good to read aloud and sing scripts lol
Ben! I put you as my goal for speech improvement. I’m such a long way from your talents but I believe and I will achieve. Talk to you in a couple months! My road to a more adequate life is here.
glad to hear you have improved. do you do the video once a day? I have horrible speech cause not using my mouth enough. so hoping doing this video once a day will improve that cause I wanna sing.
@@lazyskull7949 Keep doing this everyday. As each day passes, you will improve on speaking Cleary. Remember repetition is key, and wish you the best of luck on your road to becoming a singer.
I like this exercise! I added it to my vocal warm-up favourites for singing! As it gets my tongue moving like a good workout. Love it, thank you, God bless you in Jesus name ♥
As a native English speaker, I almost completely changed my entire theory of how to speak based on this video People think I'm much more confident and articulate, and basically only my thought process behind producing speech has changed
I'm getting tired of hearing complains about my voice, there's one time I raised my hand to read a book [I'm not a native speaker], but after I had finished reading it my teacher said "Who wants to read it more clearly?" Especially when I'm reporting in front of my classmates. I stutter alot with f and th because of my braces... ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽ But instead of allowing my anxiety to get bigger, I decided to learn British English instead! Thank you for these exercises!
Wow, I have the same problem. I immediately realized after years of having braces 😰 my speech had changed. I'm a great writer so I was very articulate...then came the braces🙄
Who knew I would be out of breath after the first one. Wow I really needed this, thank you. Also, I think I naturally pronounce things better the British way than the American way. Thinking my parents picked the wrong English speaking country.
after practicing for like 5 times for each , it seemed that I chewed a gum for thousands of times.....and my parents said "what the heck are you saying😂"when passing by my bedroom😂😂😂 But it's funny and did good to my pronunciation!
Seriously the best channel for fluent speaking in English, I improved so much for 11 minutes of a video! I'm learning fluent English while waiting for the PS5 reveal! I'm so excited, and I'm about to use my voice on my TH-cam channel, this year is gonna be a lot for me to technology trying to make content and speak better! Thank you, though, what's sad though, I can't speak as QUICKLY QUICKLY QUICKLY QUICKLY QUICKLY than you...D;
Thank goodness I found this video today. I had my tongue frenulum surgery today. The doctor told me to talk a lot. It hurts to talk because my muscles ain't used to this new tongue but I have to do this or else I might talk funny in the future
I am so glad that I found your channel! I did the exercises, got instant gratification of pronouncing words so much better. This will greatly help in my TH-cam Videos. You are an amazing teacher.
This seems very useful. Definitely going to improve my articulation once and for all! I think the way I'd describe my problem is having a lazy tongue/lazy mouth, living with such a condition makes my life Hell almost on a daily basis. I'm pretty damn sure people often think I am retarded because of the way I speak, so subconsciously I end up talking much quieter because I don't want to draw attention to my speech, but this is a big mistake.. I am now practising vocal exercises, recording my own voice and listening back to it so I can try and pin point on how I can improve my speech, staying well hydrated and even singing along to songs..(when no one is around, lol). I'm basically doing all I can on my own at the moment, haven't gone to any speech therapy classes or anything but I aim to become understood when I talk because I've had it up to my eyeballs with everyone saying "What?" multiple times when I'm speaking. The worst of all though is when someone will say to someone else right in front of me "What did he say?", as if I am so far away from their spectrum that I will not hear or understand them... it makes me feel so pathetic and different, I am unable to enjoy my life like this. End of rant. Thanks for the upload mate, you earned a sub! :)
I wish you well. Hope these exercises help. There's much more to learn about clear speech beyond what I am able to teach in this one video. It's just an introduction.
As someone who read your comment and thought "Wow, so I am not the only one with a problem like this", I want to ask if the exercises worked for you and do you have any recommendations/advice for a fellow lazy mouth person :)
@@golguar9333 I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you here mate, I was trying these exercises out for a couple days but then totally forgot about them so not really progressed yet I don't think. However it is comforting to know there are others with the same problem as me, like you I thought I was the only one too! There was something I was looking into that may help and make a huge difference, look up "Diaphragmatic breathing", if you can learn this it apparently helps you to project your voice more and such. Lots of vocalists and speakers ect do this so it was something I wanted to get used to doing because it may help me to sound more "normal" if you will :D Hope this helps you bro, I know first hand the sheer frustration you have been going through your whole life, will keep you updated btw if I get back round to these exercises and notice any changes. Good luck for now mate :)
@@ChimpScape Thanks for the reply, will have to look up diaphragmatic breathing. Stay strong and good luck in the endeavor. Oh, and if I find something that helps, I'll report it back here :D
Same here with being softly spoken and having a lazy mouth you guys! I'm so glad I'm not the only one, but I'm sure if we put lots of practise in then we'll improve plenty :D Also it took a while but I'm pretty sure I've improved my diaphragmatic breathing, and it makes a huge difference when I'm singing - just have to develop the habit of doing it when speaking now :)
Thank you, Benjamin, for your lessons!!! They are very interesting, understandable and helpful. And you are very charming, it's pleasure to listen and improve English with you
I have a 12-year-old son who I swear has a speech impediment. I had his middle school speech therapist testing and she said he doesn't but I know she's wrong. I'm around him all the time. He has sometimes a slight lisp with s's, but other times not. The only way I can describe it is that sometimes he's mush mouth, it's hard to understand him. I think it's affecting his ability to find friends. I will have him try this 15 minutes a day every day and see if it helps. Thank you so much
He’s such an engaging person, I even giggled with him when he made a mistake. It’s like he’s really here with me in the room. I wish I could be a teacher like him.
I have just come across your video... other channels do not compare to yours. I have ASD with associated speech and language complications. This will definitely improve any speeches I will have to complete as an art gallery curator! Thank you Benjamin for this excellent video!
Thank you Benjamin. You have a new subscriber. This video is very helpful for me as I am studying to become a teacher and feel I need a lot of work on enunciation. I finish my studies mid year and I assure you this is going to be on my classroom wall 🎉🎉 Thanks again, Benjamin. God Bless🙏🏾
I came across this video, and I'm really glad i did. In my head everything runs smoothly, but as soon as i speak, my pronunciation gets all tangled. I've just spent a little time with your video and immediately noticed a difference 🎉 Thank you soo much!!
Hello Benjamin and thanks for this helpful videos. I'm a college student in Texas who is afraid to speak in public due to my accent, and mispronunciation of words. I tend to forget how to speak in English when they ask me a question. I wanted to tell you also that you should post a video about speaking English for Mexican speakers.
Hello Benjamin! This may be helpful too... To say F and V, your top teeth touch your lower lip . To say W, and to make it different from V, your lips are in a rounded position,that is ,your teeth do not touch your lips to make the W sound. Again,the lips are rounded when you say the letter O...the difference between the w- sound and o- sound,is you slightly push your rounded lips out to say the w sound as in woman,and you draw your rounded lips in when you say 'omen'. (P.S. Many children are taught to pronounce the letter W as 'dablu' instead of ' double U') Regards,from India🇮🇳
This is brilliant. studied drama in Russia and this is exactly how we were taught to speak clearly. Best kept secrets! :) It is incredibly helpful! Thank you!
Issue is I had very clear speech - but suddenly I am having difficulty in speaking longer sentences with clarity - its like I start very clear but then it gets a bit difficult after some time. I feel as if my tongue got heavy. Hope this helps!
Yes, these exercises should help but I would also recommend working with a trained Voice coach. This is something I can provide so do get in contact via www.honeyourenglish.com if you would like more help.
I don't hesitate to express my thoughts and make a conversation but it's with me naturally that sometimes I find it hard to pronounce some specific letters a bit hard while speaking like the use of 'd' and 't'. I'm not short of words but my mouth gets clogged as if it's locking by itself and make not clear sentences. I'll work on my speech technique by the help of your videos
quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, I love all the exercises. thanks so much :D
I believe I have a speech impediment as I suffer from lisp but I also grew up saying words like tractor like "chractor" and it sounds awful and a lack of confidence with my speaking makes me nervous so i dont carry confidence in my voice either im hoping this video works
This is really helpful cuz people always go like "HUH" or "Say that again" or "What did you just say" and stuff like that whenever I speak. It literally happens a minimum of 20 times a day in school lol. It's really annoying. I'll grind this and hopefully I'll stop speaking like an absolute mong
@@7860092 Yeah it helped me quite a bit. Apparently I've been speaking too quick and I haven't been opening my mouth enough when speaking. Now I speak slower and more clear and people tend to understand what I say pretty much all the time.
"To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark, dock. In a pestilential prison with a life-long lock. Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp, shock. From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block." "In tooting two tutors astute tried to toot a duke on a flute. But duets so gruelling and only in duelling when tutors astute toot the flute."
I learned the following as tongue swisters as a kid and can now say them pretty fast- I scram, you scream we all scream for ice (iced) cream Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
Hearing myself recorded I can't even recognize myself as the speaker. This is exactly what I've been looking for to do some basic speech therapy on myself.
Everything written on board. ;) S/P/C/B/D Tom sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock. In a pestilential prison with life long lock. Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block T/D In tooling two tutors astute tried to tute a duke on a flute. But duet so grueling end only in dueling when tutors astute too the flute. M/H/I She stood on the balcony inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping and amicably welcoming him home. F Five flippant Frenchmen fly from France for fashions V Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently Th This thin that thatch these themes those thorns the thug they thank. Do drop in at the dewdrop inn K kiss her quick, kiss her quicker, kiss her quickest L Larry sent the latter a letter later J Jean just jostled James gently Intonation I scream you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Q Quickly quickly R Reading and writing are richly rewarding I am the very pattern of a modern Major General. I have information vegetable, animal and mineral; I know the kings of England and fights historical I understand equations, both simple and quadratical. I am very good at integral and differential calculus I know the scientific names of being animaculous I short, in matters vegetable, animal and mineral I am the very model of a modern Major General.
I speak with English people online alot. And it really triggers me that they can just say and pronounce everything so perfectly while I sit there not being understood at all. I lisp and studder all the time it's killing me lmfao
@@engvidBenjamin Yeah I know. But I wish I could speak clearly like most of my friends and family. It's really bothering me that I can never tell stories or anything like that because in the middle of the story I start to studder and my voice becomes shaky and unclear and I start lisping and speaking super quickly..
@@Corrupt03 be kind to yourself, nobody is perfect, some people have other weakness, the sooner you relax about your speaking weakness,,the quicker you will improve your speech
Just like you, I stumbled upon the word 'INEXPLICABLE' but unlike you I realized I can't say it even when I try to speak it correctly. Had to practice speaking it correctly by repeating it over and over again for 2 minutes. Wow, didn't realize it is such a tongue twister.
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Thank you so much for posting this video I am a new denture wearer and this video is helping with learning how to speak with them in
Benjamin, you are....an incredible and wonderful teacher! Keep on going this way. We, students, love you.
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Do you do voice coaching with children?
I'm so sick of people saying huh? when I talk. thank you for these lessons.
Same or saying what?
I can relate 😭
Same
Gets frustrating and after so long I find myself repeating parts of sentences without even realizing it just out of anticipation.
I know what you mean. I live in the UK and people often say to me huh and is so annoying and like Richard say I often repeat myself without being aware of it.
I love TH-cam. The fact that one can find an expert in almost all fields. I have always had a problem with speaking clearly. This is helping, thank you.
Glad to help!
I just came across this video because I think my enunciation has become poor since I barely speak anymore. So when I do speak, it seems like I’m barely opening my mouth. Ugh. Thank you for this video and I’ll be sure to use this everyday!
Yes, Lexi 5 minutes of daily practice makes a big difference.
❤I get it.
me too. i am lonely at 17.
i should probably read aloud (making podcast recordings) and not only off-the-cuff speech -- the two are so different!
A few years ago, I had the wrong assumption that I was a clear speaker.
But I rested on my laurels and I was stunned to hear how awful and lisping and slurring my speech had become, playing back a late night recording. It took months of intensive work to correct, especially off-the-cuff speaking. I did daily podcast recording, both reading aloud and off-the cuff. A couple years later, my speech is reliably cleaned up and no longer a prominent issue BUT I will always try hard and never again rest on my laurels and take clear, clean speech skills for granted.
Same for me .. I basically went mute for a few years and now when im talking I get a lot of “huhs”
I'm fluent in English and learning other languages in my spare time, but even in my language I have terrible annunciation. And growing up having people constantly have trouble understanding me has made me shell up and made the problem even worse and I barely talk to people anymore.
Well the first step is wanting fix it and finding out what I can do about it. Thank you for doing this series. Hopefully this will help me in the long run. ✊✊
Same experience here. Have you stuck with it and improved over the past year?
hey have u improved after all these years?
Same boat
Have u improved?
has anyone here stuck with it and improved
This is great, I use it 10 minutes a day to articulate words better & it really works!
Excellent - great to hear.
Thank you so much for this. I'm South African, and even though English is my first language, I could not believe how bad I sounded when I heard recordings of my self. I have been practicing this a little every day, and I believe I have gotten a lot better.
Great
Also South African and looking to improve my speech for my videos :) Also realised I talk a bit lazy and soft when I hear my recordings.
omg same, South African gang
same
@@inhle1688 i know. I like the South African accent.
I...I think I've developed an accent after the full exercise with Ben!
You have an English accent now lol
Hamin Jung 😂
Still got it Hamin?
Lol
My dream is to have that accent and not the American one
I'm a traumatic brain injury survivor. I was in a coma for 6 weeks, with a survival chance of less than 50%, after I got into my car accident in November 2017. I would say I was very articulate, with a sharp tone, prior to my accident. Upon the initial stages of my recovery, my speech was about 5%, maybe 10%, of pre-accident. Every word came out of my mouth was slurred and slow. I was so disgusted and feeling hopeless, I thought about ending my life. I bumped into this video in May/June of 2018, thought it might potentially help, as I was searching for everything, ANYTHING to recover my speech, to sounds like who I used to be. I would go through this video every morning, before speaking to anyone (everything is fully memorized/automatic now, I would occasionally come back here, for the minor details). Now, when it comes to speech, I am now at 80%-90% of who I used to be.
I am SO BLESSED, AND GRATEFUL to you, Ben, THANK YOU!!!!!!
Saw a few lessons online but this is by far the best. To anyone from outside the UK this is what you want to listen to. I’m from London myself and this is the best lesson on TH-cam. I was brought up in a council estate, my mother and father worked hard to get us out and did. I’m doing my best to relearn how to speak and not sound like I have a low level of education
Thank you so much for your kind words. BTW, I never encourage people to change their accent, but I do try to help people to speak clearly.
Thank you! Native English speaker from The US, but I’ve always had difficulty with slurring certain words and not forming certain letters properly. This video was a lot of help already!
Thanks Brian
Me too man, can't help that texas accent
@@engvidBenjamin Hello, Benjamin. I wonder whether you have videos on how connected speech works in British English. TH-cam has many videos on how it works in American English, but there aren't enough videos providing in-depth lessons on how connected speech works in British English. Could you perhaps do something about that? I would benefit enormously from your lessons.
2:00 S/P/C/B/D
3:00 T/D
3:45 M/H/I
5:20 F
5:34 V
5:49 Th
6:33 Intonation
7:27 D
7:40 K
7:50 L
8:14 J
8:36 R
9:32 The Pirates
Thanks
Amazing, thank you!
@@engvidBenjamin Plz pin it top
Thankyou
I have been watching this video every morning for over a week now and i can definitely hear improvement in my speech .
Quickly for me was the hardest...I ended up saying quiquiquiquiqui.....thanks for these exercises...simply amazing!
No probs
Quickly was easy for me. But I always stumble upon inexplicable and I can't say it right the first time. Maybe my mouth physical structure makes that word difficult for me.
Saying quickly quickly quickly gets the mouth moving.
Two things I really learned from this. It sounded like poetry, which had a rhythm to it. So when saying these I kind of sang them and I feel like that definitely helped me! So poetry is good to read aloud and sing scripts lol
Well said!
Mr. Ben you are a geniune teacher; you literally know the art of imparting the lessons which you intend to.
I give it a crack...
I’ve had trouble with my R’s my whole life and after Doing this for 5 minutes I could already tell a difference thank u so much
Same. Although I have problems with my TH's.
So I have been practicing my R's and TH's.
Good stuff
Ben!
I put you as my goal for speech improvement. I’m such a long way from your talents but I believe and I will achieve. Talk to you in a couple months! My road to a more adequate life is here.
Ben!
I have improved tremendously!! You're videos are changing my life, thank you so much
glad to hear you have improved. do you do the video once a day? I have horrible speech cause not using my mouth enough. so hoping doing this video once a day will improve that cause I wanna sing.
@@lazyskull7949 Keep doing this everyday. As each day passes, you will improve on speaking Cleary. Remember repetition is key, and wish you the best of luck on your road to becoming a singer.
@@vincentquitugua9995 Thank you so much, Vincent! so far have been doing it every day and have noticed improvement in my pronunciations.
Good stuff guys
I like this exercise! I added it to my vocal warm-up favourites for singing! As it gets my tongue moving like a good workout. Love it, thank you, God bless you in Jesus name ♥
This has helped me so much thanks I’ve been practicing for almost 5 years, but now watching this video made me into a public speaker
Great to hear.
That’s wonderful and congratulations!
As a native English speaker, I almost completely changed my entire theory of how to speak based on this video
People think I'm much more confident and articulate, and basically only my thought process behind producing speech has changed
I'm getting tired of hearing complains about my voice, there's one time I raised my hand to read a book [I'm not a native speaker], but after I had finished reading it my teacher said "Who wants to read it more clearly?" Especially when I'm reporting in front of my classmates. I stutter alot with f and th because of my braces...
༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽
But instead of allowing my anxiety to get bigger, I decided to learn British English instead! Thank you for these exercises!
Omg I have braces too and this problem! Does braces really make speech harder ?
@@nuxjoe I think so because of the metal that makes our lips poker
That wasn't very nice of your teacher
Wow, I have the same problem. I immediately realized after years of having braces 😰 my speech had changed. I'm a great writer so I was very articulate...then came the braces🙄
I have probably watched this video over an hundred times! I do it once per day, and it has helped!
i never thought i would have to search this up but here i am
It's not a bad thing to work on your voice.
you have absolutely no knowledge how helpful these classes are Benjamin.
Glad to hear. Thank you :)
Who knew I would be out of breath after the first one. Wow I really needed this, thank you. Also, I think I naturally pronounce things better the British way than the American way. Thinking my parents picked the wrong English speaking country.
There's no right and wrong in terms of British v American
after practicing for like 5 times for each , it seemed that I chewed a gum for thousands of times.....and my parents said "what the heck are you saying😂"when passing by my bedroom😂😂😂
But it's funny and did good to my pronunciation!
Joanne hahah that’s hilarious!
It felt like rapping
I can imagine 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well done Joanne. Hope your speech is still nice and clear. :)
Lmao
Seriously the best channel for fluent speaking in English, I improved so much for 11 minutes of a video! I'm learning fluent English while waiting for the PS5 reveal! I'm so excited, and I'm about to use my voice on my TH-cam channel, this year is gonna be a lot for me to technology trying to make content and speak better! Thank you, though, what's sad though, I can't speak as QUICKLY QUICKLY QUICKLY QUICKLY QUICKLY than you...D;
Thanks for your kind words.
Thank goodness I found this video today. I had my tongue frenulum surgery today. The doctor told me to talk a lot. It hurts to talk because my muscles ain't used to this new tongue but I have to do this or else I might talk funny in the future
These lessons are great and I’m a native English speaker. Thanks for sharing and I wish you a happy successful 2021.
Same to you!
I am so glad that I found your channel! I did the exercises, got instant gratification of pronouncing words so much better. This will greatly help in my TH-cam Videos. You are an amazing teacher.
Thank you
Same me my TH-cam never growing due to my English problem🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely fantastic video! Exceptionally useful for budding journalists. I have just started using these exercises to assist in my journalism course.
Thanks Thomas
Thank you for making this video. I didn't realize I mumbled until I listened to my 3,200 word audible story after editing it in Audacity.
Thanks Frederick
This seems very useful. Definitely going to improve my articulation once and for all!
I think the way I'd describe my problem is having a lazy tongue/lazy mouth, living with such a condition makes my life Hell almost on a daily basis. I'm pretty damn sure people often think I am retarded because of the way I speak, so subconsciously I end up talking much quieter because I don't want to draw attention to my speech, but this is a big mistake.. I am now practising vocal exercises, recording my own voice and listening back to it so I can try and pin point on how I can improve my speech, staying well hydrated and even singing along to songs..(when no one is around, lol). I'm basically doing all I can on my own at the moment, haven't gone to any speech therapy classes or anything but I aim to become understood when I talk because I've had it up to my eyeballs with everyone saying "What?" multiple times when I'm speaking. The worst of all though is when someone will say to someone else right in front of me "What did he say?", as if I am so far away from their spectrum that I will not hear or understand them... it makes me feel so pathetic and different, I am unable to enjoy my life like this.
End of rant.
Thanks for the upload mate, you earned a sub! :)
I wish you well. Hope these exercises help. There's much more to learn about clear speech beyond what I am able to teach in this one video. It's just an introduction.
As someone who read your comment and thought "Wow, so I am not the only one with a problem like this", I want to ask if the exercises worked for you and do you have any recommendations/advice for a fellow lazy mouth person :)
@@golguar9333 I'm gonna be perfectly honest with you here mate, I was trying these exercises out for a couple days but then totally forgot about them so not really progressed yet I don't think. However it is comforting to know there are others with the same problem as me, like you I thought I was the only one too!
There was something I was looking into that may help and make a huge difference, look up "Diaphragmatic breathing", if you can learn this it apparently helps you to project your voice more and such. Lots of vocalists and speakers ect do this so it was something I wanted to get used to doing because it may help me to sound more "normal" if you will :D
Hope this helps you bro, I know first hand the sheer frustration you have been going through your whole life, will keep you updated btw if I get back round to these exercises and notice any changes. Good luck for now mate :)
@@ChimpScape Thanks for the reply, will have to look up diaphragmatic breathing.
Stay strong and good luck in the endeavor.
Oh, and if I find something that helps, I'll report it back here :D
Same here with being softly spoken and having a lazy mouth you guys! I'm so glad I'm not the only one, but I'm sure if we put lots of practise in then we'll improve plenty :D
Also it took a while but I'm pretty sure I've improved my diaphragmatic breathing, and it makes a huge difference when I'm singing - just have to develop the habit of doing it when speaking now :)
Ty ❤ so glad i came across your video,after having a stroke. I have bells palsy on right side as well.
Thank you sooo much for the lesson! Benjamin, you’re amazing! Th-sound words were a real treat! Thank you and Happy New year 🎄🕊😀🧚♀️
Great
Thank you, Benjamin, for your lessons!!! They are very interesting, understandable and helpful. And you are very charming, it's pleasure to listen and improve English with you
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I have a 12-year-old son who I swear has a speech impediment. I had his middle school speech therapist testing and she said he doesn't but I know she's wrong. I'm around him all the time. He has sometimes a slight lisp with s's, but other times not. The only way I can describe it is that sometimes he's mush mouth, it's hard to understand him. I think it's affecting his ability to find friends. I will have him try this 15 minutes a day every day and see if it helps. Thank you so much
Maybe he's lacking a bit in confidence at the moment. These exercises are much more powerful when combined with a weekly voice class.
Thank you very much for your lessons I have practice this excises for lest them a month. I am improving greatly.may GOD bless you.
glad to hear it
Can this help u too speak clearly? I want to speak clearly
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He’s such an engaging person, I even giggled with him when he made a mistake. It’s like he’s really here with me in the room. I wish I could be a teacher like him.
I have just come across your video... other channels do not compare to yours. I have ASD with associated speech and language complications. This will definitely improve any speeches I will have to complete as an art gallery curator! Thank you Benjamin for this excellent video!
You're very welcome.
Thank you Benjamin. You have a new subscriber.
This video is very helpful for me as I am studying to become a teacher and feel I need a lot of work on enunciation. I finish my studies mid year and I assure you this is going to be on my classroom wall 🎉🎉
Thanks again, Benjamin.
God Bless🙏🏾
God when I say quickly quickly quickly fast I feel like I have a brain damage!!! I can't say it properly!!! QUICKLYQUAKILIKLIKLIKLIKUKULI
bottleofwine 98 😂😂
I feel like that with the "th" tongue twister
me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Samee😂😂😂
or just say quick quick quick
I came across this video, and I'm really glad i did. In my head everything runs smoothly, but as soon as i speak, my pronunciation gets all tangled. I've just spent a little time with your video and immediately noticed a difference 🎉 Thank you soo much!!
Excellent! Keep revisiting the exercises...
Hello Benjamin and thanks for this helpful videos. I'm a college student in Texas who is afraid to speak in public due to my accent, and mispronunciation of words. I tend to forget how to speak in English when they ask me a question. I wanted to tell you also that you should post a video about speaking English for Mexican speakers.
Thank you Miguel. Suerte!
I am late but I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to you Mr. Benjamin because these exercises really worked for my student.
Late for what?
@@engvidBenjamin late to comment…
Benjamin, I really think you're the best so far on Engvid! Thanks a lot!
Thanks. I have my favourites, but better not say!
Even as a native English speaker this is very beneficial.
Absolutely!
Quickly quickly quickly quckly kuckly kuckly quackly...damn!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
lol
Glad you're having a go
hardest for me out of all
It's harder than you'd think isn't it?
Hello Benjamin!
This may be helpful too...
To say F and V, your top teeth touch your lower lip .
To say W, and to make it different from V, your lips are in a rounded position,that is ,your teeth do not touch your lips to make the W sound.
Again,the lips are rounded when you say the letter O...the difference between the w- sound and o- sound,is you slightly push your rounded lips out to say the w sound as in woman,and you draw your rounded lips in when you say 'omen'.
(P.S. Many children are taught to pronounce the letter W as 'dablu' instead of ' double U')
Regards,from India🇮🇳
Yes, thanks
Love the exercise but after 10 mins. I began to talk in a British accent lmao!
Oh well...
Learn English with Benjamin [engVid] 😂
Wow my uncle still has an Asian accent after living 55 yrs in u.k.you hv done a tremendous 👏 job mate🤭😁
This is brilliant. studied drama in Russia and this is exactly how we were taught to speak clearly. Best kept secrets! :) It is incredibly helpful! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Issue is I had very clear speech - but suddenly I am having difficulty in speaking longer sentences with clarity - its like I start very clear but then it gets a bit difficult after some time. I feel as if my tongue got heavy. Hope this helps!
Yes, these exercises should help but I would also recommend working with a trained Voice coach. This is something I can provide so do get in contact via www.honeyourenglish.com if you would like more help.
I don't hesitate to express my thoughts and make a conversation but it's with me naturally that sometimes I find it hard to pronounce some specific letters a bit hard while speaking like the use of 'd' and 't'. I'm not short of words but my mouth gets clogged as if it's locking by itself and make not clear sentences. I'll work on my speech technique by the help of your videos
Great! Let me know how you get on.
Thanks Ben. It was very much helpful.
Glad to hear it!
Really help me with my orals in school which was a weak spot for me
:)
Loved it, it's very helpful, it worked for me now I have a better pronunciation, but I'm still practicing
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I'm a Filipino and I struggle when communicating with English people. I hope I can improve my English skills now that I subscribed to your channel.
I hope so too!
You're amazing, Sir.
Thanks for this good lesson.
Thanks for watching
I love your English pronunciation.
Great lesson. I appreciated.
Thank you Benjamin. You have helped me a lot. Amazing lesson. Much love ❤️
Cool cool
Found your channel by chance .you're a phenomenol teacher. Thanks to TH-cam algorithm for the 1st time.
Welcome aboard!
I’m recommended to this video by my online English teacher
Thanks for watching
quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly,
I love all the exercises. thanks so much :D
No probs
Do you have a video about how to pronounce every letter? You made me realize I never learned to speak.
Sir, I am thankful to you and would like to appreciate you for your tremendous efforts!
1:57 when he turned and said "ready? let's go"
Hope you were ready!
Thank you so much for your videos!!!! I was raised bilingual and my english never sounds 100% so thank you for the help you have given my life xoxooxo
My pleasure.
I believe I have a speech impediment as I suffer from lisp but I also grew up saying words like tractor like "chractor" and it sounds awful and a lack of confidence with my speaking makes me nervous so i dont carry confidence in my voice either im hoping this video works
Did it work for you?
What happened?
I also stutter and made a laughing stock in my room.
I say chractor lol
David Kershaw me too. I've never liked my voice. 😢
Not only have I enjoyed the lesson, but I also have learned something amazing. Thanks, Mr. Benjamin.
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This is really helpful cuz people always go like "HUH" or "Say that again" or "What did you just say" and stuff like that whenever I speak. It literally happens a minimum of 20 times a day in school lol. It's really annoying. I'll grind this and hopefully I'll stop speaking like an absolute mong
How did it go? Plz let me know as im having the same problem
@@7860092 Yeah it helped me quite a bit. Apparently I've been speaking too quick and I haven't been opening my mouth enough when speaking. Now I speak slower and more clear and people tend to understand what I say pretty much all the time.
Corrupt but this is only for english right?
7860092 It has positively affected my overall talking. Not just one specific language
Corrupt how often did you practice
Thank you so much, enunciation makes me sound like a whole different person
"To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark, dock. In a pestilential prison with a life-long lock. Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp, shock. From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block."
"In tooting two tutors astute tried to toot a duke on a flute. But duets so gruelling and only in duelling when tutors astute toot the flute."
Good one
Please keep teaching you're awesome. I'm a native English speaker but my enunciation is doodoo because I used to have a lisp till recently
Thanks
Now I can't get this Quickly, Quickly, Quickly !!!!!!!! off of my mind hahahaha
Henrique Garcia me tooo I keep messing up
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:)
The Q was where I stumbled over the words. Thanks! I'll keep practicing.
Go for it
6:34 me begging my parents for ice cream when I was a child
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I’m subscribing I hope you keep up the good work.
Welcome, Michellar! Will certainly endeavour to...
I learned the following as tongue swisters as a kid and can now say them pretty fast-
I scram, you scream we all scream for ice (iced) cream
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
Yep, all good. Thanks
I have tremors and I find this extremely helpful.
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i speak k but i speak too fast, people say i dont pause
Well you know what to do then
Thank you for the lesson, Benjamin!
Eminem does this everyday
🤣 Maybe!
Hearing myself recorded I can't even recognize myself as the speaker. This is exactly what I've been looking for to do some basic speech therapy on myself.
Been practicing this every day. Now I can understand the recording of myself. This is highly effective material if used daily.
Now I’m British
So you mean, bi ish
This is an excellent video. I use it with my English students and it makes wonders. Thanks a lot for your contribution.
Wonderful!
Everything written on board. ;)
S/P/C/B/D
Tom sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock. In a pestilential prison with life long lock.
Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block
T/D
In tooling two tutors astute tried to tute a duke on a flute. But duet so grueling end only in dueling when tutors astute too the flute.
M/H/I
She stood on the balcony inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping and amicably welcoming him home.
F
Five flippant Frenchmen fly from France for fashions
V
Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently
Th
This thin that thatch these themes those thorns the thug they thank.
Do drop in at the dewdrop inn
K
kiss her quick, kiss her quicker, kiss her quickest
L
Larry sent the latter a letter later
J
Jean just jostled James gently
Intonation
I scream you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
Q
Quickly quickly
R
Reading and writing are richly rewarding
I am the very pattern of a modern Major General. I have information vegetable, animal and mineral; I know the kings of England and fights historical I understand equations, both simple and quadratical.
I am very good at integral and differential calculus I know the scientific names of being animaculous
I short, in matters vegetable, animal and mineral I am the very model of a modern Major General.
Thanks for that
Fantastic. Thank you for sharing the exercises.
You're welcome.
I speak with English people online alot. And it really triggers me that they can just say and pronounce everything so perfectly while I sit there not being understood at all. I lisp and studder all the time it's killing me lmfao
Don't let it get you down, you're doing well just to understand everything
@@engvidBenjamin Yeah I know. But I wish I could speak clearly like most of my friends and family. It's really bothering me that I can never tell stories or anything like that because in the middle of the story I start to studder and my voice becomes shaky and unclear and I start lisping and speaking super quickly..
@@Corrupt03 be kind to yourself, nobody is perfect, some people have other weakness, the sooner you relax about your speaking weakness,,the quicker you will improve your speech
@@vivianagambetta9197thank you
Just like you, I stumbled upon the word 'INEXPLICABLE' but unlike you I realized I can't say it even when I try to speak it correctly. Had to practice speaking it correctly by repeating it over and over again for 2 minutes. Wow, didn't realize it is such a tongue twister.
omg the best teacher ever ! quickly quickly quickly
I have so much fun learning my pronunciation! :)
That's great!
Okay.. so I was a little bit confident until the video arrive to "quickly".
quickly, quickly, quickly, QUICKLY...@..@
Go Arlo!
Bestest teacher i ever found ❤️ thanks for yours all efforts 👍🏻👏
Thank you! 😃
When you speak with an US accent and this just feels wrong : 🤐
I'll stick to British...
When did he??
Beautiful! Thank you so much
Really amazing exercise
Cheers!
This sir/teacher is super fun to learn with 🤟🤟
Thanks! 😃
Love it! Thnks💌
You're welcome 😊
Good excercise for rap clearly too... Thanks
Indeed!
Thank God for this video of yours sir!
Glad it was helpful!