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    smith1012 Posts: 62, Reputation: 3
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    May 23, 2007, 05:19 PM
    How to talk fluently w/o mumbling
    how do I talk fluently w/o having to think about how I am saying my words (How I'm pronouncing it) I always take note of my talking and noted I struggle talking fluently. As a result I focus on how I talk and if I don't then I sound like I'm mumbling some words. I have started to Read aloud everyday and it seems I talk a lot better when reading compared to when talking to others casually. The main problem is that I mumble when I say some words, therefore I have been quiet out of the fear that people will think odd about how I speak. I hold back my speech, expression, etc.

    I could see that I have mumbling and monotone voice problems with my speech and I'm trying to improve it by reading the newspaper aloud by opening my mouth and eunicating and forcing out variety of different tones in my voice. When I record myself read I am happy with the way I read, however when I listen to myself talking to someone it sounds like I can't talk fluent english due to a lot of mumbling.

    I sometimes envy people that can easily talk to others w/o having to worry about how they say the words. It's like they can talk nicely unconciously(w/o thinking about how they are saying the words). It just comes out their words so clearly.

    How can I help this? Is reading aloud all it takes to improving?
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    May 23, 2007, 09:58 PM
    I don't know, I'm not a speech therapist or anything like that but I would recommend speaking out loud to yourself in front of a mirror. Repeat words and sentences loud so that you build up some confidence about what your saying.
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    May 23, 2007, 10:54 PM
    You might like to check out answers contained in the following link to a similar post.

    https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/mental...alk-87421.html
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    May 24, 2007, 02:20 AM
    Before I start I know its not the same as you are going through, but it might give you a few ideas...
    My son was born with a speech problem, he had delayed pronunciation.went and did the whole speech therapy thing for almost a year with no change whatsoever.so I took it in my own hands, I wanted him to be talking properly for when he started school.
    Now bare in mind he was 3/4 at the time so it obviously doesn't apply to you, but just as a guide, I would put various things in a box and cut holes in the top, I would get him to get things out of the box and tell me what it was.
    I figured the speech problems where linked with the fact he didn't eat much, took him to docs and it turned out that he didn't eat because with the speech problem he wasn't using all the muscles etc in his mouth, therefore it was a chore for him to eat as he didn't know how to use the muscles.
    I also figured that in order to talk you move your mouth and tongue, I noticed he didn't.
    Fast forward to weeks stood in the front of the mirror, both of us pulling funny faces at each other, I encouraged him to stick out his tongue at me.. not the best thing to teach a child, granted, but it worked, it got him making various shapes with his mouth, he was usuing the muscles in his tongue.
    He had problems with the letter "s" and "l" as in he would say "i gove you" instead of I love you.
    After weeks of constant face pulling, watching his words, reading,various games to get him to talk to me,he was talking, he now has no trouble with his speech and got a 98 per cent score the last speech class he went to over a year ago.
    Although I'm not suggesting the same for you, I don't expect you to stand for hours in front of the mirror, I do suggest keeping your mouth active, when you are eating, really chew on your food etc, its hard, but I can vouch it does work.
    I'm not a speech theropist, I just didn't want my son to be bullied at school, the theropist wasn't helping after a year so I did it myself.
    Good luck.
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    May 24, 2007, 06:27 AM
    Thanks chuff :-)
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    Mar 13, 2009, 06:54 PM

    Your question is conveying a very low self steem which is solvable andis apparent more in lower ages at least in my case. Those who mumble and should think to speak are forcing themselves to speak. The reason for mumbling is forcing yourself to speak. Is the feeling of guilt and fear. I will recommend you just listen for a while. Don't be afraid of people's reaction. Just listen in social interactions and shut up. Say the necessary and forget about Bull. Second find the reason that you want to talk more than enough. That can make you a better speaker. Because you are speaking to communicate and that is serving a purpose now.

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