Proper verbal communication depends on projecting your normal speaking voice.Some of us have to learn how to project our voice properly because it is a challenge.You can learn how to project your normal speaking voice with proper enunciation, breathing, and avoiding common pitfalls.
Step 1: Do not breathe shallowly.
The way your voice is projected depends on how you breathe.The air in your lungs is what causes you to run out of air quicker than you want.The strain on your voice is caused by the muscles in your throat being tense.Instead, you should be taking deep breaths.
Step 2: Good breathing posture should be maintained.
To allow the most air in as you breathe, you need to be standing totally erect.Your stomach should be moving as you exhale and inhale.Proper projection is prevented if your shoulders and chest rise when you breathe in.
Step 3: Take a deep breath from your belly
Place your hand on your belly as you exhale.If your chest doesn't move as you breathe, this means you're not breathing with your diaphragm.As you inhale, you should feel the air filling up in your abdominal area.
Step 4: There are different breathing techniques.
Proper use of your diaphragm is required to take deep breaths.You need to be able to breathe deeper and take more breaths to project your speaking voice.There are many ways to practice breathing.You should not open your chest and larynx.Big yawns help us open up our chest.When you stretch your torso, make big vowels as you expel the breath to practice projecting.You can laugh.Laughing is a great way to practice the deep breaths needed to project your voice.Use big open vowels to expel your breath.You can laugh with your mouth closed.It's harder to use the breath in your chest because of this.You can say whole sentences in a single breath.The longer the sentence, the more you will need to use your diaphragm to support it.
Step 5: You have to exercise regularly.
One of the health benefits of being in shape is better respiratory function and breathing.Spending 30 minutes a day on a treadmill is a good way to improve breathing.You can learn to control your breath with yoga.
Step 6: Work on pronunciation.
In order for a word to be properly pronounced and enunciated, it must be formed, completed, and supported by your breathing.Now that you know how to breath correctly, are you clearly pronouncing each word?It's important for voice projection that we practice proper enunciation in casual conversations.Pay attention to how you say words like driving, drinking, or working.Say something loud.Did you say they were 'driv-in', 'drink-ins' and 'work in'?You will mumble if you don't enunciate the last syllable of the word.Shakespearean actors spit on the first few rows when they enunciate so much.exaggerated enunciation will help your audience understand what you're saying.
Step 7: You should put energy into your words.
Have you ever met a person who spoke in a boring voice?It was hard to follow what they were saying because of their lack of focus and energy.It's important to make sure you're putting enough emphasis on your words.If you're breathing properly, it will come across as natural to your audience.
Step 8: Your lips and tongue should be exercising.
Stretching your cheeks exaggerates your words.Open your vowels and improve your pronunciation with lip and tongue exercises.To open your mouth as wide as possible, stretch your cheeks and smile.Rolling your R's is a good way to exercise your tongue.
Step 9: Learn and recite tongue twisters.
Try repeating "diction is done with the tip of the tongue and the teeth" or "red leather, yellow leather" out loud until you're able to enunciate every syllable correctly.
Step 10: Correct your posture.
Poor posture causes shallow breathing.Slanting shoulders and slouching cause your words to be pointed towards the floor rather than your audience.Stand straight with your chin up and shoulders back.Proper posture is important because sitting can make voice projection more difficult.It's important to sit towards the front edge of your chair with your back straight.Pretend you have a string at the top of your head.
Step 11: Your voice will be bigger.
Some people think of projecting their voice as pushing to make it louder, but that only causes strain to your vocal cords, making the problem worse.You want to make your voice bigger.You will feel a strain in your throat when you push your voice to project.When you make your voice bigger, you'll feel it in your chest.Imagine that your mouth and throat are the same size as the room you're in.The muscles in your throat relax when you yawn, so a bigger voice can emerge.
Step 12: Don't use nervous habits.
Any object between your mouth and the person you talk to will obstruct your voice even more.It's important to avoid using the words "um" or "uh" as they can make your voice trail off.
Step 13: Talk to the mirror.
If you study yourself while you speak, you will be able to identify any pitfalls you may be succumbing to.If you start to hunch and look at the ground, watch to see if you bring your hand up to cover your mouth.Being able to see pitfalls in real time helps you fix them quickly.
Step 14: Listen to yourself speak.
Recording yourself to play back later will help you hear whether you're on the right track or pushing your voice instead of making it bigger.If you push, your voice tends to sound strained and a bit higher in pitch than normal.When played back, making your voice bigger will result in a deeper and broader sound.