this is one of the most introspective accent reduction videos i've ever come across. You hit on breath which is an area many accent reduction experts miss out on.
Many native speakers have poor speaking habits, but if you hold your breath or don't exhale as you speak, your speech will be more muffled and less powerful / engaging. Also, non-native speakers need to breathe more to elongate the sounds that are sometimes misunderstood by native speakers. Good breath is important for public speakers in particular ... native speaks often have to learn to improve their voices, also to become good singers.
This probably the most confusing thing ... good catch! ... if you speak Sanskrit (some people chant in it) or many other modern languages (often tonal ones) there's a tendency to pull back from the hard palate (almost like swallowing sounds) while in English it's imperative that you glide forward from the back of the mouth to the front with "forward driven palate movment" to get good breath flow .... hope that helps :-) Easier said than done; we help people change this in our coaching.
Oh my god! I have just realized that I am not breathing AT ALL when I speak English! It tried to speak while breathing and just couldn't do it... hope in the next videos you will talk about difficulties to breath whilst talking. Definitely need to practice it...
Please help. I thought the pallet is the roof of our mouth. I don't think my pallet moves. My jaw, lips, and tongue move but not the roof of my mouth. I am misunderstanding something. I don't see it though. I am an American ESL teacher trying to learn as much as I can to help my Asian ESL students to learn English.
It's not a physical move, it's a directional pull. I learned this from a somatic professional who chants in Sanskrit. She couldn't get the right sounds until she learned to reverse her palate direction ... tonal languages reverse it to. Americans move it forward directionally (back to front) not front to back. Hope that helps.
Lisa Brickman Indeed, the front 2/3 of your palate is bony, and the back 1/3 is connective tissue and you can move it. That’s how we can complete the act of swallowing. In order to practice this movement, bring up the back part of your tongue. Your tongue will look like an S in your mouth. Now try to hit the upper part of your tongue with your back palate. If your tongue is high enough, you shall be able to do it. You can even practice doing it intermittently. If you still can’t do it just swallow slowly and you will notice that movement. Rebecca is doing a wonderful job bringing up points that have not been noticed or reiterated before.
this is one of the most introspective accent reduction videos i've ever come across. You hit on breath which is an area many accent reduction experts miss out on.
I have always talk without even notice that breathing is very important. Now i will try hard to speak while breathing!!! this video is a lfe changer.
Many native speakers have poor speaking habits, but if you hold your breath or don't exhale as you speak, your speech will be more muffled and less powerful / engaging. Also, non-native speakers need to breathe more to elongate the sounds that are sometimes misunderstood by native speakers. Good breath is important for public speakers in particular ... native speaks often have to learn to improve their voices, also to become good singers.
This probably the most confusing thing ... good catch! ... if you speak Sanskrit (some people chant in it) or many other modern languages (often tonal ones) there's a tendency to pull back from the hard palate (almost like swallowing sounds) while in English it's imperative that you glide forward from the back of the mouth to the front with "forward driven palate movment" to get good breath flow .... hope that helps :-) Easier said than done; we help people change this in our coaching.
Noticed immediate results. Thanks a ton Rebecca!
Excellent job Rebecca. Your lecture and demonstration definitely make sense for me.
Keep it up.
hey, i love your videos and i'm following your advices! thank you very much!
I would like to thank you for your kindness .
All what you did is very nice and useful,you are pretty lady,you look so adorable.
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Thanks
its good and nice to be a student for you prophessor Rebecca
i wish to learn at your universty some time
Very helpful! Thank you! This is what I want. Keep more coming!
Great video! Many thanks! Can't wait for new uploads :)
Oh my god! I have just realized that I am not breathing AT ALL when I speak English!
It tried to speak while breathing and just couldn't do it... hope in the next videos you will talk about difficulties to breath whilst talking. Definitely need to practice it...
Excellent.Thank you.
Thanks a lot. Very useful.
Thanks a lot. This video is exactly what I was looking for. 😄
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greeat tips thank you very much
i love your video
I wish I were in Silcon Valley.
Hi, Rebecca.
I have a question : Does native American speak with through breathing naturally without learn what you are learning us?
great explanation and very beautiful lady
thank u so much i'm Myanmar boy
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Please help. I thought the pallet is the roof of our mouth. I don't think my pallet moves. My jaw, lips, and tongue move but not the roof of my mouth. I am misunderstanding something. I don't see it though. I am an American ESL teacher trying to learn as much as I can to help my Asian ESL students to learn English.
It's not a physical move, it's a directional pull. I learned this from a somatic professional who chants in Sanskrit. She couldn't get the right sounds until she learned to reverse her palate direction ... tonal languages reverse it to. Americans move it forward directionally (back to front) not front to back. Hope that helps.
Lisa Brickman
Indeed, the front 2/3 of your palate is bony, and the back 1/3 is connective tissue and you can move it. That’s how we can complete the act of swallowing. In order to practice this movement, bring up the back part of your tongue. Your tongue will look like an S in your mouth. Now try to hit the upper part of your tongue with your back palate. If your tongue is high enough, you shall be able to do it. You can even practice doing it intermittently. If you still can’t do it just swallow slowly and you will notice that movement. Rebecca is doing a wonderful job bringing up points that have not been noticed or reiterated before.
THHHHHHHHHHHHHanks with a lot of breath...
rebecca you look so adorable :)
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who cares about slowing down for others, not my problem if those suckers are slow.. anyways, nice videos