Don't Speak Fast English - Speak Clear English Instead (Here's How)

Struggling to speak English quickly? Then STOP! Don’t speak fast English, speak clear English instead. In this video, you'll learn why you should stop trying to speak fast English and focus on speaking English more clearly so that people understand you better. Your meaning is more important than your speaking speed!

You'll learn what people mean by fast speech, including stress and reductions, contractions, dropped or deleted sounds, elision, assimilation, palatalization, linking, and connected speech. You're not alone if you feel overwhelmed by these concepts!

You'll find out what you need to do to speak clear English, including increasing the contrast in your speech by stressing words and reducing the sounds that don't matter. We'll also talk about how to break your ideas into thought groups and how to package and present your ideas so native speakers can follow what you're saying. Finally, you'll find out how to use your voice to communicate your meaning through pitch and intonation.

0:00 Why Clarity is More Important Than Speed
1:26 Difference Between Thinking Quickly and Speaking Quickly
2:18 What We Mean By Fast Speech in English
5:04 Increase the Contrast in Your Speech
7:47 Break Your Ideas Into Thought Groups
9:29 Communicate Your Meaning with Pitch and Intonation

🤗 I’m Kim, and I’m here to help you express your meaning and your message through stress, intonation, and how you you use your voice and breath.

In other words, you’ll learn how to communicate clearly and confidently in American English so that people will definitely understand (and *listen* to) what you have to say.

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[Nasser_Alsumari]

Hi kim, I support you from saudi arbia 🇸🇦.
You are doing a great things to do teaching the Non-English speakers, I'm studying English here in saudi arabia but after Global Crisis i am try a studing new words and language Basics from YouTube, I understand some time but i can't spoken like you.
And we have a popular proverb here in Saudi Arabia that says:
"Don't despise the little things"
And :
"All great things come from little little things"
Good efforts and all love, Peace 🌿.

NASSER ALMUTAIRI

[gashaGasha-yixh]

Great teacher
I like your serious style when you give your lecture.

[eddylemaire]

Hi Kim!
I hope you are very well and in good shape.
After watching even one of your videos, Kim, it's obvious to infer anyone will like learning English.
I've realized so far that you have the keys of "communication". When you're speaking, I can observe what you're saying through your lips, eyes, face, and even your head by moving it "left to right, up to down".
I'm proud of you Teacher!
Congratulations Kim once more!

[josselynmagana]

Thank you so much! Not only are your videos highly helpful for someone like me who's trying to sound more natural, but they're very engaging.

[davidyim]

Thanks for making the video. Keep up the great work!

[petrusyudiantogondo]

Hi Kim. I'm from Indonesia. I just found your channel. And I subscribe because I love it. I'm learning English and want to speak fluently

[theenglishclub]

Very nice it helps me to improve my accent.. Thanks

[aparecidoferreiravais]

Hi Kim is good to see it as always your videos are very useful
You explain your videos very well
I understand almost everything you say
Thanks a lot my dear teacher have a great weekend 😉🇧🇷

[etddong]

I used to cling to speak fast similar to native speaker. A few years ago when I had been doing facebook a lot. A friend of mine who is Aussie told me that You speak too fast to understand. I just thought that The reason why she didn’t understand what I’m saying is just that She was not American and She didn’t get use to American English. Now I understand what’s the important thing than speak fast.

[chenkate]

Thank you Kim. As always, your lessons are fruitful and practical.I couldn't agree more with you on this point because I have met quite a few beginner or intermediate students of English struggling to speak fast without noticing how ridiculous they sound and usually leads to "being pretentious". :-)

[nadsonlife]

Your videos have helped me a lot to figure out English better; they've opened my mind.

[marydc]

Thank Kim! This will help me a lot. Great video as always.

[josefelixarroyotaveras]

Thanks so much for your advices Kim. You're so beautiful and gorgeous. God blesses you a lot.

[anilreddy]

Thank you so much.. actually I have this habbit of speaking fastly

[hariramnarayanan]

Omg your microphone is so cool! Or is it your voice 😅 maybe both. What microphone do you use?

[mizukarpa]

Hi Kim, another great video of you, thank you!
I have a question. Do you have any advice to increase volume when speking? I naturally have a little breathy soft voice and when I hear my voice on voice recorders, it doesn't sound believable nor motivated. I'm trying to breathe deep but it's not helping me. I'd like to have harder and stronger voice to sound more confident. Thank you for your help🤗

[theenglishclub]

I ve question.. How should we start to learn accent. What is first step.. We need to do

[cptcedag]

Hey, long time no see, Kim. God bless you. (ALBERTO)

[johnlenon]

After learning for a number of years, if your goal is to truly master the language, you should try to gradually increase the rate of your speech.

[cptcedag]

Hey, long time no see, Kim. God bless you.