How I Became Articulate With My Speaking (5 Secrets)

Today's video will help you enhance your speaking skills and become articulate with practical tips and techniques. In this video, I cover essential strategies that have helped me speak clearly and confidently. I have been able to overcome common speech challenges, reduce fillers, improve vocal delivery, and make many improvements. If you desire to unlock your communication potential and leave a lasting impression, consider subscribing for empowering content on effective communication - thank you friends!

Keywords: articulate communication, how to speak articulately, speaking more clearly, speaking more confidently, effective communication skills, reducing fillers, vocal delivery, personal growth.

[matthewrammig]

Tip: just as it is important to use the right word, it is equally important to correctly match a word to the person you intend to communicate with. Never purposefully use a word you know won’t be understood. This will only serve in making you seem pompous.

[kcloud]

‘Lexicon’ is now part of my surface lexicon

[notnotjake]

There’s a big difference between being articulate and trying to sound smart. Speak simply and speak well

[tonyadair]

Here are my notes I compiled after watching through this video:

1. Expand your surface lexicon. Take words from your deep lexicon and give them buoyancy to rise into and expand your surface lexicon through methods such as repetition (force yourself to utilize your deep lexicon more frequently) and giving yourself time to think (which leads into point number two).
2. Give yourself more time to index your deep lexicon. Breathe deeper with your words. Speak slower and add pauses to provide yourself with adequate time to formulate your thoughts.
3. Prune your filler words. Process the endings of your words, and practice physically keeping your mouth closed until you are prepared to speak.
4. Take inventory of your language inputs. The way you speak is the result of the collective influence of the language that you have been exposed to. Take account of what language you are exposed to, and replace less articulate inputs with more expressive and coherent ones where you can. This could be the music you listen to, the books you read, the friends you converse with, etc.
5. Tune your vocal instrument. Harness variation within your speech patterns. Express yourself softly, loudly, quickly, and slowly, varying within your tone and rhythm.

Here I have included a couple recommendations that I've gathered from different sources:

1. Every day, spend five to ten minutes of your time reading through a novel out loud, enunciating each syllable carefully and clearly. This can greatly further your pronunciation.
2. Record yourself speaking as you regularly would and type out your words, or take something sizable you have written. Paste the text into a word cloud generator. This allows you to visually discern your surface lexicon, and it will help you know which terms you employ too often. You can then look up synonyms that will actually be helpful in your standard speech.

[BartlomiejRamotowski]

Only 200 subs? That's criminal. Don't worry mate, you will pop off soon enough.

[taylorwoolwine]

I’m sorry but if I ask someone where they want to go for dinner and they respond “I’ve reached idea poverty”, they will be eating alone.

[micromatters]

"Take inventory of your language inputs" — this point is a gem! Just as you are what you eat, you also are what you speak. If you're dining on a diet of slang and internet abbreviations, then don't be surprised when your language skills start looking a little malnourished. I've always found that reading high-quality material is like taking your brain to the gym. And just like a good workout, it shows!

[nataliesoutlet]

This is the content I’ve been looking for. THANK YOU!

[DigSamurai]

Clearly a young man of audacious veracity, prodigious linguistic ability, charm and sagacity. 😎

[soulsparkadventures]

The thing is, if you use words other people cannot understand, you will no longer be articulate 😅

[adeelm]

1. Using a word 38 unique times imprints and registers the word into our surface lexicon.

2. Pace yourself when speaking - in a way which mundane normal words are replaced by descriptive and articulate words.

3. Pausing. This allows for intimacy. Precision and suspense add another dimension.

4. Keep your mouth closed, and literally form your sentence. This prevents uhms and aahs and simple words and repetition.

5. Tap into the tapestries of speech of which mirorring them would enable eloquency.
I personally read classic arabic texts (translated to english) by imam Al Ghazali r.a, thereby rendering my writing and formal speech as such.

...I feel like a poser with some of my word choices but others have indeed created greater impact on the listener.

[drybones]

I appreciate how you are showcasing the results of following these practices in your own speech patterns in the video. The deliberate pauses to work out what you wanna say and you say it makes the whole lesson feel more valuable since it’s working as you speak. Nice work!

[rubabrahman]

A language input tip that helped me is reading novels, and observing how an author makes a point. The creative choice of to give life into the characters and story, especially using simple everyday vocabulary struck me in particular.

[ChristopherCopeland]

Great video!

As a video editor, I would recommend using some anti-reverb software on your audio track, or adding padding to your room or recording in a different room, because it will immediately make your audio sound as professional as the visuals look. 🎉

[milesmena]

When you said “how can we add BUOYANCY to our deep lexicon” I immediately felt that you were a genuinely quality speaker.

[vanshsangwan]

Joseph, dude this is what you get for making such a descriptive & knowledgeable video. I had this video of yours open in a different tab from around a month ago and it had roughly around 500 views, and man look at this, over 300k views as of now. Its truly amazing, and i am happy for you!!

[TheAkiller]

I love how you consciously or unconsciously incorporated some of the techniques right into the explanations themselves without making explicit examples for each, this made all those points impactful because you could immediately see the techniques in action. Great Video !

[BradleyGarzon]

This channel is an underrated gem, from the level of information, to the quality of the video and the knowledge. It’s insane, I’ve been watching your stuff man.

Please keep it up, you got a complete fan and viewer here.

[giacomocagnato]

I'll leave the compliment for the concepts to others, to take the opportunity to congratulate you on how you structured your video. You did not prolonged the world with unnecessary concepts to go over the 10 minutes mark, you jumped straight into the content and ended in a precise way. I really appreciate, and the words that comes to my mind to describe your video is "organic", maybe "authentic"

[marcogirelavida]

Another tip I would add to increase surface lexicon is start using deep lexicon while writing (a tweet, a text message...) . Usually you have more time to think while writing and you end up using those words speaking