Exercises for the development of speech

A good diction for a person is akin to a talent, because not everyone can boast of a clear pronunciation. The causes of poor diction lurk in the birth defects of the speech apparatus, plus one can imitate other people's speeches and thus spoil one's own. However, with the help of special exercises for the development of speech, you can correct this situation.

Principles of Speech Development

They are applied to children and pursue the goal of teaching their native language:

1. Interrelation of mental, sensory and speech development. The basis of thinking consists of sensory representations, on which speech is based, developing in unity with them. The more a child learns about the world around him, the better his speech is formed.
2. Communicative-activity approach to the development of speech. Speech is understood as an activity, and the language is used for communication.
3. Development of linguistic instinct, that is, unconscious possession of the laws of language.
4. Formation of an elementary awareness of the phenomena of language. The child unconsciously generalizes these phenomena and forms creative speech ability.
5. Interrelation of work on different sides of speech. With the development of one side of speech, there is a simultaneous development of others.
6. Providing active speech practice. It is necessary not only to speak, but also to listen, to perceive speech.
7. Enrichment of the motivation of speech activity. This method of developing speech involves increasing the motivation to speak, repeat, retell.

Ways to develop speech at home

It often happens that an adult already for some reason wants to improve his reprimand, diction, intonation. If fuzzy and incorrect speech creates obstacles in everyday life: it limits understanding, prevents impressions or attracts attention, and also reaches career heights, special exercises can help:

1. Exercise breathing. It is necessary to utter vowel sounds while chanting, trying to pull them as long as possible. You can try to combine them with each other. Taking a short breath, continue, and still can be counted on exhalation to ten.
2. For the development of speech and adult diction it is very useful to pronounce tongue twisters . The most diverse, but preferably those, the sounds in which are given the hardest. In the future, they can be combined into one. To learn the skill of correct pronunciation faster, put the nuts in your mouth or hold the pencil between your front teeth. Removing such items, you can see that the technique of pronunciation of complex word combinations has improved.
3. The development of speech in adults involves listening to dictaphone records. It is always useful to hear your speech from the outside, to understand how it sounds and to identify the defects that exist, and then to proceed with their elimination.

You can also improve your diction by using articulatory charging. Here are the simplest and most common exercises:

1. Moving the jaw forward and back with the mouth open.
2. Turn the tongue in the cheeks alternately. Do with the mouth closed and open.
3. Open your mouth wide and alternately touch the tongue of each tooth.
4. Tilt the body forward with your arms crossed over your chest, and start pronouncing the vowels into chant. After each next sound, take the vertical position, and after that again bend over and continue.

Those who swallow entire syllables during a conversation are encouraged to chant poems. The works have to be chosen complex and for this the verses of Mayakovsky fit well. Correct pronunciation will help and frequent pronunciation of words in which consonants stand side by side.