Has anyone ever joined this club? Does it help one become more articulate? I'm not really afraid of public speaking ( 7 out of 10 comfort) but I'd like to be more articulate.
Basically sound smarter. Like your average Getbigger.
Will this help?
Are you talking about accent reduction/elimination? There is a saying that is out of fashion right now..."If you can tell where you are from, or show your economically deprived upbringing by the way you sound, you are doing it wrong!"
I got rid of my Texas accent by parroting. First by parroting national news anchors when I was a preteen....Then I discovered the record shown...I have never met or communicated with Peter Ustinov...but he was defacto my most influential speech teacher.
The record is a monologue routine written around four songs from a chamber opera called "The Impresario". (If you think, "I don't like classical music", I can't help you, I am relating how I did it.) It's around 40 minutes of a speech relating a comedy story that is rather dry if you don't like this sort of thing. (But I did like it so it was easy for me.) It is full of sentences and phrases that I would repeat until it sounded natural.
The goal is not to try to sound british, but "transatlantic". What you want is this:
1:17 onward...
As far as vocabulary, I am lopping over with Aspergers, that was natural for me. I would visit the public library. I would read scientific material. If you say "I don't like science..." I can't help you there, just telling you how I did it.
You must say it aloud when you are doing this. Say the sentences and phrases over and over.
Again, you shouldn't go too far and sound too "flowery". You should not strive to sound british...Nor should you go for the prewar sound either.
Ripe and lowhanging...eh?
