Top Strategies For Native Chinese Speakers To Improve Voice Projection

Improving voice projection and sounding more confident are the goals of many foreign

born professionals Although there are many methods to help accomplish this, lets focus on the top 4 strategies:

1. Get ready. Stand with your feet not quite shoulder width apart, your weight forward, more on the balls of the feet than the heels. Relax your hands by your sides. Start to pay attention to your breathing. As you exhale, release your shoulders, relax your neck, unclench your teeth, and see if you can't manage a yawn and maybe even a smile. Try this exercise for 5-10 minutes daily, especially before you start to speak in front of a group.

2.Diaphragmatic breathing. This is breathing from your belly. It fuels your voice and releases tension from your upper body. It's also called belly breathing because as you inhale, your belly expands (and your chest and shoulders don't move). To demonstrate this, you should place one hand over your belly button. Slowly inhale one long breath through your mouth while silently counting "one... two... three... four." Your stomach should expand, pushing your hand forward (your shoulders and chest should not move.)

Feel your hand move out as you pull the breath deep into your lungs. Now, hold that breath and count silently, "one... two... three... four." Next, exhale the breath through your mouth while counting silently, "one... two... three... four." Do this until you are comfortable and breathing easily. Its important to use your lungs, intercostals muscles, and diaphragm while counting. Now, you are ready to make sound.

3. Mmm... You are going to make a gentle "Mmm" sound, using up an entire breath on just that one sound. Take in a full belly breath, and as you exhale say a very gentle and quiet sustained Mmmmmmmmm... until you run out of air. Do it again, being certain to really open your mouth as you softly sustain the Mmmm. Next, practice humming Aaaaahhhhhhhh more loudly to warm up the articulators.

4 . Reading with emphasis..Now that you are all warmed up, look for an advertisement in the newspaper, yellow pages, or brochure. Stand up and read the advertisement out loud and create the emphasis on the service or product being sold. Emphasize the benefits of using the product or service. Practice this exercise in front of a friend or your accent coach, asking them if they are convinced that they should use the service!

by: Tracey Ingram

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