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Read words, sentences, children’s books, newspaper articles. Read as far and near as you can, whether out loud to an audience or quietly to yourself.

Seeing the language in print helps you understand word structures. It also anchors the new sounds, and helps them get impr...

• Speak slowly. Visualize the slow, emphatic tone of a judge delivering a verdict.
• Pause. Those who show confidence often pause for a second or two between sentences.
• Drop intonation. Lowering the tone of your voice at the e...

• Talking out aloud opens up the words, providing full thought retrieval, and using rhythm and intonation to bring out the main idea while increasing the dialogical abilities of our own speech.
• Mute inner speech, on the other hand encourages short-hand language and mental shortcuts, ...