Oratorical exercise thirty. Diction exercises

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It's no secret that tongue twisters are used to train diction and pronunciation. This is the fastest and easiest way to improve the quality of your speech. If you systematically devote time to speaking tongue twisters, you can achieve good results. Speakers, actors, vocalists, and public speakers practice tongue twisters regularly. In general, devoting time to special exercises is useful for everyone who wants to achieve intelligible and expressive speech.

How to develop diction with exercises?

• Warm up. We hold a pencil in our teeth. We pronounce a short phrase of about 10 words (not a tongue twister). We take out the pencil and say the same words without it. The brain will respond to a significant facilitation of the process, the language will become more flexible, the sounds will become clearer.
• Tongue twister training. Choose different tongue twisters that will train sounds: p, b, p, g, k, x, l, m. Practice a new sound every day.
• Use a voice recorder during training. Listening to the recording will allow you to understand what aspects of speech need to be improved, because... You may not notice any defects during exercise.
• Practice your breathing. Take in a full chest of air, and as you slowly exhale, pronounce one vowel or sonorant letter.

Types of tongue twisters

Tongue twisters can be grouped according to different criteria. But most often they are classified as follows.

• Complex tongue twisters for adults

These are phrases with complex letter combinations. They practice three or more sounds. Or two, but in a very difficult combination.

• The emotional Varvara felt the emotion of the insensitive Vavila;
• Karl put the onion on the chest, Klara stole the onion from the chest;
• The queen had a gentleman. The gentleman had a queen. Who's the queen? And who is the gentleman?;
• Four men walked from near Kostroma, from near Kostromishchi. They talked about trading, and about purchases, about cereals, and about reinforcements;
• A beetle is buzzing over the honeysuckle, the casing is heavy on the beetle.
• Mom, don’t look for us, We pinch sorrel for cabbage soup.
• The cat lapped the milk, and Vitya dipped the bun in the milk.
• The cap is sewn, not in the Kolpakov style, the bell is poured, not in the Kolokolov style. It is necessary to re-cap, re-cap. The bell needs to be re-belled, re-belled.

The longest and most complex tongue twister in Russian is called “Liguria”. This tongue twister is widely used by announcers, actors and people in professions for whom clear, intelligible speech is important. Liguria is a combination of more than 40 tongue twisters in one. Speech therapists advise first learning to read this verse at a fast pace. And only then start learning it by heart.

Full text of Liguria with accents:

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On Thursday the fourth, at four and a quarter o'clock, the Ligurian traffic controller was regulating in Liguria, but thirty-three ships tacked, tacked, and never tacked.

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And then the protocol about the protocol, the protocol, recorded how the interviewed Ligurian traffic controller eloquently, but not purely reported, but did not additionally report, additionally reported, but so reported about the wet weather that so that the incident did not become a candidate for a judicial precedent, the Ligurian traffic controller acclimatized in the unconstitutional Constantinople, where the tufted little girls laughed and shouted to the Turk, who was smoked with a pipe:

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Don’t smoke a pipe, Turk, you’d better buy a pile of peaks, you’d better buy a pile of peaks, otherwise a bombardier will come from Brandeburg and bombard you with bombs because someone black-nosed dug up half his yard with his snout, dug up and dug up!

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But in reality the Turk was not in action.

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Yes, and Klara the King was sneaking to the store at that time, while Karl was stealing corals from Klara, for which Klara stole the clarinet from Karl, and then in the yard of Varvara, the tar widow, these two thieves stole firewood. But sin is not laughter, not putting it in a nut. About Klara and Karl in the darkness, all the crayfish were noisy in a fight, so the thieves had no time for the bombardier, and no time for the tar widow, and no time for the tar children.

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But the angry widow put the firewood in the barn: once firewood, two firewood, three firewood - all the firewood could not fit, and two woodcutter, two woodcutterOla-drovorUba, for the emotional Varvara, expelled the firewood across the width of the yard back to the woodyard, where the heron wasted away, the heron withered, the heron died.

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The heron's chick clung tenaciously to the chain; well done against the sheep, and against the well done the sheep itself, to which Senya carries the hay in a sleigh, then Senka carries Sonya and Sanka on a sled: the sled hops, Senka sideways, Sonya head on, everyone goes into a snowdrift, and Sashka is just a bump in the head knocked down

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Then Sasha went along the highway, Sasha found Sasha on the highway. Sonya - Sashka’s friend was walking along the highway and sucking a dryer, and besides, Sonya the turntable also had three cheesecakes in her mouth - exactly like a honey cake, but she had no time for a honey cake - Sonya, with cheesecakes in her mouth, the sexton over-spont, over-spont: buzzing like a ground beetle , buzzing and spinning.

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Was at Frol's - Frol lied to Lavra, he will go to the Lavra to Frol Lavra, he will lie to him that - the Akhmister with the Akhmister, the Otmister with the Otmister, that the snake has a snake, and the hedgehog has a hedgehog, and a high-ranking guest took away his cane, and soon again five guys ate five honey mushrooms and a half-quarter of four lentils without worms, and one thousand six hundred and sixty-six pies with cottage cheese made from whey from yogurt.

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The bells were ringing about everything about this, so much so that even Konstantin, a Salzburg unpromising man, stated from under an armored personnel carrier:

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Just as you can’t ring all the bells, you can’t re-ring the bells, so you can’t speed up all the tongue twisters, you can’t over-speak; but trying is not torture.

• Tongue twisters for children's speech development

Tongue twisters should be taught from childhood. Memorizing them forms correct pronunciation and develops beautiful speech in the child. Many children's tongue twisters convey funny and cheerful stories, which means they can be learned while playing. Much attention should be paid to cues aimed at practicing “problem” sounds.

• The mouse whispers to the mouse: “You keep rustling, you’re not sleeping.” The mouse whispers to the mouse:
  “I’ll rustle more quietly”;

• The wasp does not have whiskers, not whiskers, but antennae;
• Six little mice rustle in the reeds;
• One firewood, two firewood, three firewood;
• White rams beat drums;
• From the clatter of hooves, dust flies across the field;
• A fisherman is catching a fish; the entire catch floats into the river.
• Good beavers go into the forests.
• Hedgehogs became friends with mice in the rye. They went into the reeds - and there were no souls in the rye.
• The snake was bitten by the snake, and you can’t get along with the snake.
• The baker baked the bagel, bagel, loaf and loaf from the dough early in the morning.
• There lived three chickens: Yak, Yak Tsydrak, Yak Tsydrak Tsydroni. Once upon a time there lived three chicks: Tsypa, Tsypa Drypa, Tsypa Drypa Lampomponi. Here Yak married on Tsypa, Yak Tsydrak on Tsypa Drypa, Yak Tsydrak Tsydroni on Tsypa Drypa Lampomponi. They had one son: Yak and Tsypa: Shah. Yak Tsydrak with Tsypa Drypa: Shah Sharakh. Yak Tsydrak Tsydroni with Tsypa Drypa Lampomponi: Shah Sharakh Sharoni.
• Letter A, letter A – Alphabet head. Vova knows, Sveta knows, And she looks like a rocket.
• Open, Varvara, the gates, if not the enemy is behind the gates, but the enemy and the enemy are turned away from the Varvara gates.
• A hedgehog lies by the Christmas tree, the hedgehog has needles, And below, looking like little hedgehogs, last year’s cones lie on the grass.
• Beavers go bravely into the forests, Beavers are kind to beavers.
• It will either rain or snow, it will either happen or it won’t.
• The hedgehog, the hedgehog, and the hedgehog, and the swift, the swift, and the little bear were frightened.
• The woman has beans, the grandfather has oaks.
• The water carrier was carrying water from the water supply.
• White snow. White chalk. White sugar is also white. But the squirrel is not white. It wasn't even white.
• The toad sat in the puddle, looking greedily at the beetle. The beetle buzzed, buzzed, buzzed and came to her for dinner.

Tongue twisters for announcers

One of the basic skills that an announcer or radio host must have is good diction. With the help of tongue twisters, you can significantly improve the quality of pronunciation and make your speech clearer. Often, before broadcasting, announcers read tongue twisters, warming up their articulatory apparatus. Many TV and radio presenters use Liguria for training. Absolutely any tongue twisters known to everyone will be suitable as a warm-up before the broadcast.

• A lilac, unpromising guy with an undercut.
• In the depths of the tundra, otters in gaiters poke cedar kernels into buckets! Having torn out the gaiters from an otter in the tundra, wipe the cedar kernels with the otter, wipe the otter's face with the gaiters - the otter into the tundra, the kernels into the buckets!
• The ships tacked, tacked, but didn’t tack, because they didn’t believe in the possibility of tackling. Here are the people of little faith: if they believed, they would catch it.
• Tongue twisters I speak quickly, I do not speak quickly with tongue twisters.

Short tongue twisters

As mentioned earlier, it is better to start developing diction with the help of tongue twisters with short, simple phrases. At the initial stage, they may consist of one word, for example, “unpromising”, “repack”. Replies consisting of several words must be pronounced in one breath.

• The messenger from the galleys was burned;
• The falcon sat on the naked trunk;
• The Christmas tree has pinched needles;
• Cannons were being lowered from the hills and rocks;
• The quail hid the quails from the boys;
• The Queen gave the gentleman a caravel.

Long tongue twisters

After short remarks begin to come out easily and naturally, you should start working on longer tongue twisters. Large phrases are also pronounced in one breath. It is allowed to pause to take in air between quatrains.

• King Clarik has a king, Queen Carlisle has a dwarf. The dwarf is Karl, and the king is Clara. Clara has a clarinet, Karl has corals. Clara stole corals from Karl, and Karl stole Clara's clarinet. Clara doesn't have a clarinet, but she does have corals. Karl has a clarinet, but no corals. Queen Carlisle punished Clara for stealing corals from the dwarf Karl, and Clarik the king of Karl punished the one who stole the clarinet from the thief. If Karl had not stolen from Clara, Clara would not have stolen the corals, Clarik would have listened to his clarinet as he stole, and Karl gave the corals to Carlisle.
• The commander spoke about the colonel and about the colonel, about the lieutenant colonel and about the lieutenant colonel, about the lieutenant and about the lieutenant, about the second lieutenant and about the second lieutenant, about the ensign and about the ensign, about the ensign, but said nothing about the ensign.

Funny tongue twisters

This is a variation of complex tongue twisters with a comical meaning. Try to convey this with intonation.

• For a fun feast:

“The vodka plays and sparkles in the glass. It pleases the soul and warms the womb. If vodka interferes with studying, give it up, such studies!”

• For corporate competitions

“Getting used to work,

the worker accumulates work,

earnings are earned from work,

and additional earnings come from processing.”

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“Our trains are the biggest trains in the world, and no big trains can beat our big trains in terms of traininess!”

• To set the mood

“Watermelons were being reloaded from truck to truck. During a thunderstorm, the body fell apart in the mud from a load of watermelons.”

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“Senya is carrying Sanya and Sonya in a sled. Sleigh hop! Senya - from the feet, Sanya - to the side, Sonya - to the forehead. Everything is in a snowdrift - bang!

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“I smoked a Turkish pipe, I pecked at the trigger of the grain. Don’t smoke, Turk, pipes, don’t peck, trigger, grains!”

• For noisy parties

“Skinny, weak Koschey is dragging a box of vegetables.”

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"They threw bananas at the funny monkey; they threw bananas at the funny monkey."

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“Managed to sleep through the opportunity to get laid.”

• Vulgar tongue twisters

“Shura Semashko groped Natasha, And the orderly Negoshin killed the tambourine.”

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“They took off Nadezhda’s colored clothes, Without clothes, Nadezhda does not attract as before.”

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“When you arrive in Tahiti, don’t hide it, aunts, titis. There is no reason for the aunts to hide in Tahiti. There, aunties are held in high esteem, so titi for aunties comes in handy. To become one of your own in Tahiti, don’t hide it, auntie, to become one. Rip everything off, don’t languish, for intercourse in Tahiti.”

Breathing training

Breathing also requires performing simple exercises to ensure correct speech.

• We inhale slowly through a small hole in the lips, and mentally pronounce the prepared quatrain. We repeat the exercise with walking/running/jumping/any other activity.
• Standing straight with the body tilted forward, we return to the starting position stretching out sonorous sounds.
• Standing straight, raise one leg at the knee while taking a deep breath, lower it while exhaling. Repeat alternately with different legs.
• We suck in our stomach, drawing in full lungs of air. Slowly push out the stomach with air, drawing out a consonant sound.

Foreign tongue twisters

The benefits of tongue twisters in a foreign language are obvious. With their help, pronunciation is improved. The words in English tongue twisters are chosen in such a way as to speak not only quickly and clearly, but also with the correct accent. This is a great addition for language learning. Working on such tongue twisters is necessary not only for people learning a foreign language, but also for those who speak it at a good level and speak to the public at international conferences and symposiums. Tongue twisters exist in different foreign languages.

• English tongue twisters:

“Betty Botta bought some butter, “But, she said, this butter's bitter, But a bit of better butter will make my batter better.” So, she bought a bit of butter better than the bitter butter, And it made her batter better. So, it was Betty Botta’s batter bought a bit of better butter.”

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“How many cans can a cannibal nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans? As many cans as a cannibal can nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans.”

• Spanish tongue twisters:

Pancha plancha con cuatro planchas. Con cuantas planchas Pancha plancha? (Pancho irons with four irons. How many irons does Pancho iron with?)

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Del pelo al codo y del codo al pelo, del codo al pelo y del pelo al codo. (From hair to elbow and from elbow to hair, from elbow to hair and from hair to elbow).

Articulation apparatus training

The articulatory apparatus is our physiological speech complex: lips, tongue, teeth, palate - everything that is responsible for creating sounds. Often, developing articulation means pronouncing tongue twisters, but this is a completely wrong approach. We are developing physiology, so we will focus on the following aspects.

• Jaw. We place our elbows on the table, clench our palms into fists. We place our chin on our fists, supporting our head with our hands. We begin to slowly press our head into our hands, making slight circular movements. The jaw should feel pressure. Then we, standing or sitting, move the jaw in different directions.
• Cheeks. We retract and inflate our cheeks alternately; we drive air from one cheek to the other, inflate them; as if we are pushing the air out of our lips, but at the same time we keep our lips closed - they should puff up.
• Sky. Yawn actively and widely; move the tongue across the palate from the teeth to the soft palate; imitate gargling.
• Lips. A wide smile alternately with lips pursed into a tight tube; chewing lips (mild); move your tightly closed lips in different directions; alternately expose the upper and lower teeth; We make a “horse” snort.
• Language. We rotate it in the mouth, tracing the teeth and cheeks; chew the tongue; pull the tongue to the chin and nose; fold it into a tube and draw air through it.

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Articulation gymnastics

It includes exercises to improve the functioning of the articulatory apparatus and tasks for the development of certain sounds.

You can use the warm-up above. Additionally, you can do the following exercises:

• Shovel. Smile slightly, extend your tongue forward, and place its tip on your lower lip. The walls of the tongue rest against the corners of the mouth.
• Swing. With your tongue extended, touch your upper and lower lips alternately.
• Pronounce back-lingual sounds with vowels: ga-ga-ga, ko-ko-ko, ha-ha-ha.

Articulation of sounds sh, zh

These sounds are called hissing sounds, and they have special pronunciation features. To develop these sounds, you need to exaggerate their pronunciation:

• Sh. Pull the lips forward, round them, create a small gap between the teeth. We raise the tip of the tongue, lower its back, but just a little - the tongue forms a cup. The sides of the tongue are pressed into the molars. We push out the air.
• G. We create the same position as in the first point. but we close our teeth more tightly and press our cheeks.

Articulation of sounds k, g, x

These are back-lingual sounds.

• K. Lower the tip of the tongue and move it away from the teeth. The back of the tongue is tightly curved and forms a gap between the palate. Air is expelled.
• D. Similarly, but the tip of the tongue rests on the lower teeth.
• X. Similar, but the back of the tongue forms a wider gap.