Public speaking is a crucial skill that can transform your personal and professional life. However, the journey to becoming a confident speaker is often filled with questions, the most common being, “Where can I train my public speaking?” The answer is right in the heartlands of Singapore: Be the Voice Academy. Be the Voice…
FACT OR MYTH? “We should speak fast to convey the importance of an urgent message” Answer: That’s a MYTH. Communication is a dynamic exchange involving both a sender and a receiver. Often, when urgency is at play, we tend to accelerate our words, believing that speaking faster conveys the importance of our…
FACT OR MYTH? “Dressing extravagantly can enhance my presentations.” Answer: That’s a MYTH. Though appearance certainly holds its importance, dressing over-the-top can take away from your presentation. Imagine if we were to bejewel our entire outfit in sequins, transforming ourselves into a shimmering mega diamond. People would definitely be paying attention to YOU,…
FACT OR MYTH? “You can convey excitement in your speech with a high-pitched voice” Answer: … That’s a FACT. A high-pitched voice can definitely communicate feelings of excitement in your speech, but at the same time, it can be very annoying to listen to. People tend to tune out to high-pitch voices because…
FACT OR MYTH? “We need to feel confident in order to give a great presentation.” Answer: That’s a MYTH. Feeling confident does not equate to a great presentation. To a certain extent, we all experience some kind or form of performance anxiety as we deliver a speech or presentation on the big stage.…
Often glossed over, the letter ‘D’ plays an important role in higher articulation. In this series, we focus on the articulation of consonants. Habitually, people tend to place their focus on vowels rather than consonants, which makes their words very sloppy-sounding. Given a simple sentence such as; “Darrell was nominated by his friend and…
Welcome back once more! In this series, we share tips and tricks that can improve the sound of your voice. We also share that the bulk of it comes from great articulation. For today, we focus on 2 letters that actually share the same sound – letter C and letter K. Did you know…
We are back for your weekly dose of ‘How To Speak Better Singlish’. Today, we will be talking all about the potency of a single letter ‘P’. *A reminder that the series is not for promoting broken English. We encourage everyone to adopt the small changes shared in our blogs to eventually improve on…
Hello everyone! Welcome back to Part 5 of ‘How To Make Your Singlish Sound Better’. As you might have realised from previous blogs that emphasising certain letters of your words can make whatever we say sound extremely crisp. Today we will focus on articulation with the help of dear old letter ‘S’. How exactly…
Hello everyone! Happy T-day once again! Today’s tip is sponsored by the letter ‘F’ – Another gem of a letter when it comes to articulation. Articulation will always make whatever we say sound clear and pleasant to the ear of our listeners. Ever wondered how you could better enunciate the sounds of each letter? Let’s…