Hi! This video is extremely helpful! English is not my mother tongue, so coping with shortness of breath during speech has been difficult. Everything became easier after this video. Thanks a lot!
I'm so happy to hear that you're finding it easier to breathe when speaking English! This video should also help you get more comfortable with the flow of speech: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Haf1hUDql8s.html
I LOVE this video. I’m a native English speaker. And I had a problem breathing while speaking. I usually breathe through my mouth. Thank you for these tips 💪
Thank you for sharing your feedback! As I often say, there is always more to discover about how we use our voice, no matter our native language! Making videos has actually helped me regulate my breath more so I don't have to edit as much. 😉
I just realize that native speakers always release the air from their belly while speaking English. It’s like always having strong air behind the words they speak. It’s totally different my accent in Vietnamese. This video is really useful for me. Thank you very much.
I'm happy to hear this helped you! Yes, breathing from the belly helps you get more power behind your words. Some people breathe more shallowly, and you can hear that reflected in the way their voice sounds. It's wonderful that you can identify the differences between English and Vietnamese! I also encourage you to explore resonance, as this also influences the quality of your voice. You can experiment with these exercises: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4ES4EYZL4GY.html
@@Englishwithkim Yes. Thank you very much. I’m practicing your exercise right now. Normally, I always make a deep breathe inside my belly before I speak a sentence to make more power and smooth, then I make it again for the next sentence. But I still can’t imagine how can I make a sound from my chest when I count from 1 to 10. :D
i admire the way you speak.you can take sooo long breath.i often shadow your videos,but i always run out of breath,i feel short of breath when i say long sentences.how could you do that.it 's amazing.
Since I started recording videos, I have learned to speak for a longer time without taking a breath. It makes it easier to edit the videos. However, keep in mind that I often edit out my breathing in many of these videos (this is very common on RU-vid). Have you seen this video? It may help you understand how to break up longer sentences: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MyrnliX9SAU.html
Hi Kim, I must say you are doing an amazing job --- knowing keenly which interlocking details (mostly subtle) of learning how to speak English must be understood by non-native speakers (like me) to guarantee real progress along the way. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you for the kind words. You clearly understand my approach and the reason I focus on details that are often very subtle. As educators, we have to be able to listen for the question behind the question to help people get real results.
Thank you for the kind words. Your example has clear thought groups - great job! Be sure to practice that slight pause and rise in pitch between them. 👍
I searched alot on RU-vid. (How I take correct pause and breathe?) Now finally I got your video, it's really helpful for me . I watched whole video , I liked and subscribed your channel. I'm happy to learn with you thank you so much for making great videos.
I'm happy that you finally found a video that could answer your questions about breathing and pausing! With practice, it will get a lot easier. The video I published yesterday should also help with knowing when to pause: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iy3L1vzCCkc.html
I love this video. It helps me a lot on how to identify the thought groups, pausing, breathing when speaking. I do sometimes running out of my breathe when speaking English because I don't really pay attention to my speech where to pause and connected them. These are great tips, especially for non-native speakers. I came across your channel because of my colleagues. Thanks so much. Here are some of my thought groups. See if I chunk them correctly. I went to the movie theater// with my girl.// The movie was so bad// then we left.// And the next time// we went to the park.// My daughter enjoyed it so much// because she met her friends there.//
I'm happy to hear this helped you understand where to break up your speech, breathe, and use thought groups! This is a subtle detail that makes a big difference in how you sound. I'm glad your colleagues pointed you in my direction! Those thought groups look great to me - awesome!!
That's awesome to hear! You may also want to check out this video that shows how stress and thought groups work together to help your words flow: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Haf1hUDql8s.html
Hi Ms. You said : Remember to include a slight rise in pitch after each thought group. But I don’t know I understand it correctly. For example: 11:12 The last time I was here/, we waited for a table/ for over an hour. In this sentence, I need to raise pitch at “ we’’. Is that right? ‘’We “ is a unstressed word , it is on the baseline pitch so I need to raise “we “ one step above the baseline.
The slight rise at the end of the thought group. In the example you mentioned, your pitch would rise on "here" and "table" and fall after "hour." I encourage you to check out this series of videos if you haven't already - they have more details on thought groups and these key intonation patterns: ru-vid.com/group/PL81YJkck6j1t6ZPViiL8zOLYVvz1Gjdjz
Great video!! Thank you for sharing, I will surely watch all your videos to improve my speaking in English, I actually watch your channel since you started.
Great video! I've often been reluctant to breathe through the mouth. Some vocal coaches recommend against breathing through the mouth saying that it's not natural. But now I wonder.. if that were the case, we'd probably yawn through our noses. I once went scuba diving where we had to breathe through our mouths all the time, and I noticed thereafter that I was able to speak with a much deeper resonant voice.
I came across that same advice about breathing through the nose in my own research, but it just doesn't come naturally to most of us. The tip that made the biggest difference for me was relaxing the back of my tongue to reduce the gasping sound! Like my other video on finding your voice, it's about experimenting and finding what works best for you. Like you said, you found a more resonant voice once you deepened your breath while scuba diving! As I've done more and more RU-vid videos, I've started breathing more deeply so I can finish a longer sentence without taking a breath. That saves me a lot of editing time. 😂
Excellent use of thought groups! I definitely feel that thought groups become easier with practice. You get a better sense of where to pause, the most common types of chunks, etc. Pausing will seem less obvious to listeners if you pause where they expect you to pause. That said, it will likely still be evident, especially when you're using pausing for effect. The pauses give your listeners time to process what you're saying. It's okay that people notice that you're pausing!
I suggest practicing thought groups with shorter passages, even just a sentence or two. I suggest finding articles that use the type of language you use in your everyday life or work. I often suggest articles from The Atlantic because the language is intellectual, yet conversational.
Great Content Kim, I gave it a thumbs up but couldn't get over how many cuts and edits you made in the video , was keen to watch you naturally breathe your way uninterpreted for a minute or two... just my two cents , and thanks again
The best way to hear more natural breathing is to check out a live video. Try this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s4OTHrz9zFM.html or this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xtA7Tzo2eiM.html
I believe that pausing is the same in British English. The Brits sometimes stress different words in a chunk, but pausing after thought groups should work the same.
@@Englishwithkim thank you so much for your reply.I was looking for british english channel on that but somehow i came across yours and loved it hoping i can still learn the basic foundations in here anyway.Another new subscriber to your list :)
Welcome to my channel! This video should also help you understand pausing and thought groups: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MyrnliX9SAU.html
Try the advice in this video on connotation and nuance for tips on how to understand the difference between related words: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h_eniO7KiqM.html
Interesting point. My understanding is that there's a difference between breathing through the mouth at all times, and breathing through the mouth when speaking. Research has shown that healthy adults actually breathe simultaneously through both the mouth and nose while speaking: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4698965/
@@Englishwithkim that is correct, considering deep air move out to vibrate sounds in vocal cord, in order to the tongue e lips express it in mouth. We dont express words by nose. Nose breath is when we are silence. It common sense.
