Eliminating filler words can be a challenge, but with consistent practice, it’s achievable. Partnering with someone can provide valuable feedback and accountability. Daily two-minute practice sessions allow you to focus on your speech without overwhelming yourself. Recording yourself and listening back can help identify and eliminate filler words. Ensuring solid airflow and slowing down your … Read more
5 Speaking Tips To Avoid Filler Words During (Virtual) Presentations. Find out how to minimize the filler words and get rid of the Ums and Ahs when you speak. To convey confidence and manage speaking anxiety, watch this video to stop using filler words.
A few days ago, The New York Times published an article by Christopher Mele about so-called “filler words”, telling people to stop using them. Reporting on language often frustrates me, and this was no exception. In fact, thirty-odd linguists—including me—sent them a letter detailing.
Do filler words — “like,” “um,” “you know” — improve our communication or get in the way of it? Here’s what students think.In “Where Did Our Strange Use of ‘Like’ Come From?” the Opinion columnist John McWhorter explores the evolution of the word “like,” a filler word that he says took “its confident perch in … Read more
How To Stop Saying Um: Why do we use filler words? Speech fillers such as “like” “um” “you know” “uh” can be very distracting in public speaking because they take away from the message you want to convey to your audience. In this lesson, I give you speech delivery tips focused on…
What I am about to share with you, you have never heard about before and it’s a killer. But let’s start with what you have heard.Imagine if you wrote this way: “I, uh, want to talk to you, um, today about the newest, ah, well, trend that we, uh, like, see in the world of…
You can be the brightest and most skilled team member at work but without having the ability to connect effectively with other professionals, especially with the higher ups, real talk is… you will probably never land that promotion you’ve been working so hard for.
