3 tips for reducing ‘euhhh’ when you speak English

These ummmm, little noises,

euhhhhh,

are real, euhhhhhh,

credibility

killers.

Do you feel like you say “ummmm” and “euuhhhhh”

waaaay too much when you speak English?

Maybe you’re searching for your words.

Maybe you’re nervous.

In any case, these filler noises can kill your credibility.

I’m Christina and you’re watching Speak Better, Feel Great TV.

The place to boost your English and boost your career.

In this video, I’m gonna show how to say “euhhhhh”

less when you speak English. You ready?

First, I have to be completely honest with you.

It’s going to be very, very difficult,

maybe even impossible to completely eliminate the euuhhhhh

Everybody uses these little fillers

but our goal today is to reduce them.

That, we can do!

So how?

Here are 3 techniques.

First,

Take a moment to organize your sentence.

When speaking, it’s normal to take a few seconds to think.

Don’t feel like you have to constantly speak.

Before you say something, simply pause

to think about what you’re going to say.

Of course, don’t pause for too long. That’s just………

weird.

And if you’re not comfortable with the silence, just inject

“Hold on, let me think…”

“Hold on, let me think…”

The other person will understand that you’re searching for your words.

No.2

Chunking.

Chunks are groups of words we often use together.

You’ve probably learned some expressions like “How are you?”,

“Nice to meet you too”,

and even expressions like “every now and then”.

All of those are

chunks.

In English, we speak in chunks

a lot more than with individual words.

No one ever says “Nice to euuuuh

meet euuuuh you”,

Its a chunk.

If you learn chunks, you’ll eliminate “euhhhh”.

because you learn the complete expression.

In this Speak Better, Feel Great vocabulary videos, you always get some chunks.

This way you can help build your fluency and reduce

No.3

Practice NOT saying “euhhhhhh”.

This technique takes deliberate work,

but it’s pretty powerful.

First,

grab your smartphone or a dictaphone.

Next,

Let's see, if you can see this

choose dictaphone

record.

and record yourself speaking for 30 seconds.

Talk about anything you want!

Your weekend, a personal project, your boss.

Well,

maybe not your boss. You ARE recording this.

Anyway,

record yourself speaking for 30 seconds.

Listen and count

how many times you say “euhhhh”, "ummmm" etc.

Repeat the exercise and try to reduce the “euuhhhs”.

Do this every day for a few weeks

i thought you it takes deliver it work

but do it every day for a few weeks

and I guarantee you’ll improve.

Do you remember the 3 techniques?

Pausing to organize your sentence,

chunking, and recording yourself practicing.

Umm, yeah.

That’s euhhhhhh a good umm idea.

That’s a good idea.

Now, I would love to hear from you.

What do you do to reduce your “euuuhs”

when you speak English?

What techniques have worked?

and which techniques haven’t worked?

Leave a comment below and let me know.

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I’m Christina and I’ll see you next time.