Hadar Shemesh breaks down the myth that introverts are naturally unclear speakers. She outlines a two-stage approach: solo work on pronunciation and thought-linking, then one-on-one conversations to build confidence before larger groups.
How can an introvert communicate with clarity? That's a good question. Well, first of all, I wanna say that nothing about being an introvert means that you need to be unclear. The fact that you're an introvert doesn't necessarily mean automatically that you need to be less fluent or less confident in any way. Clarity of speech, great for introverts, 'cause this is definitely something that you can do on your own.
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You don't need other people for that. So you identify the key sounds that you don't, pronounce well or that you confuse. You practice connecting the thoughts together, speaking out loud, all of these things. Not only that you can do alone, you should do alone. And then the next step would be to have people around you that you get to speak with. And for introverts, I would say to start with one-on-ones.
That's what I was gonna say too. You can build your fluency maybe even in a better way by going deep with one person. Right. Which is, and you feel confident and comfortable. Yeah. With another person. So I think finding those one-on-one connections that you— in English, you know, to find an accountability partner or someone that you can connect with in English one-on-one is a much less intimidating approach than feeling like you have to go to a party or big groups or all of these things, because you don't really need that if it's not who you are.
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