Accent Reduction Tip 2: Speak Smoothly Without Filler Words

[lyziette]

For me, talking without filler words often comes at a cost: I grimace a lot (especially during long awkward silent pauses) as I struggle to get my thoughts organised and this confuses the listener. =(

[makeupgoddess08]

its very helpful...thanks!

[UV0023]

I like your videos, you rock lady

RESPECT

[poet2great]

This is good for me, when I go on a job interview and just sociallizing regularly.

[nabizolyad]

Thank you so much for the video. I found all of your videos useful and can't wait for applying the tips you mentioned to my daily speech!

[007alain]

thank you

:)

[warthogverboon]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing this video with us. I agree that using "uh" and "like"can become distracting when listening to someone, however, I'm not sure about the example that you gave; when I ask someone a question like that and it takes the other person such a long time to answer, I would wonder if he understands me, or if he was listening to me at all. For me the "uhm" would be an indication that the person understands me and is about to answer.

[lxlx168]

Great help thank u

[Valkyrja1988]

Hi

I want to thank you for your very helpful videos. I'm from Germany and have problems with the "th"-sound. Could you perhaps make a video about this? I would be very grateful because your videos are really great :)

[Anabel282]

Hi

Thanks for your help. I would like to download this audio. Where I can find it.

Thnaks

[speakingyourbest]

I know that you can inbed the video or put it on a website, but I'm not sure if you can download it onto your computer

[scarfacehel9]

thank you very much for your videos... i appreciate your effort to help us lose the accent and learn how to talk like a newscaster

[eighteen4eva]

actually if u think about, if we learn to speak slower so pple can understand us e first time we speak, we save more time than having to repeat our sentence over and over again.

[maxpanchoo]

You're right, but for forgeingers it is way to look more like a native speaker.

[petcon519]

Nice Video... very informative.

[halalola1]

you look like happy because of your fluency in english..i recommend you to be modest baby :)

[inspirationalthought]

may God Bless you........lolx

[perfectionbox]

"Um" and "err" speech is the main thing with most people, and very hard to avoid. Thanks for the excellent tips, I'm fighting this battle too. :)

[gotubo]

Your are just awsome!!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

[rodrigodiasilhabela]

you are a great theacher and you look hot as well , i mean very pretty..

[manonbasile]

incredible ! I'm french , and I never understand the americans when they are speaking , and here , I totally understood you ! Everything you said ! Yes , americans ( from my french point of view ) speak too much fast ! Please , slow down , you don't need it ! Lol

[papiulik2kno]

I was living in New York for eleven years, now I´m living in Madrid, and thanks to your help, I´m pronunciation is going better!

[HORACINIS]

very good thank you very much!!

[Redmihawk]

You're great and a inspiration to many people, thanks for helping!

[claudiakarina79]

Thank you so much you are great!

[ferkentucky]

oh my god ive been looking for videos like this one forever... you are the salvation for me .. love your videos .... thanks ..

[LadyElfArwen]

amazing!

:D

[MMKfan]

wow your brilliant! thanks for the effort of making this videos for all of us wanting to speak english better.

[EvaBrick8]

Thanks for the advice. I find I get shy and talk to fast in interviews.

[analfabeta44]

the same...it is terrible! greetings!

[at90percent]

I knew a guy who didn't use filler words.

He would just have a long akward silent pause while he was collecting his thoughts. lol

[sydneywhz]

Exactly, it's better to use fillers like uhm and ahh rather than a long silence. There are some studies that shows that people who use these fillers sounds more convincing than people that don't. Just don't use fillers like "like" and "you know"

[speakingyourbest]

Actually, it is better not to use filler words at all, if possible, including "uh". When making an important point, it is better to pause slightly after it so that listeners can think about what was said and process it better.

[YoureSpotOnWithThat]

your particular is a bit odd !

Why so?

.

[melvintbaclay]

thanks...big help...

[KIMOOZ11]

Great Job!

[cuico2008]

This is great, to get rid of filler words!Intelligent comments and why we should get rid of them. I did not even know what was the word in english for these. In spanish is "Muletilla".

[BuZZZZZZnumber1]

tu est trés jolie tu est magnifique

[hollywoodboy1]

I love your speaking voice.

[monica6432]

thanks this is what I was looking for. am tired of people making fun of my accent

[gecilio]

Appreciate it! Thanks!

[mohammedemara]

i would like her to me my teacher, she is excellent

[molarjay]

more of this...thanks

[hamidamdino]

you are a diamond

[chagy93204]

I have to thank you for your job, your are really helping a lot of people, including me, some fellas make fun of our accent but is not easy when speake a complicated language like English, thanks and God bless you.

[luisframirez2]

Beautifully said. Thank you!

[Hadoud23]

exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

[lolo8679]

but if talk slowly, it also sounds un-natural. This lady has to speed it up a notch.

[speakingyourbest]

Sometimes you may need to speak more slowly so that you can organize your thoughts and speak without filler words. This is one strategy that helps!

[00allengarcia00]

ahhh uhhhmm mmmmm thats why budhist pratice this alot??

[drzaki123]

Thanks a million! Among the people who make fun of accents and are impatient to teach, you are an angel to post free videos. This may seem small to natives, but this can change the life of an immigrant in so many ways. Thank you so much!

[MT12XD]

some wise guy ¬¬ is rating negative this comments, i dont care, your tutorials are very useful.

[bassmarion]

As a new immigrant, it is really helpful, thank you very much !!!

[jimyhunter2oo8]

hello i would like to thank you alot ,it is very helpful and fruit full

[kaalqnk]

Thanks for uploading this video. You are the best and I hope God bless you. Again thanks.

P/D: Are you Argentina?

[aishi0119]

thank you so much for this topic..its is really helpful! more power!

[englichman83]

wow, thats what I was looking for, I keep repeating the filler words without noticing them ,thanks a lot that was really helpful

[maplemanz]

um is the worst speech filler of all!!

I hate it

[xenonn84]

thanks for uploading the video keep up the good work

[murali001923]

Very nice young lady, we are expecting some of these types of tips

[jonaleeL]

THANKS

[dianesusan1]

Thanks again C! We appreciate you putting your videos out for us.

[dianesusan1]

Thanks again C. We all appreciate you putting your videos out in public. You're the best.

[airdolphin7]

Thank u r helping o lot

[softsadiq]

You are giving such a great tips freely, I appreciate your such help. Thank you.

[jacqueline716]

This was very um...helpful. Just kidding about the um!

It really did provide great techniques to minimize filler words in my daily conversations. 5/5.

[guardianjuan]

thank you sooo much you have no idea how much this helps I am very grateful

[girllovestolearn]

Thank you very much. Your lesson was very useful. Keep up the good work!

[adorianvlad]

how about the frequent use of "as such" or "and such"? I've heard in specially britons using this type of speech.

About the filler words, they can be very annoying indeed. Sometimes I can't watch a video if the speaker is using too many "hmmmm" or "like".

[ALBESHAB]

thanks for your support..and help..... i am From Saudi Arabia..and i like to learn the accent as your teaching ::))

best regards

[Bilal44]

Can't wait to see your next video ....

[coconutpanther]

Thx! Great job!