Speak Clearly: Articulation Training
Train your mouth, tongue and breath to speak clearly — so you're understood the first time, on the phone, at the counter and in interviews.
Be understood the first time, every time
Do people often ask you to repeat yourself? Do you speak fast, mumble, or drop the ends of words? Is English your second language and some sounds feel tricky? Clear speech is a skill — and like any skill, it improves with the right practice.
This course trains the mechanics of clear speech: how sounds are made, how to warm up, and how to practise the sounds that cause the most confusion at work.
What you'll learn
- How speech sounds are made — breath, voice, jaw, lips and tongue
- A 5-minute daily warm-up and how to project your voice safely
- Clear vowels: opening your mouth and beating the mumble
- Tricky consonants: "th", v and w, r and l, s and sh, and word endings like -ed and -s
- Linking words, chunking, and saying numbers, names and spelling clearly
- Clear speech on the phone and in video calls
Included downloads
- Practice cards — word pairs, drills and tongue twisters for every sound
- Daily 5-minute warm-up
- 21-day practice tracker
- Read-aloud passages and workplace scripts
How it works
- 6 modules, 20 short lessons with mouth-position diagrams
- You'll record yourself on your phone at the start and the end, so you can hear your progress
- A short quiz after each module, and a certificate when you finish
Clarity, not accent change
Every accent is valid. This course isn't about sounding like someone else — it's about being easy to understand, in your own voice.
This course is general speaking practice, not speech therapy. If you stutter, have ongoing difficulty with particular sounds, or have voice problems, a qualified speech pathologist can help — see the first lesson for how to find one.
Pairs well with: Confident English Speaking for confidence, pace and pausing.
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Course outline
Module 1: How clear speech works
What articulation is (and isn't), how sounds are made, and your starting recording.
- Clear speech: what it is — and what it isn'tFree preview10 min
- How speech sounds are made12 min
- Your starting recording10 min
- Module 1 quiz5 min
Module 2: Warm up your speaking muscles
Posture, breath support, a 5-minute warm-up and projecting your voice safely.
- Posture and breath support10 min
- A 5-minute warm-up for jaw, lips and tongueFree preview12 min
- Projecting your voice — and looking after it10 min
- Module 2 quiz5 min
Module 3: Clear vowels
Open your mouth, beat the mumble, and get short and long vowels right.
- Open your mouth: beat the mumble10 min
- Short and long vowels15 min
- Module 3 quiz5 min
Module 4: Clear consonants
Lip sounds, v and w, the two 'th' sounds, t, d, s and sh, r and l, word endings and consonant clusters.
- Lip sounds: p, b, m, f, v — and v vs w12 min
- The two 'th' sounds12 min
- t, d, s and sh12 min
- R and L12 min
- Word endings: -ed, -s and -ing15 min
- Consonant clusters12 min
- Module 4 quiz5 min
Module 5: Connected speech
Linking words, chunking, numbers, names and spelling, and clear speech on the phone.
- Linking words and chunking12 min
- Numbers, names and spelling15 min
- Clear on the phone and on video calls12 min
- Module 5 quiz5 min
Module 6: Clear speech at work
A tongue-twister workout, workplace scripts, a 21-day plan and your final recording.
- The tongue-twister workout12 min
- Read-aloud scripts for work15 min
- Your 21-day plan and final recording15 min
- Module 6 and final quiz5 min