□You may know lots of vocabulary and grammar, but still be a terrible communicator. If I had a lot of money, I purchased a majestic mansion on the rocky coastlines of Spain. Speaking English well and being a good communicator are not the same thing right now, keep watching because you are about to improve your communication skills in English. Hi this is Keith from Keith speaking Academy and the YouTube channel English speaking success also check out my new YouTube channel English speaking success short short videos focused on English and pronunciation practice, so today i've got 7 tips for you to help you become a better communicator in English. Remember right I think communication is a skill, it's like a muscle that you need to develop a bit like confidence, do remember my last video about confidence. Well, it's something you need to develop over time through practice, a great place to practice, I think is Kimberly hambly of God. Native English speaking teachers who can help you practice English and develop awesome communication skills, more about that later but today. The seven tips i've got are the following. Speed how fast you should speak emphasis, how to use stress, effectively speaking clearly simply. Illicitly body language. Communicating ideas and copying others who and i've got a great bonus for you, I am going to tell you at the end the most powerful question great communicators and this is a really effective question you can use in the IELTS speaking test as well. Watch out for that at the end of the video, let's get straight in with tip number one. Don't speak too fast, great communicators. Usually speak slightly more slowly than the normal speed of a conversation, so that the listener will grasp the main idea and understand what they say write a problem for many students, especially in if you speak quickly even in your mother tongue, is it you think that that fluency, write speed and fluency are not the same. In fact, speaking too quickly is a sign that your pronunciation is not good, that you don't control the pronunciation, so when you're speaking, speak. Slightly more slowly than natural conversation speed. And use the power of pausing. You should be pausing before you speak of in the middle of your speech, right let's take, for example, if I asked you the question, what would you do if you won the lottery you might answer like this. If I had a lot of money, i'll purchase a majestic mansion on the rocky coastlines of Spain. Right, but now let's try and improve that we could say what would you do if you won the lottery? Cats. If I had a lot of money, I would purchase a majestic mansion on the rocky coastlines of Spain. Right now, the cause of the beginning, even for two or three seconds, is very powerful because it tells the listener that you've heard them. And that you're paying attention right, it helps build trust and respect with the listener, whether it's a colleague, a friend, or an examiner, so that pulls up. The stock is powerful and then phrasing the phrasing is where you have a chunk and a pause in the right place, if I had a lot of money ought i'd purchased. This small pores majestic mansion pause on the rocky coastlines of Spain, powerful use of pausing, in fact, I just remembered i've got a whole course about this, how to use phrasing correctly go check it out, fluency for IELTS speaking don't go now, don't later, right now lets move on to tip number two. Tip number two emphasis. Those stress right good communicators are really good at using stress or emphasis to convey clear meaning you need to think about stressing the right words, the right phrases and even the right ideas within a speech, right you can do this in different ways, one of the most common ways is to use adverbs, adverbs can really help you emphasize the meaning of something, let's take that sentence from the beginning, right? If I had a lot of money, I would definitely purchase a majestic mansion. Definitely right, you're conveying the meaning of without doubt for sure that's what i'd buy right, it's a nice way to do it. In fact, there's a whole video about how to use adverbs, effectively go and check it out later the second thing to do is to change the volume, I'm sure if you've been to see some live music right, you'll notice how the music they use volume changes in volume to convey meaning you've got the music IDDDDDVTD as a crescendo and then it comes down and is such a powerful communication it's the same when you're speaking. You are required to then getting louder and it changes the dynamics, particularly with adverbs, if you're stressing but you stress something, you can increase the volume right, if I had a lot of money, I would definitely buy a majestic mansion. That volume change really good to help with that now another couple of things, there are some very useful phrases you can use. To help you show emphasis and stress and communicate more clearly, the first one is this one what's blah blah blah a