i sadly can’t post in the IWTL reddit yet, so i’m dropping it here lol.

there’s two parts to this. i (23) want to learn how to project my voice and speak more slowly.

the first time being that i want to learn how to speak in which my voice is able to project and not yell. for more context, i am a teacher at middle school and obviously have to use my voice. i am also a special education teacher, so i don’t really have to lead more than 5-7 students at a time. however, i am looking into teaching gen ed, so i really want to learn how to project my voice to get my student’s attention. i am a soft-spoken and quiet individual, so this is something that i know i will have to put a lot of work in.

the second part (which may have to be a separate post) is that i want to learn how to speak more slowly. as i mentioned, i grew up a queit person. i was not super social, so i did not talk that much. however, i have been pushing myself to be more social and have been finding it difficult to speak clearly and enunicate my words. like, i talk super fast and someties jumble and trip over my words. it happens one-on-one, in groups of people, or when i’m facilitating meetings.

anyways, that’s my dilemna lol.

does anyone have books, resources, tips, or exercises that i can do to help me? i was also thinking about looking into speech therapy for my second issue.