Pauses Why Are They Important and How to Correctly Use Them

Posted by Singapore Best Public Speaking Coach on Aug 10, 2011 in Singapore Public Speaking Blog | 1 comment

Listening to a speech, it is very common to hear pause fillers like “er”, “um”, “ng”, “ok”, “you know”, uttered by a speaker. These irritating words usually occur at the end of a sentence or beginning of a sentence or phrases. Why do these unnecessary words have to appear? These are the word whiskers, word clutches or pause fillers – the terms used by language communication...