“Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things”, said the renowned English writer Ben Jonson. Even though we learn to talk at a very young age, it takes us a lifetime to learn to speak, with chances being that we may never learn to speak well at all. There is always scope for us to improve our communication skills and the way we speak, no matter how good we are. Language and communication is a vast field with great scope for improvement throughout our life that is if we do not quit trying. All we need is commitment and will to practice.

When we speak, our voice and tone is as much important as the words we use. Our communication style, unbeknownst to us reveals quite a lot about us to the listeners. Anyone paying attention to our voice and tone of speech can understand our emotional state, our levels of confidence, the command we have over the language and also our geographical roots through the accent we may have acquired. We can be made or marred by what we say, so the way we speak is very important in our lives.