{"id":31632,"date":"2026-01-14T07:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=31632"},"modified":"2026-01-14T07:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:16:10","slug":"the-3-2-1-speaking-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2026\/01\/the-3-2-1-speaking-trick\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3-2-1 Speaking Trick\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people find themselves rambling when they need to make a speech. Do you ever wonder how those people who have excellent communication skills do it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are tricks that you can pull up your sleeves to make you sound like a CEO.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video on some mindset shifts that can help change the way you speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Stop Rambling: The 3-2-1 Speaking Trick That Makes You Sound Like A CEO\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t260757b_vU?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>neural echo effect<\/strong>\u201d mean? <em>\u201cPeople mirror your micro-behaviors. This is something called the <\/em><strong><em>neural echo effect<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u201d<\/em> Use the term in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c\u201d\u00a0mean? <em>\u201cPeople judge your intelligence by clarity and not complexity. It&#8217;s called the <strong>simplicity anchor<\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d Use the term in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>curiosity loop<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201c<em>Questions increase dopamine. They call this the <\/em><strong><em>curiosity loop.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d Use the term in a sentence and give a synonym.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Share your thoughts on the 3-2-1 speaking trick. (1. Pause for 3 seconds. 2. Give only 2 points. 3. End with 1 question.) Can you imagine applying this in some difficult speaking situations\/conversations? If you already practice this, share your experience\/s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you ever noticed others mirroring your micro-behaviors in a room full of people? Talk about some instances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>One of the things that\u2019s important in speaking in this day and age where we have shorter attention span than ever is \u201cspeaking in sprints, not streams\u201d<\/em>. This trick is especially useful during fights\/disagreements. What are your thoughts on this?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk about your experience making a speech. What are your secrets to be able to communicate your ideas effectively?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In your opinion and personal experience, how important is gesture priming or gesturing before you speak?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do you think about this, &#8220;<em>The way you start a conversation matters more than the conversation itself.<\/em>&#8220;?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate&nbsp; Some people find themselves rambling when they need to make a speech. Do you ever wonder how those people who have excellent communication skills do it?&nbsp; There are tricks that you can pull up your sleeves to make you sound like a CEO.\u00a0 Watch the video on some mindset shifts that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[291,292,290,496,14],"class_list":["post-31632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-b2-upper-intermediate","tag-first-certificate-fce","tag-listening","tag-people-and-human-interest","tag-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The 3-2-1 Speaking Trick\u00a0 | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2026\/01\/the-3-2-1-speaking-trick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The 3-2-1 Speaking Trick\u00a0 | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate&nbsp; Some people find themselves rambling when they need to make a speech. 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