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because it is more complex to perform multiple tasks at a time, so there is a

greater cognitive load on your brain.

Find Underlying Problems

Many psychological and medical problems can affect your cognitive
functions and verbal dexterity like ADHD/ADD, low testosterone,
depression, and many others. If you suffer from any of these medical
conditions, have them checked out and learn how to manage them. You

might find that your verbal dexterity will improve right along with the
condition.

You might also be able to work with a psychologist to have your verbal
dexterity tested if you think you might be suffering from extremely abnormal
levels of verbal dexterity.

Know Your Stuff

This one might seem obvious. When you are talking about a certain subject,
you have to know your stuff. If you aren’t knowledgeable about a subject,

you are putting more cognitive load on your brain when you try to talk about
the subject.

For instance, you have to do a presentation about turtles. You don’t know
anything about turtles, how fluent could you hope to be with this
presentation? You won’t be fluent at all.

You will be more fluent when doing the presentation if you know a lot about

the subject. Sounds very simple, but it isn’t easy at all.

“Beat Gestures”

One study has found that using “beat gestures” can help your verbal
dexterity. These are little rhythmic movements that will emphasize specific
phrases or words without giving away certain information about their
meanings.

Hand gestures give us access to the mental lexicon. These studies weren’t the
only ones done that gave the same results. Basically, using hand gestures

while speaking can increase your verbal dexterity.