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There's an even more low-tech way. Teacher starts calling you out on it. A little "ding" from a bell or similar draws your attention to it, when you wouldn't notice otherwise. After a while, your classmates will start policing each other, and even the quiet ones will speak up so they can play the "game" of avoiding filler words.


I had a PM at Google who did debate in high school. In his debate class, everybody would throw a pen at him every time he said "um". He has very precise, articulate diction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtirDMfcOKE


We did a similar thing in debate. When one person says 'um', so does everyone else. Stops the habit fairly quickly.


our partner in cx would stand behind us and hit us on top of the head every time we said "um" or "like"


That reminds me very strongly of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdOomYvnyNI&t=1m13s




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