Speech Rate: Put on the brakes

Speech Rate: Put on the brakes

Talking Tip #15: Controlling the rate at which you speak will have a positive impact on your communication.   Speech Rate In this last post, I want to talk a bit about speech rate- how quickly we talk.  Many of us are fast talkers, and we are guilty of running...
Project: Don’t yell

Project: Don’t yell

Talking Tip #14: Projecting your voice the right way will make your message clear and understandable.     What do we do if we want to speak louder?  How do we make ourselves heard in a noisy restaurant or through a mask?  Do we yell? Do we force our speech? ...
Syllables: the core components

Syllables: the core components

  Talking Tip #13: Knowing about syllables and the phonemes of a language can help with speech clarity.   This post addresses a few of the core components of our speech and language syllables and phomemes.  When we talk, what exactly are we saying?  Do we...
Stress: Not stressed out in messages

Stress: Not stressed out in messages

  Talking Tip #12: Make sure to stress the important word in your message.   We’ve already talked about stress in words making sure we stress the correct syllable in long words so that others understand us.  But did you know that stressing the correct word...

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