by Lori Nagel | Dec 26, 2022 | 15 weeks of talking tips
Talking Tip #11: Saying words with the correct emphasis or stressed syllable makes a huge impact on how well you are understood. Stress Stress can mean a few different things. It’s something we feel. It’s something we experience. It’s also an aspect...
by Lori Nagel | Dec 19, 2022 | 15 weeks of talking tips
Talking tip #10: Pitch in questions can rise or fall at the end of our message depending on the type of question we ask. In our last post, we talked about pitch in our statements, that our pitch starts low, rises up and down, goes to its highest level on the...
by Lori Nagel | Dec 12, 2022 | 15 weeks of talking tips
Talking tip #9: In statements, our pitch usually starts low, goes up and down, and then it rises highest on the most important word of our message before falling back down at the end. What is pitch? Pitch, the highness and lowness of sound, is another important...
by Lori Nagel | Dec 5, 2022 | 15 weeks of talking tips
Tip#8: Your tongue is vital to your speech Have you ever considered how important your tongue is to talking? Without it, we would be hard-pressed to make our speech sounds. Our tongue is vital to speaking. It moves in the most intricate ways to make all of...
by Lori Nagel | Nov 21, 2022 | 15 weeks of talking tips
Tip #7: Our lips are a primary player in how we speak. Our lips are an important factor in our speech. We use our lips in a variety of ways to make our speech sounds. When speaking North American English, our lips move and make different shapes to help our listener...
