More Speaking Technique/Theory
September 27, 2007 by Scott Hammond
Filed under Speaking
Thoughts on speaking technique….
- Monotony…monotony can be achieved in many ways, but it’s all talking in the same way using one pattern…
- too much force
- not enough force or volume
- singsong pattern in speech
- stammering
- too many statistics
- milking the subject by repetition
- Euphony… the musical quality of your speaking voice. This does not mean that you sing a presentation, but you do vary your pitch.
- Open your mouth… when you don’t your nasal and this is most distracting. Make your mouth open as you speak.
- Pause now and then… there’s much more emphasis in a pause than there is in a shout or bang.
- Check your breathing… is it audible? Check yourself over telephone with the help of a friend… previous amplified more the phone instrument. No one likes to hear you gasping between words or phrases.
- Check your resonance… if the holes in your head become clogged in any way. A thickness or muffling of the voice results put special emphasis on pronunciation of vowel sounds…. consonants are merely activities rather than actual sounds.
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