A Speech-Language Pathology Practice
-Taught to form the English sounds using SAE (idealized) -Taught the prosody and rhythm of English language -Learn to reduce speech rate -Learn to control air flow and breathing Ex.) I went to a program given by someone who was a native Chinese speaker and his “h” was heavily influenced by his primary language For …
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I’m not saying to get rid of your accent. An accent is not a disorder; it is a normal speech pattern. The muscular pattern that was established with the first language influences other acquired languages. A speech pattern is a muscular pattern like walking; we all have a set way that we form our sounds …
When someone has a heavy foreign accent many words in a sentence can be lost to the listener. Every time that happens the audience is derailed. Effective communication ceases. Decreasing an accent improves the communication interaction.
Another strategy that can help increase your intelligibility is slightly reducing the rate of speech. No, not slow long drawn out words, but a slight reduction of speed allows time to modify word endings and can help increase comprehension.
How do you make yourself understood? Sometimes I overhear a conversation where someone is clearly having difficulty understanding. After you get the message that, you have not been understood simply repeating, the message is not your best option. Reasons for not being understood can be varied. For instance, dropping the endings of words in English …