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Chapter 19

Chapter 19. By Shania Mock Emilee Mickaliger Kyner Clay. The Voice in Delivery. Adjust your Volume Volume- the relative loudness of a speaker’s voice while giving a speech Usually most obvious and frequently cited vocal element in speak making Speak at comfortable level

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Chapter 19

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  1. Chapter 19 By Shania Mock Emilee Mickaliger Kyner Clay

  2. The Voice in Delivery Adjust your Volume • Volume-the relative loudness of a speaker’s voice while giving a speech • Usually most obvious and frequently cited vocal element in speak making • Speak at comfortable level • How loud you need to be depends on these factors: • The size of the room and number of people in it • Whether or not you use a microphone • The level of back round noise

  3. The Voice in Delivery Adjust your Volume • If you speak softly you need to project more than seems necessary • How to do you tell if you are speaking to loud or to soft? • By your audiences feedback

  4. Vary Your Information • Pitch- the range of sounds form high to low- determined by the number of vibrations per unit time; the more vibrations the higher the pitch • Pitch is important because it affects the meaning associated with spoken words • Pitch conveys your mood level of enthusiasm, concern for the audience, and commitment to the occasion • Speaking monotone will rapidly will lose your audience • With no variation speaking become monotone (Like Mr. Mark Dillie) • Intonation- the riding and falling of voice pitch across phrases and sentences; it’s what distinguishes a question from a statement • Examples: • “Stop” compared to “Stop”

  5. Adjust Your Speaking Rate • Speaking Rate- the pace at which you convey a speech • Slow rate indicates thoughtfulness, seriousness, solemnity, reverence, an concern • A lively rate indicates excitement, adventure, happiness, enthusiasm, etc. • Normal rate for adults is between 120 and 150 words per minute (most 120)

  6. Adjust Your Speaking Rate • Learn to control your rate this way • Select a section of ten words from your speech • Write out a sentence or two if you don’t already have a manuscript of your speech • Read the selection aloud over and over for thirty seconds. (should repeat the selection 7-8 times in 30 seconds) • If you find yourself stating the words more than eight times in thirty seconds, slow your rate • If you find yourself repeating the set of words fewer than seven times in thirty seconds, increase your rate

  7. Use Strategic Pauses • Vocal Fillers- unnecessary and undesirable phrases or utterances that are used to cover pauses. (Uh, you know, I mean, it’s like, anyways) • Like pitch, pauses can be important if you use it in a strategic way • Pauses- enhances meaning by providing a type of punctuation, emphasizing a point, drawing attention to a key thought, or allowing the listeners a moment to contemplate what is being said • Martin Luther King Jr.-”I Have a Dream” speech had good examples of pauses • Examples • I have a dream [pauses] that one day the red hill of Georgia… • I have a dream [pauses] that one day the great state of Mississippi. . . (Now imagine “uh” or “you know” in the pause spot

  8. Strive for Vocal Variety The key to volume, pitch , rate, and pauses is vocal variety Vocal Variety- the variation in volume, pitch, rate and pauses to create and effective delivery Enthusiasm= the key to achieving effective vocal variety Come naturally when you are excited about what you are saying to an audience, when you feel it’s important and want to share it with them Don’t let your enthusiasm overwhelm your ability to control your vocal behavior (talking rapidly can lead to more pilled pauses because you forget what you want to say)

  9. Carefully Pronounce and Articulate Words • Pronunciation- the correct formation of word sounds • Articulation- the clarity of forcefulness with which the sounds are made, regardless of whether they are pronounced correctly • Important to pay attention to and work on both areas • Incorrect pronunciations are habits • If talking to an audience for whom your accent and pronunciation patterns are not normal, practice using it correctly-it’s important • Consider these words that are routinely mispronounced: • effect (ee-fect) -stated uh-fect • Anyway (any-way) -stated as any-ways • Mobile (mo-bile) - stated as mo-bull or mo-bill

  10. Carefully Pronounce and Articulate Words • Mumbling- slurring words together at a very low level of volume and pitch so that they are barely auditable • Lazy speech- a poor speech habit in which the speaker pails to properly articulate words • If you mumble, practice speaking more loudly and with emphatic pronunciation • If you tend toward lazy speech, put more effort in articulation • Consciously try to say each word clearly and correctly • Practice clear precise enunciation of proper word sounds. Say articulation several times until it rolls off your tongue naturally. • Do the same for these words: want to, going to, Atlanta, chocolate, sophomore, California (mispronounced words on page 270-take a look)

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