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Opinion Question: What makes a speaker a good speaker?. Phonation — It’s what gives your voice the power to produce. Includes: . Lungs
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Phonation—It’s what gives your voice the power to produce Includes: • Lungs • Diaphragm—breathing from the diaphragm, not the throat, produces an effective voice and helps produce a resonant voice; or a full rich voice that is easily heart and pleasant to the ear. • Breathing from here will help you speak audibly
Rate • Fast talkers How fast or how slow you talk will dramatically affect how many members of your audience understand what you’re saying! http://youtu.be/ktYwuw9Mnjo http://youtu.be/5A1Ek_hp4ZI http://youtu.be/NeK5ZjtpO-M • Slow Talkers of America
Pitch Your pitch is the vocal notes that you hit while speaking—make sure your voice is pleasant to your audience’s ears otherwise they won’t listen! • Monotone example • http://youtu.be/dxPVyieptwA • Voice Inflection—Emphasize your words through variation of rate and pitch • Pitch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3OkXi5osfU http://youtu.be/FMhrCoyeRVI • Variation
A lesson in Voice Inflection Think about the words you emphasize in a sentence. Emphasizing the wrong word will make a world of difference! • Why did you tell her that? • Why did you tell her that? • Why did you tell her that? • Why did you tell her that? • Why did you tell her that? • Why did you tell her that?
volume Learn to control the volume of your speaking voice. Volume includes the loudness or softness of your voice. • http://youtu.be/Yj9Jd2DWXYY
Articulation & Punctuation Articulation—the crispness, distinctness in which we say the syllables in a word. Punctuation—refers to saying the sounds of a word properly and stressing the correct syllable. • Eliza Doolittle http://youtu.be/AZqESl-0OkA • Yoda http://youtu.be/BQ4yd2W50No http://youtu.be/wIr1fjjjFQQ