From the course: Public Speaking for Non-Native English Speakers
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Respelling, or scoring for pronunciation
From the course: Public Speaking for Non-Native English Speakers
Respelling, or scoring for pronunciation
- These next lessons on scoring are the most practical ways for you to improve your delivery in English without thinking about your accent or worrying about what you're going to say. Just like a musician follows a score to play the violin or piano, you can also have a score for your script. Scoring a script provides simple and practical notations in your script to remind you of the different elements of speech that native listeners focus on. Pronunciation of difficult words, prominence, pitch, pace, power, and pause. That's a lot of Ps. If you recall from the first few lessons, what's more important than accent are the macroscopic elements of speech, including your general speaking habits, your volume, stress, rhythm, syllable structure, and more. As we move through the following lessons, you'll quickly learn which of these techniques might work best for you and a way to notate them in your script so that you deliver…
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Confidence through scripting1m 15s
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Why "scoring" your script matters5m 1s
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Respelling, or scoring for pronunciation2m 3s
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Confidence through focus words5m 17s
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Confidence through pitch4m 38s
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Three inflections to know: Part 13m 33s
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Three inflections to know: Part 23m 57s
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Scoring for inflection3m 50s
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Varying your pace4m 25s
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Confidence through power3m 26s
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How to sound spontaneous (even while reading)6m 29s
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Chapter 2 summary1m 26s
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