G'day mate. How're you going? Today, what I'm going to be discussing is that speaking rate is just as important as clarity. When you are talking to someone or talking to yourself, have you ever taken into account the speed of your speaking? Maybe not. Yes, it's totally understandable, because normally people don't care about this unless you're delivering a formal speech or something. Let's elaborate it further.
First of all, there's a wide variation in pace depending upon moods, occasions and audience. For a formal speech, in particular, we need to kind of adjust the tone and rate of speech to these various circumstances. Basically, a slower rate of speech is much easier for the audience to understand you, which is undeniably true. The audience not understanding you or being impatient to listen to you due to your speed is not great, right? Usually, people tend to speak faster when they convey excitement, emotion, urgency or passion, whilst a slower speech infers sadness, confusion, importance, and seriousness, etc. So, too fast or too slow speech for the duration of the entire talk will bore your audience, which everyone wants to prevent the audience from losing their interest.
How could we get trained in adapting speaking rate? Well, there are a couple of methods out there. Amongst other things, reading factual reports aloud is one of the most effective exemplifications. Quite simply, it's the best way to do it. In doing so, we'll be able to recognise what our normal and comfortable speech rate should be. As I'm always saying in every occasion, vocalisation rather than subvocalisation tends to more effective when it comes to the development of adapting speaking pace, precisely because we can realise themselves how our pace of voice resonates with our immediate ambience or someone around you. That is to say, you never know how your voice is heard and conveyed to the audience unless you read it aloud, right?
Another method that is quite effective is to record and time yourself delivering a monologue speech of your own at your usual speaking pace. And to see how it went by playing it back to analyse it, which is not just knowing your current normal speed of delivering a speech but the way of adapting yourself to different circumstances. How come? Well, if you're very keen on knowing how self-analysis works out, then you're encouraged to kickstart my PTE Video-based Lesson. This program is specially designed for those who are not only struggling to pass the PTE exam but eager to know how to boost your confidence and proficiency in English in a more practical way. You will be satisfied with the fact that strategies for every question type are there, and the most effective method of analysing your voice. I reckon your guys have never experienced it before. So, please try it out!
Thanks for reading my blog. Chao.