David777
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There are numbers of we seniors, especially the many of us that are now living alone and out of the 8-5 m-f work world that may go through periods where one doesn't have regular opportunities to talk with others. Because of the way our human brains process language, it is not enough to merely silently, mentally, read material to effectively engage our vocal motor neuron brain areas that require occasional speaking exercise to remain competent.
My own experience is not doing so leads to poorer annunciation and slurring that is certain to be noticeable by others. One of my science interests is how life has arose and I for decades have been firmly in the formerly dismissed camp of those leaning towards panspermia. Accordingly, found this recent article and began reading today. Since I had not read aloud per below for about 2 months as I have been more isolated due to hernia surgery, decided to engage in that exercise again this morning.
So, I will challenge members to read out loud sections of the following science review in order to improve one's ability to annunciate more clearly. Because the amount and frequency of tongue-twisters within, feel the below link with its intended diverse science audience is an excellent article to do so on.
https://www.panspermia.org/causeofcambrianexplosion.pdf
There are many terms, one will not understand the meaning of and will have difficulty pronouncing. Keeping an extra open window on the following link will help experiencing the correct sound to do so.
How To Pronounce: Online Multilingual Pronunciation Dictionary
For instance, I had trouble pronouncing the Desi name Wickramasinghe.
For those wishing to also understand meaning of terms, one might also keep a window page open at:
Thesaurus.com - The world's favorite online thesaurus!
Indeed, upon reading out loud this morning, I immediately noticed a reduced level of annunciation and speaking than I tend to see myself at. After reading several pages so, I was much more precise and from experience know that will be of noticeable benefit for days. Will suggest reading more slowly as some of the word lengths are long multi-syllable efforts. Make an effort to pronounce clearly.
If one stumbles on pronunciation, repeat a word within its phrase until properly doing so before moving on. Difficulty in pronunciation is often a result of preceding words. Occasionally, I will have a word that my mouth has trouble with even after repeating. The cure for that is to repeat it over and over and over for say a minute until it becomes firmly stable via neural plasticity.
I look forward to reading how others performed on this challenge.
My own experience is not doing so leads to poorer annunciation and slurring that is certain to be noticeable by others. One of my science interests is how life has arose and I for decades have been firmly in the formerly dismissed camp of those leaning towards panspermia. Accordingly, found this recent article and began reading today. Since I had not read aloud per below for about 2 months as I have been more isolated due to hernia surgery, decided to engage in that exercise again this morning.
So, I will challenge members to read out loud sections of the following science review in order to improve one's ability to annunciate more clearly. Because the amount and frequency of tongue-twisters within, feel the below link with its intended diverse science audience is an excellent article to do so on.
https://www.panspermia.org/causeofcambrianexplosion.pdf
There are many terms, one will not understand the meaning of and will have difficulty pronouncing. Keeping an extra open window on the following link will help experiencing the correct sound to do so.
How To Pronounce: Online Multilingual Pronunciation Dictionary
For instance, I had trouble pronouncing the Desi name Wickramasinghe.
For those wishing to also understand meaning of terms, one might also keep a window page open at:
Thesaurus.com - The world's favorite online thesaurus!
Indeed, upon reading out loud this morning, I immediately noticed a reduced level of annunciation and speaking than I tend to see myself at. After reading several pages so, I was much more precise and from experience know that will be of noticeable benefit for days. Will suggest reading more slowly as some of the word lengths are long multi-syllable efforts. Make an effort to pronounce clearly.
If one stumbles on pronunciation, repeat a word within its phrase until properly doing so before moving on. Difficulty in pronunciation is often a result of preceding words. Occasionally, I will have a word that my mouth has trouble with even after repeating. The cure for that is to repeat it over and over and over for say a minute until it becomes firmly stable via neural plasticity.
I look forward to reading how others performed on this challenge.
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