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Talk 101
@SpeakingSchool · 4:36

Don’t be afraid of stopping to take that breath! And pauses are A-OK!

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I didn't get a lot of feedback about the lesson last week, but I'm hoping that you have practiced that nice deep diaphragmatic breath, where we engage the diaphragm breathe right low into both lobes of the lungs and allow the diaphragm to return to its resting posture in a slow, steady manner. That's what we call diaphragmatic breath support

http://bit.ly/SpeakingSchool_03 if you find yourself rushing when you speak or swallowing your words at the end of a phrase- try breathing more!

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Arish Ali
@arish · 0:30

This lesson was perfect for me 🙏

Hi, Ali. Thank you for this lesson. It looks like this lesson was meant for me because I am guilty of both those things of soloing words and not taking a pause or speaking nonstop. So I'm going to take a pause and take breaths in between as well and try to see if that helps with my speaking. Thank you for the lesson and I will keep practicing these steps and come back to you if I have more questions. Thank you. Bye
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@SpeakingSchool
Talk 101
@SpeakingSchool · 0:45

Practice practice practice !

Hi, Arish. I'm so glad that you're stopping to take some more breaths, and I'm hoping you get some good results from that. Remember when you're trying to change some behaviors like this? Connected speech, conversational speech. When you're speaking off the cuff, it's going to be a little bit more difficult to hold this thought in your mind at the same time. So practice it in structured activities. Structured speaking activities
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Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:18

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And the lessons continue. The next one's about residence. I'm really excited about this one, so I'm going to post it here. And I love being your ta. And I know that as this class grows over time, we're all going to be better speakers. For one, I'm going to be a better speaker. Here we go
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