Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h7JDAJ701946; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:10:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:10:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <006201c36652$91c760a0$18aab042@lop.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "ttweeton" <ttweeton@comcast.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9277] Re: ESL and Stuttering X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1711 Lines: 44 Sylvan can you name any very simple chanting exercises ( materials.) Usually I have found that the exercises are for higher levels. I have used those for my classes and found that pronunciation improves a great deal when I chant along with the students. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9274] Re: ESL and Stuttering > Fascinating. I've sometimes thought that the choral approach to learning a > language can also help with that stressful feeling, and make it easier just > for plain folks struggling with language-learning. Singing, chanting, etc. I > think of how some religions do a lot of their teaching by chanting the same > thing multiple times, and how easy it is to memorize things that way. I > certainly learn a lot more easily when I can sing in harmony with others. > Hmmmm... > > Sylvan Rainwater . mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org > Family Literacy Coordinator > Clackamas County Children's Commission/Head Start > Oregon City, Oregon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Tricia > Mosser > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 4:54 AM > > <SNIP> > People who stutter don't do so when speaking in unison with others. > SpeechEasy mimics a choral speech pattern, which through auditory delays, > tricks the brain into thinking the user is speaking in sync with another > person. After the device, which comes in three small models, including one > that fits inside the ear canal, is set to the correct level for the speaker, > fluent speech comes nearly instantaneously. > <SNIP> >
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