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Show 41 VOICE think hDW he shall [orm stantly turning jrom his theme in order to' his use or fingers upon his instrument." his notes in his throat, =Raymond. 12. "That great care should be taken not to' let the voice die DUt, at the end of sentences and as the many readers and players do, breath leaves the lungs."-Ay,res. as To do this be sure to form the breath before the last idea of the sentence. habit of taking The same methods may be employed Pronunciation. a Diction, to assist diction, pronunciation, and articulation. The correct pro in every nunciation of a word must be practiced in the context, and in order to master it and acquire the habit of using it. day speech when their attention Many students can pronounce a word correctly continue to mispronounce and will but mispronounce is called to it, All pro in it use speech. when ordinary word same the very they nunciation must become come through a a Bad articulation may be over precise. Do not fear habit. conscious effort to be very that the student's speech will become pedantic, effort can slovenly a articulation become even terer and the stammerer should be sent at rectionist. Their cared for by an condition is a Oral Practice. normal. The stut to the speech cor once pathological ordinary teacher of for only by a great one and cannot be speech. It is in vain that one may expect to correct practice of the correct form. dialectic speech by does not improve the written in "Practice English Woolbert says, and does not tie with speech o] the pupil, because it is' artificial, 1 who our speech habits." Everyone has heard the story of the boy errors written of teacher for his continual use of severely reprimanded by his after school by the the phrase "I have went." He was detained have gone" one hun teacher and instructed to write the words "I after the boy had dred times. The teacher did not return until On her desk was the neatly finished his task and gone home. was was a note which written exercise, and at-the bottom of the page 'I have gone' a hundred times, read, "Dear teacher: I have wrote realized.the value of oral and I have went home." Had the teacher hundred times, she say the exercise a English, and made the the old habit and would have done far more towards breaking boy 1 Fundamentals of Speech. |
