Rate of speech

1. RATE OF SPEECH

2. Speaking is characterized by variations in speed.

3. RATE OF SPEECH Depends on the thought you are expressing A reflection on the speaker’s mood May vary from time to time and from passage to passage

4. VARIATIONS IN SPEED

5. Quantity in Speech Rate This is the length of time that is spent in the actual utterance of vowel sounds within words and the duration varies according to the mood and sentiment being expressed.

6. If you are happy, joyful, excited or in a hurry, you will probably speak faster than is usual, pronouncing the vowel tones in shorter duration because of the gaiety of the mood.

7. If you are sad, heavy of heart, deeply serious or in a reflective mood, your speech tends to be slow, taking more time in prolonging the vowels within the words.

8. Effects of Using the Wrong Rate of Speech Listeners get bored too easily listening to a very slow pace. Listeners get strained too much and get tired listening to a very fast speaker.

9. PAUSE The length of time spent in silence between words and particularly between phrases May range from a slight hesitation to a longer pause or silence May be made not only between words and phrases but also during vocalization