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... newly acquired skills . Improvement , however , often comes slowly , and the student sometimes feels that he is engaged in a hopeless task . Hence the teacher not only should avoid destructive criti- cism xxviii FOREWORD TO THE TEACHER.
... newly acquired skills . Improvement , however , often comes slowly , and the student sometimes feels that he is engaged in a hopeless task . Hence the teacher not only should avoid destructive criti- cism xxviii FOREWORD TO THE TEACHER.
Page xxix
... sometimes discards them on leaving the classroom . Consequently , he may have two forms of speech , the new habits not being carried over into daily life . If he thinks of his classroom voice as his " spoken English " voice and of his ...
... sometimes discards them on leaving the classroom . Consequently , he may have two forms of speech , the new habits not being carried over into daily life . If he thinks of his classroom voice as his " spoken English " voice and of his ...
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... sometimes to the extent of causing a stutter or some other evidence of his feeling of inferiority ; and this in turn may lead to that more or less complete withdrawal from the normal occupations and associations of college life through ...
... sometimes to the extent of causing a stutter or some other evidence of his feeling of inferiority ; and this in turn may lead to that more or less complete withdrawal from the normal occupations and associations of college life through ...
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... sometimes in the past such a facing of reality has led to despondency and morbid introspection , more than likely the resulting state was due to lack of confidence in the pos- sibilities of reeducation of personality through determined ...
... sometimes in the past such a facing of reality has led to despondency and morbid introspection , more than likely the resulting state was due to lack of confidence in the pos- sibilities of reeducation of personality through determined ...
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... sometimes carry over into speech the vigorous con- tractions with which they facilitate the swallowing process . This overenergetic action , by hampering the free , rhythmical swing of the vocal cords , is one of the commonest ...
... sometimes carry over into speech the vigorous con- tractions with which they facilitate the swallowing process . This overenergetic action , by hampering the free , rhythmical swing of the vocal cords , is one of the commonest ...
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abdominal accent adjustment articulation arytenoid cartilages assimilation audience becomes body breath called causes cavity chapter cricoid cartilage Cuneiform Cartilage developed Diacritical Mark diaphragm diphthong effect element emphasis English epiglottis exercise expression ǝnd fricative front give glottal plosive glottis group discussion habits hard palate heard hearers hyoid bone important intonation labio-dental language larynx LATERAL CONSONANT lips lower teeth lungs Manual of Anatomy means mental mouth muscles muscular nasal consonant natural off-glide passage persons pharynx Phonetic Symbol phrase physical pitch plosive poem position post-dental produced pronounced pronunciation reading reinforcement relaxed represented resonance result rhythm rhythmical ribs singing soft palate sometimes speaker speaking speech sounds speech training spelling student syllable teachers teeth ridge tension thinking thought throat thyroid cartilage tion tongue tip trachea unrounded velar velar nasal vibration vocal cords vocal organs vowel sound walls words
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