A comparative analysis of speech rate and perception in radio bulletins. Text & Talk, 32 (3), pp. Celerity and cajolery: Rapid speech may promote or inhibit persuasion through its impact on message elaboration. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17(6), 663–669. Speed of speech and persuasion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 34(4), 615–624. Slowing down your rate of speech will help. If the language you're using is not your first one there may be pronunciation issues which make it harder for your audience to understand you.
Similarly someone with naturally fast speech who takes a job requiring presentations to colleagues or customers, will find themselves having to slow down in order to communicate effectively. However changes of audience and speech purpose can force a need to become more aware of speaking speed.įor example - a shift from one part of a country to another, from a slower speaking area to a faster speaking one, will, through audience response, make a habitually slower speaker aware of their speech rate. Their speech could be considered too slow or too fast by people outside of their normal environment but if they are not routinely communicating with them it doesn't really matter. Generally people are not conscious of their habitual speaking speed and if they are easily understood by those listening to them there is little reason to change. A 'cold' reading, that is reading the passage without seeing it before hand will probably influence how much of it you get through in a minute. You'll also need to take into account your familiarity with the text. * I've used the word 'indication' because you are reading aloud rather than giving a speech or talking to a friend. The Norsemen considered the rainbow as a bridge over which the gods passed from earth to their home in the sky. The Greeks used to imagine that it was a sign from the gods to foretell war or heavy rain. To the Hebrews it was a token that there would be no more universal floods. Some have accepted it as a miracle without physical explanation.
Throughout the centuries people have explained the rainbow in various ways. When a man looks for something beyond his reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There is, according to legend, a boiling pot of gold at one end. These take the shape of a long round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colors. When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air, they act as a prism and form a rainbow.
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