How to repeat yourself

12 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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A short YouTube-sourced spoken-advice clip by Hadar Shemesh explaining how to repeat yourself effectively. She recommends (1) slowing down and enunciating consonants (especially word endings), (2) identifying and clearly pronouncing any difficult word, and (3) emphasizing the sentence's operative/key word(s) so listeners grasp the meaning even if not every word is heard.

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How to repeat yourself effectively. First, say the sentence slower and make sure you enunciate every consonant, especially at the end. Second, ask yourself, was there one specific word that was harder for you to pronounce? Maybe you weren't sure about the pronunciation of that word. So just make sure that that specific word is pronounced clearly and slowly. And finally, ask yourself, what are the key words in the sentence? Every sentence has one operative word, one word that drives the meaning forward, and try to emphasize that word or those words. People don't need to understand every single word in the sentence to get what you're saying.