Improve Creativity, Self-confidence,
Fluency and Memory through Comics:
Part #2 of 4
Fluency Training
Activities to develop your creativity, confidence, fluency, memory and more through comics
SECTION#2: Fluency Training
FLUENCY TRAINING thru SHADOWING ie LISTENING and REPEATING/DRILLS; and MEMORY TRAINING through CREATIVE VISUALIZATION
Listen to the following short chunks of dialogue from the comic.Two are provided: normal and slow versions. Then, using the prompts that are provided, repeat each one.(NOTE: Use the prompts only if you need them.) Make every effort to 1) capture either the same intonation and pronunciation or a variation; 2) visualize the scene as you repeat each phrase; and 3) capture the feeling of the words in various parts of your body.
Listen to the following short chunks of dialogue from the comic.Two are provided: normal and slow versions. Then, using the prompts that are provided, repeat each one.(NOTE: Use the prompts only if you need them.) Make every effort to 1) capture either the same intonation and pronunciation or a variation; 2) visualize the scene as you repeat each phrase; and 3) capture the feeling of the words in various parts of your body.
NOTE: The goal of this exercise is not rote repetition. It is to develop muscle memory. When you repeat the phrase, you should be able to "see", "hear" and "feel" the words.
Become the word, the phrases and the person saying them. Associate an image and a gut feeling or visceral emotion with the sounds of each word and phrase. Create a link between how you perceive it visually and aurally, as well as any gut feeling or visceral emotion you can generate. Some suggestions on how you might do this are here.
Such mind to muscle patterning, once neurologically embedded, allows you to develop automatic response mechanisms which give you total and absolute control over what you read, hear and say. Some suggestions on how you might do this are here. Listen to the sound bites below which are variations of but one phrase: "George is a Serbian refugee who came from Dubronik, Croatia." It is the the opening sentence of Serbian Dreamer. Sound file #1 is played at natural speed. Numbers #2 and #3 constitute examples of one thing you might want to do with your voice until the feeling is right ie play and experiment.Sound #4 is provided half tongue in cheek (からかい半分に、皮肉を込めて)half seriously.The speed and pitch of this is for only the more advanced little chipmunks.
1) Normal Speed and Voice Pitch
2)(perhaps for the guys out there...??!!) slower with a relatively high-pitched falsetto.
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Or talk like this little fellow.
Now! Find your voice, play and experiment with the following:
Section 2.2
Memory Trigger or Prompt
通常
遅い
1 Cool....
2 Her name was...
3 Two esp...
4 I'm a shy...
5 As I sat...
6 I didn't...
7 She wasn't...
8 I was tot...
9 I was hope...
10 Every day I...
11 The usu...
12 And it went...
13 And h..
14 The diagn...
15 Do you sm..
16 N...
17 Do you dr..
18 Since I moved...
19 Ah...
20 How many c_ps?
21 Er..four to....
22 No more cof...
23 No coff...
24 One more cof...
25 Gee r____!
26 The next day....
27 Er...a cup...
28 Two esp...
29....Slurp...
30 Nothing...
31 No heart...
32 No cold...
33 No diarr...
34 I took a ....
35 As I sat ....
36 Can I ....
37 Er s...
38 My boyfriend just....
39 What do you...
40 Er..
41 Can I have....
42 S___!
43 Here's my...
44 Think ab...
45 Tha..
46 I was quite...
47 I've bought an
.......
FLUENCY TRAINING thru DRILLS)
Part 2
Just as in carpentry, in English there are a number of drills used for different purposes. Is it into softwood you want to drill that hole? Is is concrete? Check out the following English drills to get your pronunciation up to speed. Read below for further clarification
Before you start!! know how to say each word. Also, if you don't know your IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), here and now is the time and place to start.
Pronunciation Practice Points: Stress, Accent and Intonation
Pronunciation Practice Points: Stress, Accent and Intonation
(PPP-sai)
Before you start!! know how to say each word. Also, if you don't know your IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), here and now is the time and place to start.
Listen to and repeat the expression several times until you think you have caught the rhythm. Tap your feet on the floor (or your fingers on the desk) to capture the feel; become aware of what the various parts of your mouth are doing. Use the shorter chunks if necessary. Pay particular attention to the Pronunciation Practice Points.
3) Say the expression out loud several times until you think you have caught the rhythm;(tap your feet on the floor or your fingers on the desk to capture the feel; become aware of what the various parts of your mouth are doing). Use the shorter chunks if necessary.
4) Pay particular attention to the Listening and Fluency Practice point.
Good Luck and Happy Training! Here is the first one done for you!
Fluency Training Drill # 1
I'm a shy guy and I hardly dared to talk to her.
aɪmə ʃaɪ gaɪ .. ənaɪ ˈhɑːdlɪ deəd .. tə tɔːk tə hɜː
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PPPs) Pronunication Practice Points!! PPP：
Read more on this in your free chapter of the e-book "HoloMeMe Memorization System". Click here.
Pronunciation Practice Points!!(PPPs)
Listen to #2. Notice how the "d" in "and" disappears making it sound like "ân" and making "and I" sound like "ai".
PPP:2) Listen to #2 and #3 in quick succession. Notice how the two consonant sounds, the ending of one word and the beginning of another ("t&d" between "dared" and "to") merge into one sound.
Fluency Training Drill #1
I'm a shy guy and I hardly dared to tak to her
I’m a shy guy and I hardly dared to talk to her.
I’m a bashful guy and I hardly dared to talk to her.
I’m a timid guy and I hardly dared to talk to her.
I’m a reserved guy and I hardly dared to talk to her.
I’m a wild guy but I hardly dared to talk to her.
I’m a wild guy but I hardly dared to walk with her.
I’m a wild guy but I scarcely dared to talk to her.
Fluency Training Drill #2
As I sat there, I suddenly fell in love with her.
æzaɪ sætðeə aɪ ˈsʌdnlɪ felɪn lʌv wɪðhɜː.
Try the following drill. One word in each subsequent sentence is changed
As I sat there, I suddenly fell in love with her.
As I stood there, I suddenly fell in love with her.
As I crouched there, I suddenly fell in love with her.
As I squatted there, I suddenly fell in love with her.
As I lay there, I suddenly fell in love with her.
As I watched her, I gradually fell in love with her.
As I looked at her, I slowly fell in love with her.
PPP:3) Listen and notice how the consonant ending of a word is linked to the vowel beginning of the next word.(the "ll" in "fell" and the "i"in "in") See also PPP2 above (here: linking of "t" and "th")
Fluency Training Drill #3
And it WENt on LIKE this for SOME weeks until..
ənɪt wentɒn laɪk ðɪs fə sʌm wiːksənˈtɪl.
(See Note PPP:1.See also PPP2 above.
And it went on like this for some seconds until...
And it went on like this for some minutes until...
And it went on like this for some hours until...
And it went on like this for some days until...
And it went on like this for some weeks until...
And it went on like this for some months until...
And it went on like this for some years until...
Fluency Training Drill #4
And it WENt on LIKE this for SOME weeks until..
ənɪt wentɒn laɪk ðɪs fə sʌm wiːksənˈtɪl.
(See Note PPP:1.See also PPP2 above.
The diagnosis is obvious.
The diagnosis is so obvious.
The diagnosis is so painfully obvious.
The diagnosis is so painfully obvious here.
Your telegnosis is so painfully obvious here.
Your telegnosis is so painfully wrong here.
Your telegnosis is so painfully wrong on this.
Fluency Training Drill #5
And it WENt on LIKE this for SOME weeks until..
ənɪt wentɒn laɪk ðɪs fə sʌm wiːksənˈtɪl.
(See Note PPP:1.See also PPP2 above.
No beer at all?
No wine at all?
No spirits at all?
No alcohol at all?
No vodka at all?
No whisky at all?
No gin at all?
Fluency Training Drill #6
One more cofffee and you're dead
(See Note PPP:1.See also PPP2 above.
One more coffee and you're dead.
One more drink and you're dead.
One more beer and you're dead.
One more vodka and you're dead.
One more cake and you're dead.
One more biscuit and you're dead.
One more chocolate and you're dead.
Fluency Training Drill #7
Can I sit down with you.........?
ənɪt wentɒn laɪk ðɪs fə sʌm wiːksənˈtɪl.
(See Note PPP:1.See also PPP2 above.
Can I sit down?
Can I sit down with you?
Can I sit down with you here?
Can I sit down with you here for a moment?
Can I sit down with you here for a moment just a little while?
Can I sit down with you here for a moment just a little while so I can I rest?
Can I sit down with you here for a moment just a little while so I can I rest my feet?
THIS IS THE END OF SECTION#2
FLUENCY TRAINING
