After watching a videotape of her speech, Marisa concludes that her vocal delivery is

Question

monotone and difficult to understand. Using the four aspects of vocal delivery in your text,
give Marisa advice on how she might improve her vocal delivery.

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

First, Marisa might examine the volume of her voice. Was she loud enough to be heard
on the back row? She might also consider softening or increasing the loudness of her
voice to emphasize important moments in her speech. Next, she should examine her
pitch, which is the highness or lowness of your voice. She might ask whether or not she
changed her pitch at different moments in her speech, such as when she asked a
question. She might practice exaggerating her change in pitch and then toning it down
for the actual presentation. She also needs to examine her rate. Was it too fast or too
slow? Did her rate vary? If her rate was too fast, she might consider adding in pauses
to slow it down. She also needs to look at her articulation or enunciation of sounds.
Were her words crisp and distinct or were they mumbled and slurred? Did she
mispronounce any words. She could slow down and practice saying words clearly and
crisply and then speed up once she gets the hang of it. She could record her voice
several times, listening to and evaluating these areas. She can mark her note cards for
her next speech with delivery cues that will remind her to incorporate these ideas.