Tamerin and I have started working on her end of the year speech. Speaking is Tammy's biggest handicap, so learning a speech is a BIG challenge. Last year Tamerin learned this looong speech about everything she had learned. It was a big success. The speech has helped her much with speaking patterns and general fluency and pronunciation.
My aim was to practise such speeches throughout the year this year. We did it in a small way, but never really got stuck into it. However, now with the end of the year only weeks away, we are more focused on getting it right. I have written a "High School Musical" speech and one on government - our first term theme. We have gone through them a few times this week and Tamerin seems so happy and determined to master these speeches. Yesterday, she started with memorisation, i.e. to speak and not to read the speech. She has pictures and key words to help her along.
She had to practise how to say "probably", but otherwise was able to pronounce all the words and her tongue did not get all tied up. Afterwards, she gave me a big hug with shiny eyes and then went proudly off to say her new word to her mom. If I think how much she had to practise a sentence like "This year I have improved my ability to read...." last year. BIG IMPROVEMENT!
Praise the Lord!
A walk to the stables
Tamerin at the horses: we walked there on Thursday and talked rugby nearly all the way!
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That's great! Speech making is difficult for everyone.
Hope the memorisation is going well.
(As I have got older, my short-term memory has not been as good, and my speeches are more complex, to the extent that I use a script).
Any supports to the speech, like visual things? For example, a picture of Jacob Zuma, and a voting card, for the government speech? These will often bring interest and serve as an aide-memoire.
Also there are good chapters in speech-making books. I wonder how far the Toastmasters movement has crept to South Africa?
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Hi Everyone
I cannot believe that I have been so rude as not to respond!!
The speech was great - thanks for prayers and good wishes... I think I better write a quick post about it! Thanks for your interest.
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