Features of Spoken English

3. Speed

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Speed of Speech can change with emotions.

When people are excited, they  speak faster because they want to get the message out as fast as possible.

When people are angry, they try to emphasize certain words so the listener knows what the problem is.

 

Listen to the following recordings and guess the feelings of the speakers.

 

SPEAKER ONE 

 

 

 

SPEAKER 2 

 

 

 

The first speaker in the recording is excited to talk about her adventure at the fare. She wanted to roll out the whole story quickly to get to the end. 

The second speaker is mad. She wasn’t speaking very fast because she wanted to make sure that every word is heard and understood.