Archive - Adastra Speech - Thinking About Speaking

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Creating English Speaking Opportunities Wherever You Can | Here are some practical ways to create speaking opportunities in your work environment.

Sep 12 •

Christi Barb, PhD

August 2024

Back to School - Using Prosody When Speaking to New Listeners

Tips for practicing prosody

Aug 28 •

Christi Barb, PhD

Back to School - Speaking to New Listeners

Tips for Practicing Vocabulary Words | You may be talking to people who are new to listening to your particular accent or way of speaking. Here are some…

Aug 15 •

Christi Barb, PhD

June 2024

Introduction to Pitch & Intonation - Online Course - First Try

The goal of this course is to increase your awareness of how pitch and intonation affect how you sound in English, teach strategies to gain control over…

Jun 18 •

Christi Barb, PhD

May 2024

Vocabulary Lists Made by ChatGPT

I tried using ChatGPT to create lists specific to a field of work and even more specifically for individual vowel sounds. Here’s how it went and here’s…

May 17 •

Christi Barb, PhD

April 2024

I'd like your opinions about naming my book. - This book is a guide to understanding what defines an accent and how to make changes to increase speech…

Apr 16 •

Christi Barb, PhD

Spring Cleaning

Time for something new - Applying a cycle approach with cycle 1 being a "quick start," cycle 2 focuses on the higher-level aspects of American English…

Apr 1 •

Christi Barb, PhD

Summer Online Group Instruction

What will you sound like in three months? - This is a 3-month summer program on Zoom that meets in May-June-July as a small (10 people max) group. We’ll…

Apr 1 •

Christi Barb, PhD

March 2024

Pronunciation of Suffixes "-sion, -ssion, -tion"

How to know when the suffixes “-sion” and “-tion” are pronounced with a voiceless “sh” as “shin” /ʃɪn/ (or /ʃən/) or a voiced “zh” as “zhin” /ʒɪn/ (or…

Mar 15 •

Christi Barb, PhD

February 2024

Back to the Book

The first 10 chapters of my book are all about the what, who, why, and how: What is accent modification? What is my approach based on? Who is it for…

Feb 28 •

Christi Barb, PhD

January 2024

Did You Hear That?

Practicing listening skills in daily life | There are two kinds of listening, listening for what was said and listening for how something was said. You…

Jan 25 •

Christi Barb, PhD

Any Time is Practice Time

Practice your English speaking skills in daily life - Keep your practice time short and simple. You don’t have to set aside 30 minutes from your usual…

Jan 10 •

Christi Barb, PhD

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