Adastra Speech - Thinking About Speaking
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Current Projects of Christi B…
Archive
About
New
Top
Discussion
You're Always Doing Public Speaking
I asked some of my clients how public speaking skills affect their careers and here are some of their answers. None of these people mentioned speaking…
Christi Barb
Jun 21
3
Share this post
You're Always Doing Public Speaking
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
"Iced Tea" or "Ice Tea"?
What's the difference? This article will help you understand why:Looks like, “ice tea.” Sounds like, “ais tee.” The IPA transcription: /'ɑ͜ɪsti/Looks…
Christi Barb
Jun 7
1
Share this post
"Iced Tea" or "Ice Tea"?
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Making Polite Requests
I’ve taught many speakers of other languages and other Englishes who were surprised to find out that what they thought sounded polite didn’t sound…
Christi Barb
May 17
Share this post
Making Polite Requests
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Use Your E.A.R
EAR: Expectation - Action - Review = Build a Positive Upward Spiral - No matter how you’re learning and working on improving your English speaking…
Christi Barb
May 3
Share this post
Use Your E.A.R
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
What does an American accent sound like to foreigners?
What you notice in other languages is what is different from your own. In the video, there are some real words, but the majority of the speaking is…
Christi Barb
Apr 19
1
Share this post
What does an American accent sound like to foreigners?
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
30 Days of Prosody
Take the small step of practicing prosody 5 minutes a day for big results.
Christi Barb
Apr 5
Share this post
30 Days of Prosody
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Initials, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
Which letter to stress for clear pronunciation
Christi Barb
Mar 21
Share this post
Initials, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Vowel Sounds & Spelling
The long and short of it - Vowels are represented by 6 letters, “a, e, i, o, u, y,” but create 14 different vowel sounds. How do you know which sound a…
Christi Barb
Mar 8
1
Share this post
Vowel Sounds & Spelling
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Spotlight - "Maria"
Progress in her speech created an upward spiral. She said she gained confidence that “If I could make changes to my English, I could make changes to my…
Christi Barb
Feb 22
2
Share this post
Spotlight - "Maria"
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
A Sign That It's Time To Do Something
It’s easy to overlook the importance of small talk and social speaking because it’s not directly work-performance related. It can get pushed aside and…
Christi Barb
Feb 15
1
Share this post
A Sign That It's Time To Do Something
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
Listen for What and Imitate How
Speeches that are good examples for imitation - Imitating good speakers is a great way to practice awareness of what another speaker is doing to…
Christi Barb
Feb 8
Share this post
Listen for What and Imitate How
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
200th Day of Writing!
Today is my 200th day of writing my book! I use timeanddate.com to calculate how many days ahead the next set of 100 will be and exclude weekends and…
Christi Barb
Feb 1
Share this post
200th Day of Writing!
www.adastraspeech-newsletter.com
Copy link
Twitter
Facebook
Email
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts