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A Fluency Rules Therapy Program for Young Children in the Public Schools.

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Runyan, Charles M.; Runyan, Sara Elizabeth – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1986

The "fluency rules" therapy program for young children who stutter consists of seven rules designed to teach children about the physiologic concepts associated with fluent speech production. Pilot testing with nine children (three- to seven-years-old) demonstrated its effectiveness in producing fluent speech and maintaining fluency for a…

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Physiology, Program Effectiveness, Speech Habits

Voice Quality Settings and the Teaching of Pronunciation.

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Esling, John H.; Wong, Rita F. – TESOL Quarterly, 1983

Voice quality settings (physiological configurations contributing to phonetic production) can be used to characterize ESL students' accents and help improve pronunciation. Settings of one variety of North American English and those in other languages are identified. Suggestions are given for making students aware of their own settings. (MSE)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Variation, North American English, Phonetics