The Power of Speech

“Forget everything else, and just say it to me. Say it to me as a friend.”

Listening

Focus: Rhythm and stress
Level: Advanced

Step 1.
Listen to the music and write down images, stories you can associate with the music.

Step 2.
Read your story along with the music.

Step 3.
Watch the scene from the film ‘The King’s Speech’ and focus on the rhythm of the speech, the pauses and the words which are stressed.

Step 4.
Watch it again and mark on the Transcript the pauses and the words which are stressed.

Step 5.
Read the text imitating the rhythm, the pauses and the stress pattern you have just heard

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