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From: Ken Logan
Date: 17 Oct 2011
Time: 22:15:22 -0500
Remote Name: 74.179.121.152
I'd be hard pressed to list one thing that is most helpful/effect, but just to respond to IDGAS idea...Caring (attending?) less is probably helpful for some (though we might ask...caring less about what? Listener reactions?, one's speech production?). Just to play devil's advocate, it seems that opposite approach is helpful too. That is, techniques such as "time out," "regulated breathing," "prolonged speech" (which ultimately ends up as "monitored articulation rate") all are supported to some extent by research. How do they help people speak more fluently? It's not clear, but one thing that do seem to have in common is that they promote attention to the "how" of talking. So, in a sense "I attend more"...(IAM??). Of course, whether one can keep that heightened attention up for long periods of time and whether it feels natural to talk like that is another matter...