Author: May Kirk ScripturePublisher:
ISBN: 9781331945895
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Excerpt from A Manual of Exercises for the Correction of Speech Disorders We, who speak the English language, can no longer be reproached for our inattention to the subject of speech disorders; for not only during the past year have the Boards of Education in many large cities made the much needed advanced step of appointing Directors of Speech Improvement in the Public Schools, but all over the country numerous other authorities in Speech and Music have already started movements along the lines of diction. Picked teachers are being sent to the speech experts to study their methods in this field, and to carry back this special knowledge to the various school systems. This movement deserves the highest commendation, for should not the "glory of the English tongue" be upheld? Refinement of dress, of person, is always desirable; ideas of cleanliness and neatness are more and more respected. Young men spend much thought on the shape of their collars and the shade of their ties, and young women on the thousand and one little things that go to make up an attractive appearance; but are they always so particular about the shapes and shades of their vowels or consonants, that their speech may be as attractive as their persons? Slovenly language should no more be accepted than slovenly manners. It has long been recognized that the average American voice is shrill and the speech careless compared to the voice and speech of an Englishman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
