wenchnwitches
03-11-2005, 02:42 PM
For my course I have to come up with a thesis for my paper which I have decided to write on stuttering since I was a bad stutterer as a child but it has improved now....
My paper has to be written around the conventions of conversation. In our culture, it is polite to wait until someone has stopped speaking before you speak, and once someone has stopped speaking, there can only be a few seconds of silence before it becomes uncomfortable - about 4 seconds - and the silence is embarrassing....my point is: sutterers unintentionally break conventional rules of conversation because they have these long silences where they are trying to get the words out and can't respond as quickly...and can't add comments like "I see" "yes" while the other person is talking because it is too difficult
So here are my questions for fellow stutterers:
Just describe ONE speaking
Describe for me just ONE speaking event, either with a family member, the McDonald's drive-thru, your boss. For example, Jessica briefly told us about her experience at a drive-thru.
Are you a silent stutterer (long blocks) or you make noise as you try to get the words out?
WHAT SOUNDS CAUSE YOU THE MOST PROBLEMS (double consonants like blacK Cat, or syllables?
Are your utterances long or short? Do you repeat sounds in an effort to get them out?
What response do you get from listeners (do they keep eye contact or look away? Do they wait for you to finish or interrupt? Do they insert the word for you?)
Does the response depend on whether they are friends or strangers?
Do your listeners obey convention and wait for you to finish?
If they interrupt, how long before they interrupt?You can go to my blog website and read all about me at: http://stutterersdiary.blogspot.com or email me at susanlawes@rogers.com
Thanks for all your help
My paper has to be written around the conventions of conversation. In our culture, it is polite to wait until someone has stopped speaking before you speak, and once someone has stopped speaking, there can only be a few seconds of silence before it becomes uncomfortable - about 4 seconds - and the silence is embarrassing....my point is: sutterers unintentionally break conventional rules of conversation because they have these long silences where they are trying to get the words out and can't respond as quickly...and can't add comments like "I see" "yes" while the other person is talking because it is too difficult
So here are my questions for fellow stutterers:
Just describe ONE speaking
Describe for me just ONE speaking event, either with a family member, the McDonald's drive-thru, your boss. For example, Jessica briefly told us about her experience at a drive-thru.
Are you a silent stutterer (long blocks) or you make noise as you try to get the words out?
WHAT SOUNDS CAUSE YOU THE MOST PROBLEMS (double consonants like blacK Cat, or syllables?
Are your utterances long or short? Do you repeat sounds in an effort to get them out?
What response do you get from listeners (do they keep eye contact or look away? Do they wait for you to finish or interrupt? Do they insert the word for you?)
Does the response depend on whether they are friends or strangers?
Do your listeners obey convention and wait for you to finish?
If they interrupt, how long before they interrupt?You can go to my blog website and read all about me at: http://stutterersdiary.blogspot.com or email me at susanlawes@rogers.com
Thanks for all your help