Speakingisalearnedskill,justlikeswimming.However,welearnedspeakinginveryearlyage.Everyonelearnedthisskillswithoutmucheffort.Weevendonotknowitislearned.Sometimeswejusttakeitasgranted.Wethinkitisnaturaloccurrence.However,forapersonwhostutters,itisaverydifferentstory.
Letustalkaboutswimming.Ifapersonstarttoswimveryearly,forexample,fromtwotothreeyearsold.Whenhegrowup,hewillnotrememberhowhelearneds...[
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AsIdescribedinmypreviousarticlethatstutteringisahabit.Itisiscausedbyincorrectwayofspeakingatfirstandstrengthenbyunderlinestress,nervous,shame,humiliationetc.negativefeelingsandconception.Withthisnegatviefeedback,theconfidenceoflanguagueisweakening,thenmoreblocks,moredisfluencyandmorenegativefeelings.Itjustreinforeeachotherandstablizedasastateofmindofstuttering.WheneverIwanttoexpressmyself,thisstat...[
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Speekingisaskill,justlikeswimming.Iamexploringthesimilaritiesbetweenstutteringandswimming.
Whatisthecauseofstutter?
Thereisnodefiniteanswertothecauseofstuttering.CurrentlyintheUSisexploringgenetictraitsandneurophysiologicalrootsbyusingmordentechnologicalmethods.
Myviewofstutteringisquitedifferent.IbelievethatIstutterbecauseIdidnotlearntherightwaytospeak.Acutally,mostofkidshaveaperiodof...[
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Toovercomestuttering,IwenttoToastmatersInternationalandbecomeamembertwoyearsago.HowcanapersonwhostutttersccouldjointheToastmaterclubtoimprovepublicspeaking?HowcanapersonwhocannotspeaksentencefluentlyineverydayconversionbebeneficialfromToastmater?
Idonotknowtheansweratthattime.IjustfeelthatIneedtoimprove.Ifacethechallengedirectly.IrememberthatthefirsttimeIwasattendingtheclubmeeting.Afterthemeet...[
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Self-trustisthefirstsecretofsuccess.-RalphWaldoEmersonThefirstandmostimportantsteptowardsuccessisthefeelingthatwecansucceed.-NelsonBoswellSuccessisgoingfromfailuretofailurewithoutlossofenthusiasm.-WinstonChurchillSuccessconsistsofgettingupjustonemoretimethanyoufall.-OliverGoldsmithForgetmistakes.Forgetfailures.Forgeteverythingexceptwhatyou'regoingtodonowanddoit.Todayisyourluckyday.-WillDurantIfyou...[
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Armyisakindergartenernow.Theschoolisoverat3:30pm.So,IsentAmytoanafterschoolprogram.Theafterschoolprogramrunsfrom3:30-600pm.Thetuitionis$170permonth.Withtheafterschoolprogram,Idonotneedtorushtoomuchtogether.Ihaveabout30minutesmorethanherdaycarewhichendsat5:30pm.
Eachmorning,IsendAmytoherschoolbycar,then,Iparkmycarnearbyherschool.AfterIsendAmytoschool,Itakeabustowork.Itakethesamebusafterworkandp...[
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Today,Icalledmyparents.Iampreparingtheirvisitingdocuments.Iamexplainingtothemwhattheyshoulddo.Whatdocumentstheyshouldprepare.Italkedmorethanonehour.Withnewlygainedfluencyinspeech,IfeelthatIspokefairlywell.Ishowedsomestutteringbutnotalot.SeveralyearsagoIcouldnottalktomymotherandfathermuchonthetelephonebecauseofthestutteringproblem.Irespectthemandawethem,soIdonothaveapositionformyself.Iwasverynervou...[
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TodayisAmy'sfirsgym&swimmingclass.Iwastoldatbeginningofthisyearhowever,IregisteredtoolatefortheSpringsession.SoIregistedfortheFallsession.
Whenwewenttothegymandpool,Isawabigcrowdofpeople,parentsandkids.Iwasalittlebitlate.However,itisthefirstsession,andsoitstartedlater.ItwasthejusttherighttimewhenIcame.Thetutors,about10studentsinthephysicalenducationdepartment,leadthekdstoabigroom.Theystart...[
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在國內的時候,一個學生是虔誠的基督徒。他的講話,辦事都很有特色,吸引了我的興趣。我很不理解,為何一個正常的人會去信仰一種虛幻的東西呢?但是他的那種虔誠和執著打動了我的心。
到美國以後不久,中國教會的朋友來家探望,深受感動,開始去參加教會的團祁活動。但是每次團祁都已提問題為主,從各方麵來證實神是虛幻的。後來由於工作忙和缺少興趣,也就[
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Wewenttoswimmingthiseveningagain.IthasbecomearitualthatwegoforswimmingeveryFridayevening.Wehavemanyfriendsaltogether.Thekidsenjoythegetheringverymuch.Theyareplayingballs,stringsorjustrunningaround.Amyisthesmallest;however,sheisaverygoodplaymateforthebiggerkids.Somekidsareabout4to5yearsoldthanAmy.
Wewenttoswimmingpoolafterwork.Weswamabout1hourandplayoutsideforaboutonehour.
Amylearnedhowtosw...[
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