stutter to speak or say something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing before it or repeating it several times: She stutters a little, so be patient and let her finish what she's saying.
Stuttering is NOT a medical condition in any language! No matter what language we speak in, each of us must learn this skill. How can you treat medically something that you have never learned how to do correctly??? TOEFL is a great reason to finally quit looking for a miracle CURE or medical advice, find a SPEECH teacher and learn what exactly you should do in speech - just like all other normal speakers do. Your advise of "slowing down" may be rational from the perspective of a normal speaker, but can not be too useful for stutterers who have no idea what exactly they should do when they speak...
Stuttering is indeed a medical condition with no cure as such. Speech therapists help people with stutter and many may recover but it is not a fully fledged treatment. They just try to help diagnose the various causes of a stutter. And stuttering is not necessarily a result of improper learning of a skill. I have the stuttering problem and I developed it in my teenage years whereas I spoke very well when I was smaller in various languages fluently. There are many causes for a person to develop a stutter but nobody knows why exactly it happens. It is not merely an inability to learn to speak....it's not that simple. Recent research also showed some differences in the brain of those who stutter and those who do not. However, presently...the best thing to do for a person who stutters is to see a speech pathologist because they were able to solve many cases of stuttering with ease.
Thanks Lucas, I hadn't thought of slowing down while speaking for the past 20 years of my life.
stutter
to speak or say something, especially the first part of a word, with difficulty, for example pausing before it or repeating it several times:
She stutters a little, so be patient and let her finish what she's saying.
thanku so much it is a great motivation i have a stammering problem tommorow is my toefl and i think i will pull it off.
How was your exam? Did the stuttering affect your score?
Life is always hard on me.. I am a bad stutterer. I don't know if I can ever score good on this test or the GRE
I stuttered once in the speaking second language English IGCSE Cambridge exam and I scored a grade 2 (20-25 marks) which is the second best grade
It lowers the score because you lose time to convey all necessary information within the given timeline.
Stuttering is NOT a medical condition in any language! No matter what language we speak in, each of us must learn this skill. How can you treat medically something that you have never learned how to do correctly??? TOEFL is a great reason to finally quit looking for a miracle CURE or medical advice, find a SPEECH teacher and learn what exactly you should do in speech - just like all other normal speakers do. Your advise of "slowing down" may be rational from the perspective of a normal speaker, but can not be too useful for stutterers who have no idea what exactly they should do when they speak...
Stuttering is indeed a medical condition with no cure as such.
Speech therapists help people with stutter and many may recover but it is not a fully fledged treatment. They just try to help diagnose the various causes of a stutter.
And stuttering is not necessarily a result of improper learning of a skill.
I have the stuttering problem and I developed it in my teenage years whereas I spoke very well when I was smaller in various languages fluently.
There are many causes for a person to develop a stutter but nobody knows why exactly it happens.
It is not merely an inability to learn to speak....it's not that simple.
Recent research also showed some differences in the brain of those who stutter and those who do not.
However, presently...the best thing to do for a person who stutters is to see a speech pathologist because they were able to solve many cases of stuttering with ease.