The Pause that Refreshes

Don’tyouhateitwhenspeakersneverpause? Pausing is to speaking as punctuation is to writing.  Both enhance comprehension.  Pausing is perhaps even more important because a live audience can’t go back and re-listen the same way a reader can go back and re-read. Pausing increases comprehension in several ways.  Pausing: Reduces the overall rate of speaking Gives the audience time […]