Modifications
Enhancing
Celebrities
Name that stutter
Mechanisms
100

Fluency modification strategies focus on openly stuttering and speak with less tension rather than avoiding. True or false?

true

100

Fluency enhancing strategies focus on smooth speech and aim to help you speak with increased fluency. True or False?

true

100

Stuttering actor James Earl Jones is the voice of “____” in Star Wars and the voice of Mufasa in the Lion King.

Darth Vader

100

I want I want chips please

phrase repetition

100

My _______ helps me think of what I want to say. It sends messages to tell the muscles in my body to speak.

brain

200

What is the slide-out strategy (also called the pull-out strategy)?

This is when you think about where you’re stuck with tension, reduce tension and keep going

200

What is the slow-rate strategy?

This strategy is when you slow your rate of speech down so the mouth can catch up the my brain.

200

Stuttering actress Emily Blunt is “practically perfect in everyway” and has a magic bag. She can also fly with an umbrella.

Mary Poppins

200

S-s-s-soup is my favorite meal.

sound repetition

200

My ______ help me to breathe. I use this air to create speech through vibrations.

lungs

300

What is the cancellation strategy?

This is when you are in the middle of a stutter, cancel the stutter, reduce tension, and start over

300

What is the easy start (also called easy onset) strategy?

This strategy is helpful to get the beginning of words out. I can practice by breathing out just a little on certain sounds.

300

This stuttering singer and song writer is British. He has a song called “Perfect” and “Thinking Out Loud”

Ed Sheeran

300

My sssssssssssister just walked by.

prolongation

300

My _____ help me to listen to my speech and hear what others have to say.

ears

400

What is pseudostuttering?

This is when you stutter on purpose

400

What is the light contact strategy?

This strategy is when you are stuck in the middle of a stutter and focus on where the tension is and then reduce the tension when saying words.

400

Our current president

Joe Biden

400

______Lauren is my sister

Block

400

My ______ vibrate together to make my voice turn on. It turns air into sound.

Vocal folds

500

I can use fluency modification strategies if I want to. True or False?

True! If you want to, you can use a strategy to help you speak with less tension.

500

What is the phrasing and pausing strategy? (also called chunking)

This is when you say a few words, or a phrase and then pause.

500

This singer and actor, known as the "King of Rock and Roll," is still regarded by many as one of the most popular icons of the 20th century

Elvis Presley

500

My name is uhhh Jake

Interjection

500

My ________(name at least 2) in my mouth help to make speech sounds so that I can speak. Turning air into words.

lips, tongue, teeth

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