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> He speaks slowly and deliberately It works better in a speech, but not in a conversation. While non-native speakers are ramping up, it’s clearly visible wher
by mandeepj 4y ago
> He speaks slowly and deliberately
It works better in a speech, but not in a conversation. While non-native speakers are ramping up, it’s clearly visible where they are with their speaking skills, but if you want to come close to native speaking proficiency then speed should not be ignored.
- curiousllama 4y agoFair - I’m just talking about communication at a given lev of fluency (I know nothing about building language fluency). Simply being better at English would def help too lol I will point out though - the thing about Obama’s speed is that it is SO slow that, lacking filler words, it feels deliberate. The slow speed is actually playing games with silence. It’s the Yoda strategy - Yoda sucks at English, but is a wonderful communicator.