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Speech Assessment Process Please follow the instructions as below.  Your recordings are sent to SpeechSchool.TV for analysis by one of our experienced voice coaches who will provide you a graded report by return email within 3-5 working days. STEP 1: PLUG IN YOUR MICROPHONE HEADSET I need a microphone STEP 2: START THE VOICE RECORDER Please click here to run the Voice Recorder If an alert or Windows security box pops up click 'Run' or 'Continue' Once the recorder has loaded, click the red button [●] when ready to begin recording.  Do not stop or save the file until you have COMPLETED Tests A, B & C below: TEST A: PRONUNCIATION & DICTION ► Please tell us briefly why you have enrolled in a SpeechSchool.TV program and what is your language background. ► Now read the following lines directly into the microphone: Six thick thistle sticks She sells sea shells on the sea shore Send the sound with a little hiss, lips quite round and teeth like this Ida is frightened of spiders They might be big bisons or tigers! And when one's beside her It might be inside her The cries are so frightful of Idas! How now brown cow Stand on a rubber band fifty feet above the land Thump the thrush through the thick thong Joe, go hoe those slow growing potatoes Little Lill don't spill the milk Bella the elephant fell heavily when bending on her left leg Play the game Jane don't say you're lame Martha barred the scarlet cars from the hard tar Two new blue shoes A proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee cup lillery lillery lillery     lollery lollery lollery     lallery lallery lallery     lillery lollery lallery Do not stop recording, move onto Test B below: TEST B: PASSAGE READING Read the following lines directly into the microphone: When the sunlight strikes raindrops in the air they act as a prism and form a rainbow. The rainbow is a division of white light into many beautiful colours. These take the shape of a long round arch with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon.   There is according to legend a boiling pot of gold at one end.   People look but no one ever finds it. When a man looks for something beyond his reach, his friends say he is looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Do not stop recording, move onto Test C below: TEST C: IMPROMPTU SPEAKING ► Accent Program learners do this test below: Select ONE of the following topics and give a short talk about it (1 to 2 minutes) directly into the microphone (without prior preparation): ● The most interesting thing that has happened to you this week ● What you would like to do this coming weekend ● A challenge you have overcome this week ● The happiest moment you have experienced this week ► Master Communicator learners do this test below: Give a short talk (2 to 3 minutes) directly into the microphone and using techniques as learned in the Master Communicator program on: ● A subject or experience that has effected or impacted upon any aspect of your life recently ► Advanced learners (all programs) OPTIONAL task (1 to 2 minutes): ● Imagine a terrible situation:  eg. Your boss is about to fire you.  Your best client is going to leave you.  You’re being kicked out of your college.  Now try to explain why this should not happen.  You may now stop [□] the recording   STEP 3: SAVE THE RECORDING Click the 'SAVE' button.  Save file as your name, eg. JamesYang.prm (Select where you would like the file to be saved on your hard drive, as this is the copy of the assessment for your records) STEP 4: SEND US THE RECORDING Click on the 'SEND ASSESSMENT' button below to email us your recording.  Attach the recorded file (eg. JamesYang.prm) to your email from the saved location in Step 3.       If an alert or Windows security box pops up click 'Allow' Please click here once your email (with attachment) has been sent

Voice Assessment by Speech Teacher Graded Assessment & Speech Report ▼ Recorder minimizes while recording Send your recording to: assessments @ speechschool.tv

                                               

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