Chapter 4: Auditory Stimuli in Communication
Activities
Linguistic
Constraints -To demonstrate the concept of linguistic constraint, this
activity shows a sentence with four words. Learners begin by guessing what
one of the words might be. When a correct word is found, it is displayed.
From this, the learner can begin to figure out the other words. The number
of tries each word requires is displayed under the word. Common results
show many guesses for the first word, less for the next and very few for
the last two. A second, and much harder activity has double the number of
words.
Cloze
Procedure - To demonstrate a listener’s ability to “fill
in” missing information, two different activities are presented. One
activity is a visual-only task displaying a paragraph of information with
some words removed. Learners are to figure out the missing information and
then check to see if they have the correct words. The second activity is
similar except brings in the auditory component. The learner will hear a
paragraph with some words removed. They can then fill in the missing words
and check to see if they have the correct information.
Tracking
Activity - Tracking is a way of measuring how many words are recognized
over a given time frame. This activity requires two people, one to read
the material and one to repeat the material back. The activity computes
the tracking score in terms of words per minute.
Articulation
vs Filtered Speech - This activity allows you to hear what speech might
sound like when different speech acoustic information has been filtered
out. It will demonstrate the relationship of power vs clarity.
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