SO all this week, I have been attending meetings and training sessions with my Cameroonian counterpart, which requires large amounts of skits and public speaking. Through these experiences, I have discovered the difference in public speaking styles for Cameroonians and Americans. As any American stands before a large group of people to speak, their heart begins to race and the hands begin to sweat and shake. As they begin to speak, they start at a normal volume and speed but as the time in front of the audience progresses so does the speed and their voice occasionally takes on a slicglty higher pitch. Usually at the end of the speech, whatever they have tried to convey has been lost in the fast speech and abnormally high voice. On the other hand, the more nervous a Cameroonian gets, the slower they begin to speak putting very large emphasis on key words as if the audience is mentally slow while stating the most obvious things as fact. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY TODAY.
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Rachel Said:
on April 11, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Hi girl, just wanted to drop in and let you know that I am still checking up on how things are going over there with you….. Very sorry to read about Maddi..that is so sad. Can’t wait to see you, next month, right?