Speech Pathology

My cooperating ESL teacher had mentioned that Jane, my case study student hardly opens her mouth to talk. It is almost as if she is trying to talk through clenched teeth. I had wondered if this was cultural or needed a closer look in terms of speech pathology. From my own experience, I took voice and diction lessons to be an effective broadcaster. As I showed up for an observation, I noticed that the ESL teacher had, in fact, done a lesson with the students on mouth movements and how to form the mouth to create certain sounds. I was able to snap a photo of the chart used by the teacher. I think having an instructor to demonstrate the specific mouth movements is more effective than the drawings of the mouths, but I think the chart is helpful.