Effects of Various Modes of Public Reading

Abstract

The study attempts to bring the numerous problems of oral expression and public reading into the laboratory. The method used was based upon a study of the relation between changes in the use of the voice and specified responses of auditors; that is, the effects of various modes of public reading, employing different combinations of changes in the use of attributes of sound while reading. The attributes of sound are pitch, intensity, time and timbre. The conclusions show a presumption in favor of using an extreme degree of change in all four attributes especially for the purpose of securing retentiveness over an extended time. The four attributes differ in their effect upon the responses to oral reading. The results conform to generally accepted judgments. From Psych Bulletin 18:01:00022. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)