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How to use a pacing board for utterance expansion

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Speaking too quickly makes it difficult for some students who are learning language to use those utterances as effective models. Slow down the speech production of adult models. Segment out the words in phrases. Pause between each word. Tap a surface with your finger as you say each word to establish pace.

Just for fun, or to help students visualize their sound production or the "pace" of their speech.

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Watch this video as part of a professional development workshop or with students as a point of discussion about the point of education.

Every student learns and develops at his or her own pace. Education is not about how fast a student can acquire information. Instead, it's about developing useful strategies individuals can use to process and integrate life's experiences in order to achieve whatever they choose to do with the time they are given.

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