Books

I thought it an idea to mention some books that I think are useful for everyone but, I think, particularly for PWS.

I suggest them because they are helpful for appreciating what is going on with other people and ourselves when we are in company and for practicing speaking.

The Book of Tells, Peter Collet. Good for letting you know what other people are thinking. Try using the information in a cafe when people watching. Good fun.

The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, Dale Carnegie. Loads of hints and tips. Excellent. Style a bit dated but humans have been talking for a lot of years now and nothing changes.

Confident Conversation, Lillian Glass. Lots of tips and there is always something you can use. Buy second hand.

Confident Speaking, Godefroy &Barrat. Really about business presentations but the odd tip is worth the money . Buy second hand.

Also books by Cicily Berry, Sewart Pearce and Patsy Rodenburg and tape by Carol Fleming. Mostly for actors, except the last.
These are about articulation and speaking clearly.

Rodenburg's tapes: 'The right to Speak' are excellent and for everyone not specifically for actors. Might be easier to try the tapes first to hear the exercises.

Won't resolve the stammering but will add to confidence and give the PWS a goal while speaking. I have books and tapes by all of the above and ransacked the bookshelves to find them for this blog. They are for everyone not just PWS. Look them up on Amazon.

Hope you enjoy

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