クロス校正(Temple)

大変遅くなってしまい申し訳ありません。私はpearさんのParavocalicsを添削致しました。校正中，英文の書き方なども勉強させていただきました。(Temple)

A summary and my Opinion of Paravocalics
　Paravocalics is the study of vocal effects, such as tone, rate(speed), volume(power), pitch(soprano or bass and so on), pause(stopping), and stress(intensify). These factors determine the vocal quality and communicate to listeners nonverbally. We can get some meanings from the factors, so they are called vocal cues. They are useful to guess the sex, age, status and feeling or an emotion of speakers. When someone is talking or speaking, we make a judge and reaction to him/her based on the vocal cues, so they are very important for communication.
　As the textbook (communicating) mentions the importance of vocal effects in communication, I also think they are important. I have three examples from which I came to realize the importance of them.
　First, in a part-time job, I have to pay much attention to the vocal effects. I work as a cram school teacher and teach English, math etc. to students from elementary school to high school. I especially need to change the rate of speaking. If I speak to elementary school students with the rate I speak to high school students, they can’t catch up with my words. On the contrary, if I speak to high school students with low speed as I do to elementary school students, they will get tired to listen to my words. The rate works an important role in this situation.
　Second, in my job hunting, the vocal effects are decisive factors, I think. I especially pay much attention to the rate, volume, and stress. When I get nervous, I incline to talk at faster rate than usual. It is difficult for interviewers to follow my words, so I try to speak as usual rate as possible. The volume is necessary to state my opinion clearly. Having good volume of voice is one of my strong points, so I want to show it well. The stress is useful to tell my point of the opinion. If I use stress successfully, interviewers will get interested in my story. Various factors are needed in job interviews.
　Third, the voice effects will be very important cues when I can’t see others face. In face-to-face communication, I guess the person’s feeling and mood from his/her face and voice effects, but without face-to-face communication, such as using a telephone, you have to guess them only from voice effects. Therefore, a listener should catch the voice effects and their meanings, and a speaker should also try to use proper voice effects not to be misunderstood.
In conclusion, the vocal effects are keys for communication and they all have certain meanings.