Organs of Speech in Communication: Functions and Pedagogical Implications
Keywords:
Organs of speech, communication, pedagogyAbstract
Each organ of speech or articulator plays a special role in the production of
speech sounds; and these speech sounds ease human communication. The tongue,
lips, teeth, lungs, vocal cords, velum, soft and hard palate, larynx and pharynx
among others help to ease human communication. This work examines organ of
speech or articulator, its functions and pedagogical implications. The diagram
of the organ of speech has been used to aid the discussion. The work discovers
that the ear functions as an important organ of speech in sound production. The
work recommends among many others that the teaching of organs of speech to
the students should be very practical, and the language laboratory should be
fully used in the teaching of this topic.
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