To Bridge the Gap Between Speaking and Listening, How Would

question 54

Multiple Choice

To bridge the gap between speaking and listening, how would speakers need to change their speaking rate?

• A)Speakers would need to increase their speaking rate by a factor of 5 to increase their speaking rate from about 80 words per minute to about 400 words per minute.
• B)Speakers would need to increase their speaking rate by a factor of 2 to 3 to increase their speaking rate from about 125 to 200 words per minute to about 400 words per minute.
• C)Speakers would need to decrease their speaking rate by a factor of 2 to decrease their speaking rate from about 400 words per minute to about 200 words per minute.
• D)Speakers would not need to increase their speaking at all. Instead, listeners would need to double their listening rate to catch up with speakers.

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