Two-Minute Talks with Easy Onset

What's in this activity

• Talk for two minutes about a hobby. Begin every sentence with a gentle, breathy first sound.
• Describe your favorite meal for two minutes, using easy onset on every word that starts with a vowel.
• Explain something you are good at. Count how many sentences you started easily and say the number out loud.
• Talk about a pet or an animal you like. Your partner taps the table on any hard onset you miss.
• Tell me about a trip. Begin with the word “I”, the hardest one, and use easy onset every time it comes up.
• Talk about what you did yesterday for two minutes, then rate your own onsets from one to five.
• Describe a room in detail. Restart any sentence that begins with a hard attack, and keep a count of the restarts.
• Talk about a book, a film or a game. Use easy onset only in the second minute, then compare the two minutes.
• Answer “what did you do this weekend” as if a stranger asked. Plan your first word before you speak.
• Explain a rule you think is unfair. Notice whether easy onset gets harder when you feel strongly.