What to do when someone is stammering
Here are some points which you should do when someone is stammering:
- Give them time
- Keep eye-contact
- Keep a good upright posture
- Smile
- Be at the persons same level to avoid intimidation
- Show you are interested and listening
- Slow down your speaking towards them
- Be relaxed so the speaker is relaxed aswell
- Praise the speaker
- Be a good listener
All these can help the speaker to relax and often keeping eye-contact can reduce the stammering. Also it shows you are understanding about their difficulty.
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