Example Of Pseudostuttering Activity

For the pseudostuttering activity, my partner and I, Courtney, went to the mall one afternoon. We chose the mall since it is a typical place for someone to go, and a place where retail workers are used to interacting with people and getting questions asked like, “where can I find X?” and “how much is Y?”
The first place I started out at was Dillards, where I asked a retail worker where the dresses were. Right before the interaction I was feeling somewhat nervous, since this was my first time pseudostuttering in public around a stranger. Furthermore, I was mostly nervous about how my stuttering would sound. For instance, was it believable, and did it sound like a natural stutter? So when I asked the lady about the dresses I was mostly anxious …show more content…
During this interaction, I felt more anxious than before because the store was quite busy and crowded. Furthermore, I was more anxious about the other people, and wondered how many of the people would hear me. This made me reluctant about doing the pseudostuttering. My sentence I used was, “How much are the candles.” I prolonged on the “m” in “much,” and did a repetition on the “c” in “candles.” While I was stuttering, I avoided eye contact, and tilted my head down and forward as if to help assist me to get the word out. Again, I thought about how the people around me, and wondered what they thought of me. Plus, in the previous interaction I wasn’t so anxious and concerned about this since Dillards was pretty empty. During the interaction at Bath and Body Works I don’t recall if anyone around us gave me a weird look, but then again I avoided looking around the room and instead glanced up to the ceiling while I asked the question. While I asked the question, my partner and I noticed the worker did a good job of holding eye contact with with me while I spoke. She also kept smiling at me the whole time, and again it felt like she was overly polite in explaining to me all the different prices of the …show more content…
During this interaction, I felt less anxious about the people around me because it again wasn’t as crowded as Bath & Body Works. However, I was still somewhat worried about what the worker would think of me. The sentenced I used was, “Are the backpacks upstairs?” I prolonged the “th” in “the,” and did a sound repetition on the “b” in “backpacks.” While speaking I again tended to avoid eye contact. I also wondered if the retail worker thought less of me or thought I was weird or different. During the interaction I noticed that he seemed a little surprised and thrown off to hear me stutter, but he hid this facial expression pretty quickly. As for his answer, it seemed more typical and not as overly polite like the previous two