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Elocution and Speech

If you are a native, or fluent International English speaker, yet feel the quality of your speech production lets you down (you’ve been given feedback that you are inaudible, mumble, your intonation patterns are monotonous, for instance), Speech training with Confidently Speaking will help you maximise your accuracy, clarity, projection and muscularity in spoken English and enable you to eliminate any minor-to-moderate speech faults you may have.

 

Course contents includes –

  • An initial diagnostic session, detailing key areas of fault, omission, substitution, under-worked production, corrective outlooks and exercises, alignment and diaphragmatic-abdominal breathing. A short tutorial on conscious practice. A map of the speech articulators and an Elocution and Speech handbook. Our training together is likely to address one, or more of the following outlooks:
  • Accurate tongue, mouth and lip behaviours\positions on the English vowels.
  • Accurate tongue, mouth and lip behaviours on the English consonants.
  • Exercises for improving vocal tone and projection (general and specific resonance)
  • Exercises for improving vocal\speech placement
  • Common speech faults 1 – substitution of \f,s,t\ and \v,z,d\ for the two TH consonants.
  • Common speech faults 2 – Use of \w\, inadequate ‘r’ formation, lisps.
  • Common speech faults 3 – sibilant, ‘hissy’ \s\ and \SH\ sounds.
  • Common speech faults 4 – Inadequate word-final ‘l’ consonant in ‘all’.
  • Common speech faults 5 – Glottal attack in words ‘better’, ‘apple’.
  • Common speech faults 6 – Imprecision on difficult consonant groups in words ‘fifths, substitution, education’, ‘pronunciation’, for example.
  • Common speech faults 7 – intonation – where to put emphasis and stress, weak and strong stress and function words.

 

Summary

Diagnostic: 1 to 1.5 hours

Training duration: 5-10 hours to learn the exercises.

Training formats: Virtual one-to-one and small groups by Zoom, Skype, TEAMS or Facetime (with other platforms by arrangement and one-to-one face-to-face in London.

Training prerequisites: Knowledge of the IPA is helpful, but not essential.

Reference materials – You will receive a Reference Handbook and permission to record the sessions on your device.

 

Coaching is offered remotely by Zoom, Skype, TEAMS, Facetime (or other virtual platforms by arrangement).

 

Face-to-face training is held in London, I’m Essex-based, so also offer coaching from Leigh-on-Sea/Southend.

 

If you are interested in booking either one-to-one or small group training in Elocution, please email Anne at anne@confidentlyspeaking.co.uk or text or call 07932 440043.

PLEASE CONTACT ME ON 07932 440043  OR EMAIL NOW FOR FURTHER INFO

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

  • "I have been working with Anne for several years now and have been on both her voice coaching and leadership training courses. When I first met Anne, I struggled with my voice and came across as shy. However, through her voice coaching, I was able to become more assertive and improve my projection. Anne has proven to be a tremendous coach and mentor for me over the years. Her leadership coaching principles have been highly beneficial in work and personal development, I have been able to apply them to all areas of my life. Her leadership coaching has built the fundamental pillars I needed, and I feel a lot stronger for this. Anne is an excellent listener, kind and warm-hearted. I strongly recommend both coaching programs with Anne.

    Jack P - Investment Manager

  • I highly recommend the voice and personal leadership coaching programs with Anne. She has helped me with both, and it's made a huge difference for me. My primary aim in seeking voice coaching was to increase my professional impact in business situations through speaking with confidence, being eloquent, and having gravitas. I noticed a difference almost immediately after my first session with Anne, and subsequent sessions took this way beyond my initial expectations. I now feel much more confident and impactful in business meetings, giving presentations and on camera. The personal leadership coaching program has helped me to find more direction and purpose in my life, to enjoy life in general, and to be more positive (and less self-critical!). Before the coaching, I had lacked direction and felt a bit stuck with my life. That has completely changed now, and I feel much happier and more positive about the future. Anne is very skilled at coaching. She is knowledgeable, experienced, patient, and personable. I've really enjoyed the sessions with Anne, and I've gained a lot from it.

    Nicola - Corporate Finance Professional

  • Being a French native speaker, my pronunciation was very poor and I had difficulties to communicating in English with other people, although had been living in England for six years. Anne and I worked together to "clean- up" my accent: the objective was to make my English sounds more neutral and therefore clearer. We focused on the placement of the tongue, correct use of the lips and breathing and practiced text reading as well as tongue twisters. My speech and my voice progressed massively and I feel quite confident now about it. I would like to add that Anne was very supportive during the learning process and I am very pleased about the work we accomplished together. She is a great teacher.

    Francois - Financier

  • I had never trained as an actress and felt it was important to learn more about using my voice technically and correctly. Anne was recommended to me by a friend who trained with her at drama school and, as my background had been in TV and film, I was particularly interested in learning the correct application of the voice for stage work. My work with Anne was very varied and fun. We always started with a short physical warm-up to release any tensions in the body and encourage the voice to come from a free and unrestrained place. We worked on a large range of material, from Shakespearean text, poetry, prose and also scripts that I had auditions coming up for. The work was always incredibly interesting. I learnt how to serve Shakespearean language correctly by going through to the end of the lines, correct usage of vowels sounds; and obeying the rhyme and rhythm of the piece. Anne has a very clear and varied way of demystifying the abstract principles of voice work. I learnt a great deal about my own vocal tendencies through my accent and habits I had picked up and it was great to take scripts to Anne and experiment with different vocal approaches. I now feel much more grounded and flexible with my voice. I also feel I can confidently and correctly warm-up before a performance and have been working a lot more on stage since working with Anne. Anne is really fun and un-intimidating and I would recommend actors spend some time working with her.'

    Cara Horgan - Actress

  • As a working actor of Iranian origin living in London, Anne has helped me over the last three years. I am fluent in English, but, my Iranian background sometimes influenced my pronunciation. There was a lack of consistency, even in my errors. I was interested in having a more neutral accent - if I wished to apply it. Anne worked with me regularly on the following areas; the lip-rounded vowels, the repositioning of my soft palate, and lateral plosion. As a result of her coaching I am now more consistent and have an increased awareness and control of my accent. I am also able to modify it with greater skill to suit the requirements for varying roles. In addition, Anne has helped me prepare for roles, for example as Osama Bin Laden, for the Omid Djalili BBC1 show, where we worked together to recreate and reproduce the vocal characteristics of a Saudi Arabian accent background. I am very grateful for Anne's kindness and expertise.

    Bijan - Actor