The importance of speaking ‘correctly’ is becoming ever more relevant in this day and age. With conference calls and webcam meetings becoming more popular clarity and diction are a must.
If you have an accent you can still speak clearly and in a manner which other people can understand you, even if you do not feel confident about it.
When I was training (at my BA (Hons) in Performing Arts (Suffolk College)) I was lucky enough to be vocally trained by a great man. Brian Theodore Ralph was a magnificent voice teacher and his booming voice ringing out across the classroom was an excellent example for us to attempt to emulate. Now, when I tutor people in elocution, I aim to be the best example to them that I can, in honour of Brian!
In one of his lessons he told us to keep hold of our vocal training worksheets as ‘we would need them some day’. I did not believe him but tucked them away and now I use them all the time! The basic principles he taught us are my ethos behind teaching elocution to my students.
Firstly I teach them how to understand their voice, both as a part of their body and as a separate entity.
Secondly we learn how to enunciate vowel sounds in many different forms.
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