Overview
Develop confidence in your own pronunciation of sounds, words and connected speech. Learn to sense what you do in your mouth so you can critique and change your pronunciation as little or as much as you wish, and learn techniques to help your learners do the same.
What will you achieve?
Take this Learn with Adrian Underhill - Pronunciation course at International House to:
- Gain a thorough, practical insight into the physicality of pronunciation including words, stress, unstress, and connected speech.
- Develop your personal expression and speaking from the heart in free speech and poetry.
- Develop confidence and presence in your spoken performance, for example whenever you talk to your class.
- Experience first hand and practise new teaching techniques to help your learners bring their speech to life.
- Integrate pronunciation work completely into all class work and at all levels.
- Learn to bring life and pleasure to all classroom language work by enabling learners to speak from the heart, and express themselves with confidence, clarity, and engagement.
Programme Structure
Topics include:
- The physicality of sounds, connecting with the muscles that make the difference
- Connecting sounds into words. Stress, unstress, energy distribution
- Connecting words (and disappearing syllables) in the stream of speech
- Selecting your performance piece, initial rehearsal considerations
- Your personal presence, pronunciation, and performance
- Vocabulary, rhythm and intonation in connected speech
- Your self-presentation and impact through voice tone, pause, fluency, body language
- Presentations and storytelling for engagement and delight
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 7 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- The course is aimed at teachers and trainers looking for a new approach to pronunciation and performance.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents826 GBP / full≈ 826 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents826 GBP / full≈ 826 GBP / full
Living costs
London
United Kingdom
1137 - 2157 GBP / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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