This
special edition e-course teaches all the core speech dynamics you need
for a foundation to master spoken English. You will learn to feel tone
and vibration, create well-formed vowels, and develop articulated
consonants. Further, there is extensive linking and phrasing practice,
which is the key to fluency. In addition, you will have full access to
our newest edutainment practice material--adapted from the Academy
Award nominated movie, "My Man Godfrey", which will keep you
entertained while you are practicing. Two original fairy tales are also
included here. These movie scenes are broken down for word lists and
phrase links, all with color-coded subtitles. Plenty to keep you
involved and challenged, no matter what level of English you now speak.
SpeechMasters is committed to providing the highest level of training,
with programs that are motivating and fun to use.
Outline of Videos
Reading and Phonic
Structure -
Phonograms defined. Color-coding of letters. Reading fluency. How a
feeling-based phonic system is used to mentally imprint phonograms
through sense-memory.
Speech Dynamics
Structure - Strongly
vibrating Tonal Vowels anchor your speech with good resonance.
Structural Vowels give your speech volume, clarity, and projection.
Consonant Action provides articulation and expressiveness. Color-coding
of consonants into sustainable and plosive groups.)
Introduction to Tonal
Action - Learning
to feel speech as vibration, and develop a sense-memory for it.
Y-Buzz Siren - Exercise
for increasing your range of tonality, and a stronger tone overall.
Structural Action --
Major Vowels - Learn
how to create an "inverted megaphone" that enables your voice to
project effortlessly. and the lip shapes that form the perfect shape or
structure for these vowels:
#5-AH - as in
"father"
#1-OO - as in "cool"
#51-OW - as in
"thousand"
#5-AH (more practice) - additional word lists and sentences
#1-OO (more practice) - additional word lists and sentences
#51-OW (more practice) - additional word lists and sentences
Structural Vowels
Sentences - Combining
all the structural vowels in sentences, practiced in three stages of
vocal energy.
Introduction to Neutral
Vowels - Learn
to keep the neutral vowels short by playing the consonants on either
side of them.
Long A - as in
"grapes"
Neutral 3-eh - as
in "lend"
Neutral 3 Sentences - Neutral vowels practiced in sentences in a triple
repetition
Introduction to
Consonants - An
overview of all the consonants. Playing the consonants first for Full
Musical Value, then using the consonants to Support the Meaning.
Individual consonant lessons have animations that show tongue movement
and points of contact for feeling or vibration.
N -
as in "phone"
B - as in "cab"
V - as in "drive"
TH - as in "brother"
GD - as in "hugged"
V-B Minimal Pairs - as
in "curves/curbs"
Behind the Scenes - Funny
things happen in speech class.
Direct Linking -
Connected
Speech is the key to real fluency. Learn how to link and phrase
words together the way professional speakers do.
Linking Verbal Phrases
- Lots
of practice in linking together common pairs of words
Linking Idiomatic
Phrases - as in
"see eye to eye" or "safe and sound"
Word Endings: ATE -
Common
unstressed word endings, practiced in sentences combined with practice
of contractions.
Introduction to
Intonation - Use of
pitch changes and rhythm variations, and understanding the American
pitch pattern.
Intonation Practice
Scene - The
more pitch we use, the more ideas we express.
Intonation Patterns - Sentences from the Practice Scene diagrammed
to
clarify the relationship of parts of the sentences to the American
pitch pattern.
GL/GR/KL/KR/KW - Rhythm
Patterns and Consonant Clusters, or blends,
are practiced in related word lists, then in challenging monologues.
Linked Phrases - The
same monologue is now explored for its linked phrases, worked
through phrase by phrase, then spoken as a complete speech at normal
speed.
Movie Scene: City
Outskirts - A
complete movie scene is broken down into operative word lists,
in a triple repetition at three stages of vocal energy. Then worked
through phrase by phrase for linking practice. Then performed
at normal speed.
"My Man Godfrey" Movie Scenes (14 scenes): Nominated
for 6 Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Lead & Supporting),
Best Actress (Lead & Supporting), Best Director, and Best Writing:
"My Man Godfrey", starring
William Powell and Carole Lombard has been adapted as an entertaining
teaching tool. All scenes have word lists, phrase links, and
color-coded subtitles. These scenes are particularly fun to work with.
Lots of intensive practice, while you enjoy the story.
Fairy Tales (live
action): With
lists of operative words, phrase links, and subtitles color-coded to
our unique phonics system. A company of five
actors perform these stories, which are rich in cultural values and
suitable for all ages.
"The Wings
of the Butterfly" - A Tale
of the Amazon Rainforest
"The Stone in the Temple" - An Islamic Legend
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