DVD-5 Practice Scenes and More Practice Scenes

Main Menu for DVD-5 with links to three Sub-Menus. Below are menus for: Practice Scenes and More Practice Scenes These scenes bring together practice of vowels, consonants, connected speech, and intonation, in a structured approach toward complete fluency. Practice Scenes In Scenes 1 and 2, we've taken the liberty of making contractions where they should be, to create a smoother American style. In Scenes 3 and 4, the emphasis is on intonation and pitch jumps. Note how the speaker always varies slightly the pitch change. In this way, many subtleties of meaning are communicated and the speech never sounds repetitive or "sing-songy". Instead, the intonation communicates a great number of little messages suggesting tempos, energy levels, and emotions that you would never glean from the words alone. In Scenes 5 and 6, there is more emphasis placed on linking words together, as well as continuing work on Structural and Consonant Action. Symbol Review At the beginning of Tape 8 is a short section which reviews all the color and number symbols. Review of Neutral Diphthongs Review of Consonant Color Coding Restaurant Scene With the movie scenes on Tapes 8 and 9 we begin putting it all together: Vowels, Consonants, Linking, Weak Forms, and Intonation. Operative Word List The familiar Triple Repetition, in three stages of vocal energy: 1 Sustaining the sounds to develop muscle and sense memory 2 Sustained, but faster moving 3 Normal pronunciation with good Feeling Awareness Sentences A Triple Repetition of all the Connecting Links and all the Phrases. Run-Through of Scene Following the step by step Work-Through of the movie scene, we are prepared to Run-Through the entire scene, working toward complete fluency. Contents of Practice Scenes SYMBOL REVIEW Hotel Lobby Hotel Bar Jackie's Studio Jackie's Studio Restaurant Paolo's Room   More Practice Scenes The dialogue in these scenes is sometimes very fast moving. Try to get familiar with the scene in linked phrases. When you've gotten to where you can go through an entire scene with all the vowels, consonants, linking, and intonation in proper play, you will have accomplished a very demanding exercise. As you get familiar with a scene, try to stay "in synch" with the speaker and "mirror" exactly the form and feeling of the speaker. The more familiar you get with a scene, the less you will need to focus on the "text" superimposed on the screen, and the more you can concentrate on emulating the speaker's vocal energy. Lots of practice scenes comprised of the best dialogue from an action adventure movie shot in West Africa, starring Burt Reynolds, Barry Sullivan, and Arthur Kennedy. Challenging scenes, broken down into the familiar structure of Operative Words and Linked Phrases, all performed in a Triple-Repetition at three levels of vocal energy. Realistic dialogues employing plenty of weak forms, linking, and American intonation patterns. This practice builds fluency in both speaking and listening. Operative Word List The familiar Triple Repetition, in three stages of vocal energy: 1 Sustaining the sounds to develop muscle and sense memory 2 Sustained, but faster moving 3 Normal pronunciation with good Feeling Awareness Sentences A Triple Repetition of all the Connecting Links and all the Phrases. Run-Through of Scene Following the step by step Work-Through of the movie scene, we are prepared to Run-Through the entire scene, working toward complete fluency. Contents of More Practice Scenes The City City Outskirts The Market Hotel Bar The "Anna" Latalah's Office The Market Hotel Bar