Speak Clearly - Be Heard

Duration: A one day course

Suitable for: This course has been designed specifically for people who feel their voice is not being heard properly. This can be for a variety of reasons: English may not be your first language, you may have a strong accent or you don't speak as clearly as you'd like to. If you'd like to be heard, this course is for you

Objectives: Learn breathing techniques that improve the quality of your speech · Know how important posture is to speaking clearly · Know how to articulate more clearly · Be more confident in your use of emphasis and inflection · Have identified problem words and phrases and learned how to pronounce them correctly · Have practise strategies to continue improving the clarity of your speech.

Locations: Guildford, Surrey & London

Course Description

Setting the context

• What are we going to cover today?
• What brings you here and what do you want from the day?

Some basics on the voice and how it works

• What happens in your mouth and throat when you use your voice
• Breath - the vital fuel for your voice

Clear speech and how to achieve it

• Pronunciation - the principles
• Using vowels and consonants correctly
• Articulating properly
• Exercises on using inflection, emphasis and intonation
• The effect of your voice on other people

Correct Pronunciation

• Identifying problem words and phrases and learning how to say them correctly

How to be clear and succinct