KEVIN DUFFY ACTOR/FILMMAKER
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ACCENT REDUCTION WORKSHOP FOR ACTORS WHO WANT
​TO IMPROVE THEIR AMERICAN ENGLISH


Join Kevin for individual hour-long classes for actors whose first language is not English.
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Kevin Duffy, currently appearing Off Broadway, uniquely combines four decades of experience as an actor with fifteen years of experience as a credentialed teacher of English as a Second Language, to meet the needs of actors who are English learners in one class.

The class will focus on changing the muscle memory from your first language that you’re using to produce the sounds of American English. If you only use the vocal sounds of your first language to produce the sounds of spoken English, your accent will hinder communication. Building new muscle memory inherent to English, along with close attention to the intonation of the language, will help reduce your accent.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:


VOCAL WARMUP EXERCISES: MOUTH, FACE TONGUE AND THROAT STRETCHES


TONGUE TWISTERS, HOW NOW BROWN COW, CONSONANT PROJECTION T T T TA!


VISUALIZATION OF SOUND PLACEMENT IN AMERICAN ENGLISH 


INTONATION AND RYTHYM IN AMERICAN SPEECH


CONVERSATION: WHAT IS YOUR ELEVATOR PITCH? 
A CONCISE VERBAL STATEMENT OF WHAT’S HAPPENING IN YOUR ACTING CAREER
TO SHARE WITH INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS.  COMPOSE AND ENUNCIATE


ACCENT AND GRAMMAR ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.


VOCATIONAL ESL SPECIFIC TO THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY


POETRY: DICTATION AND RECITATIONS


REVIEW ANY AUDITION MATERIAL


MONOLOGUES FROM THEATER AND FILM SELECTED AND REVIEWED.




SPECIAL OFFER!
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Individual classes are now on going.
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Contact me below for your free, introductory 30-minute class.

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