ACCENT REDUCTION WORKSHOP FOR ACTORS WHO WANT
TO IMPROVE THEIR AMERICAN ENGLISH
NEXT CLASS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 12:00 PM PACIFIC TIME.
Contact me using the form below, for a free, introductory 30-minute class.
Individual hour-long classes, as well as an ongoing two-hour group workshop for a select number of actors whose first language is not English are available.
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.
Contact me using the form below, for a free, introductory 30-minute class.
Individual hour-long classes, as well as an ongoing two-hour group workshop for a select number of actors whose first language is not English are available.
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.
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.
INTRODUCTORY RATES:
$45 per class or $200 for five classes. Individual and group classes available
$45 per class or $200 for five classes. Individual and group classes available