Elocution Homework For some elocution homework I have a very pleasurable suggestion. BBC Radio 4 A very interesting series on Radio 4 called Britain at Sea written & presented by Admiral Lord West, is being broadcast on Radio 4 - and he does have a wonderful voice! A Great Voice To Learn From Admiral [...]
Very Entertaining Homework – I promise! Radio Four is broadcasting a dramatized version of The Barchester Chronicles on Sundays at 3pm and it’s brilliant. The scripts are well written and the acting is excellent. You can download the broadcasts from the Iplayer at your convenience from this link: BBC Radio 4 – The [...]
Listening to well spoken English is essential for your progress, so I am sending you a link of a very interesting audio programme - all spoken in clear standard English - called Our Own Correspondent - a selection of audio articles submitted from BBC journalists working around the world. This an opportunity for you to [...]
I am becoming a geek... and loving it. I always secretly admired geeks. My ex was an electric organ geek, as well as a cycling geek and I happily listened to him for hours as he described in minute details the workings of a 1960 Hammond Organ and the gradients of another vertical mountain pass. [...]
Clarity is not about 'Class' or Regional Accents. You only have to watch Eastenders to learn about this. If those actors genuinely spoke as if they sold fruit on the North End Road in Fulham let alone London's Eastend - the BBC would not be able to sell that programme all around the world. And [...]
English T's and D's Keep saying your English T's and D's - really - just keep on, keeping on..... I was listening to one of the Olympic Bid Team youngsters talking on my beloved Radio 4 and he was recounting the advice the advice his friend and mentor, Olympic gold medalist, had given him. "If [...]
Public Speaking Help Public Speaking help needed is more common than you might think... This will sound shock you as it did me but research has found that people are more frightened of public speaking, than dying! It is the No. 1 fear! So, if this is your fear, you are not alone, in fact [...]
Skype Video Lessons Skype Video lessons are extremely effective and time and money saving for the student. And, the results are SO good! Doing Skype Video lessons with the computer camera focused on our faces, allows me and you, to watch very carefully where your tongue is being placed, the shape of our mouths and [...]