Rachel taught me A Well Educated English Accent My name is Alex and although I am Russian and grew up there, under Rachel's guidance, I can now speak with a well educated English accent on a daily basis. I can now sound as if I had attended a top English private school and then Oxford [...]
Accent Softening The BBC called me this morning, asking me to do an interview, about accent softening, as Professor Sophie K Scott of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience part of University College London, has just published a report on how people's career advancement, really is deeply enhanced by them neutralising their regional accent, in other [...]
Are You Frightened of Public Speaking? Tricks & Treats For Public Speaking Are you frightened of Public Speaking and dread it when you know you are going to have to do it? This is a very common problem. Public Speaking can be terrifying if you don't know what you are doing or have techniques to [...]
Did You Know Better Accent = Better Income? ...discussed On BBC Radio 5 Live Do you believe a Better Accent = Better Income? BBC Radio 5, asked me to do a 30 minutes live discussion on how people are changing their accents to improve their career path to [...]
Valentines Gift for Sweethearts and Singles! This Valentines Gift for Sweethearts and Singles is to spread the love... A 40% DISCOUNT for Valentines week - bring a friend along, no matter whether your lover or cleaner and have a lesson for two for the price for one! Valentines treats are for everyone - not just those [...]
More Great Voices, To Learn From More Great Voices to Learn From is a an extensive list of women and men, whose voices are perfect for your ongoing training of excellent elocution. And, how you can access them, 24hrs a day... The list contains 40 names you can put into the Audible search box (Amazon’s [...]
The Dramatisation of Primo Levi's The Periodic Table Primo Levi, an Italian Jew, was born in 1919. In 1939, he entered university - just in time - to study chemistry, as it was just before Mussolini's racial laws, barred the Jews from entry. He survived the horrors of Facist Italy and even the Auschwitiz death [...]
Celebrating Roald Dahl and Entertaining Excellent Elocution Voice Coaching A hundred years ago, one of our best loved writers was born, Roald Dahl. This week Radio 4 is celebrating the life and works of this highly talented author, with various entertaining and delightful productions. So in this blog I am celebrating Roald Dahl and entertaining excellent elocution [...]
This week's voice coaching clarity homework, is a truly remarkable audio production of a favourite play. Filled with lots of different voices with lots of different accents that are clear and beautifully annunciated, there are a variety of regional accents, all with excellent diction. It's a brave and wonderful project in four parts, staring the [...]
Great Voices To Learn From This week I am giving you a list of great voices to learn from... You can tap them in to Audible to hear them a read a book of your choice. This type of accent learning is incredible helpful as they literally become the voice in your head. Have you [...]