Courses for Teachers

In these courses, you will learn to use your voice to the advantage of your pupils. Help them to understand without having to dissect every phrase in a literal way. A teacher's voice is his/her vital professional asset. Its care should be given the highest priority. It is recommended that course one on this page is undertaken before any of the other courses is considered.

1. Care of the voice

LEARN HOW VOICE IS MADE AND HOW TO

• avoid voice problems
• manage vocal stress
• produce good voice
• manage delivery

2. Reading stories to the primary pupil

LEARN HOW TO

• use your voice to command and hold attention
• capture your pupils’ imaginations
• increase their wish to read for themselves

3. Bringing poetry alive for your pupils

LEARN HOW TO

• read with expression – not a “poetry “ voice
• orchestrate a poem for choral speaking
• use the techniques of speaking lyric, narrative and dramatic verse

4. Enlivening Shakespeare

LEARN HOW TO

• let the text speak for itself
• manage enjambment
• use the suspensive pause
• speak blank verse
• use the spoken text to bring out the subtext

Words alone do not express the message.

Words alone do not convey the relationships of characters.

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