{"id":372,"date":"2013-06-30T01:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T23:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=372"},"modified":"2013-06-30T01:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T23:38:00","slug":"elocution-and-accent-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/06\/30\/elocution-and-accent-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Elocution And Accent Reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Elocution is speaking in a polished and professional way. Accent Reduction is when you reduce your current accent (Collard, African, Afrikaans, European, etc.) so that you can sound more neutral English like what you hear in South Africa. The course makes you aware of the sound system (or phonology) of a language or dialect: which include identifying problems in the person&#8217;s current speech from the desired accent (such as pronunciation, speech patterns, and speech habits), changing the way one uses the mouth, teeth, and tongue to form vowel and consonant sounds, modifying one&#8217;s intonation and stress patterns, and changing one&#8217;s rhythm. Using this method, individuals trying to help their communication; will learn how to alter their speech to more closely resemble the accent of neutral English commonly used in SA and abroad,\u00a0thus enhancing the clarity of their communication within the workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Course Outline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">How to develop your voice using posture, relaxation + breathing;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Neutralizing any accent \u2013 resonance, pitch + tone;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Eliminating any\/all speech faults \u2013 stuttering, mumbling;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Birth defects such as cleft palate\/ cleft lip;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Strengthening weak oral muscles;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Reducing any accent: Collard, Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Zimbabwean, Afrikaans, French; English (England), American etc.;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Communication skills in a private, public and corporate setting;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Public Speaking and confidence building;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Maximizing your vocal capacity giving you versatility and dynamics when speaking;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">You will have better diction and clarity \u2013 articulation and enunciation;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Switch board, private and public sector and corporate sector, answering (phones), Front of house sales, etc;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">You will learn how to gain confidence in speech within your working environment \u2013 verbal dynamics;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">SWOT analysis;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Understanding your strengths and weaknesses and developing positive affirmations;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overcoming all threats (fear, failure, criticisms etc.).<\/p>\n<h3>Cost<\/h3>\n<p>R2900 upfront.\u00a0OR<br \/>\nPayment options on<br \/>\nrequest.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Traveling as per AA rate (R2.09 per kilometer x 2) will be charged if needed to travel to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Discounts available on block booking.<br \/>\n5 or more gets a 10% discount.<br \/>\n10 or more gets a 20% discount.<\/p>\n<h3>Duration<\/h3>\n<p>13 weeks at 1hr per week\u00a0OR\u00a07 weeks at 2 hrs per week<\/p>\n<h3>Includes<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Manual, 13 hrs of tuition, certificate and maintenance programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Contact<\/h3>\n<p>Biebie Productions<br \/>\nTel: 084 625 4104<br \/>\nWebsite: www.biebie.co.za<br \/>\nEmail: barbara@biebie.co.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elocution is speaking in a polished and professional way. Accent Reduction is when you reduce your current accent (Collard, African, Afrikaans, European, etc.) so that you can sound more neutral English like what you hear in South Africa. The course makes you aware of the sound system (or phonology) of a language or dialect: which&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/06\/30\/elocution-and-accent-reduction\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elocution And Accent Reduction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workshops","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}