Download or read book Effective Voice and Diction written by and published by Rex Bookstore, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speaking Clearly written by Jeffrey C. Hahner and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2013-01-16 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sixth Edition of Speaking Clearly guides readers through the challenging process of learning new speech behaviors as well as changing old ones. It will help readers achieve significant and lasting changes in voice and diction. Some of the valuable tools in the text include: • Voice and diction drills in increasing order of difficulty; • Ear training techniques; • A pronunciation list of frequently mispronounced words; • Theory and drills on all of the component sounds of American English; • An appendix covering foreign accents; and • Icons in the text refer to the relevant Speech Lab segments. Included with Speaking Clearly is the Speech Lab—an integrated collection of audio files that provides drill materials for diction, voice, and vocal expression.
Download or read book Voice and Diction written by Jon Eisenson and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 1997 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides comprehensive coverage of voice production, voice improvement, and articulation. In addition, pertinent material from related disciplines of speech and hearing sciences, linguistics, and phonetics is included. The seventh edition is updated to reflect contemporary information about voice production and diction-articulation, pronunciation, and intonation. In addition, it provides a comprehensive overview of voice, diction, and effective communication. A new Appendix D, "Pronunciation Watch," has been added to address ESL speakers' intonation and articulation problems. This practical book equips readers with the knowledge of how to use the mechanisms for voice and oral language effectively.
Download or read book Voice and Diction Mechanics written by Linda Kalfayan Tamesian and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speaking Clearly written by Jeffrey C. Hahner and published by Ingram. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The sixth edition of Speaking Clearly guides readers through the challenging process of learning new speech behaviors as well as changing old ones. It will help readers achieve significant and lasting changes in voice and diction"--Page 4 of cover
Download or read book Voice And The Actor written by Cicely Berry and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voice and the Actor is the first classic work by Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and world-famous voice teacher. Encapsulating her renowned method of teaching voice production, the exercises in this straightforward, no-nonsense guide will develop relaxation, breathing and muscular control - without which no actor or speaker can achieve their full potential. Illustrated with passages used in Cicely Berry's own teaching, Voice and the Actor is the essential first step towards speaking a text with truth and meaning. Inspiring and practical, her words will be a revelation for beginner and professional alike.
Download or read book The Successful Voice written by John Ross, Jr. and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Successful Voice emphasizes the value of effective vocal communication in both the professional and private spheres. It gives public speakers and actors, as well as the daily conversationalist, the tools necessary to develop successful speaking skills. The text provides exercises, drills, and basic information on inflection, intonation, and articulation. It also addresses dialogue emphasis, gesture, oral interpretation, and emotional expression. Beginning with vocal warm-up, breathing exercises and tongue twisters for proper pronunciations, the text moves on to help students with plosive sounds, fricatives, nasals, glides, and affricates. This helpful guide concludes with: front, mid- and back-vowels, diphthongs, and a section on vocal eloquence. Readers will quickly learn to listen for weak and strong speech patterns in the conversation of others, monitor their own speech, and produce distinct sounds without difficulty. Practical, academically sound, entertaining, and student-friendly The Successful Voice is written specifically as a stand-alone text in voice and diction, or to function as a supplement in introductory acting, public speaking, or oral interpretation courses. John Ross, Jr., holds a graduate degree in dramatic arts from Harvard. In addition, Professor Ross earned a degree in theatre from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He currently teaches in the Department of Communication, Media, and Theatre at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. His courses include public speaking, voice and diction, and communication. Professor Ross is also the author of five volumes of poetry and a textbook entitled iSpeak! uSpeak! weSpeak!: An Introduction to Contemporary Public Speaking.
Download or read book The Successful Voice Strategies Drills and Exercises for Public Speaking Acting and Everyday Conversation Revised First Edit written by John Ross (Jr.) and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Successful Voice emphasizes the value of effective vocal communication in both the professional and private spheres. It gives public speakers and actors, as well as the daily conversationalist, the tools necessary to develop successful speaking skills. The text provides exercises, drills, and basic information on inflection, intonation, and articulation. It also addresses dialogue emphasis, gesture, oral interpretation, and emotional expression. Beginning with vocal warm-up, breathing exercises and tongue twisters for proper pronunciations, the text moves on to help students with plosive sounds, fricatives, nasals, glides, and affricates. This helpful guide concludes with: front, mid- and back-vowels, diphthongs, and a section on vocal eloquence. Readers will quickly learn to listen for weak and strong speech patterns in the conversation of others, monitor their own speech, and produce distinct sounds without difficulty. Practical, academically sound, entertaining, and student-friendly The Successful Voice is written specifically as a stand-alone text in voice and diction, or to function as a supplement in introductory acting, public speaking, or oral interpretation courses.
Download or read book English Diction written by Clara Kathleen Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VOICE AND DICTION MECHANICS written by LINDA KALFAYAN. TAMESIAN and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Articulate Voice written by Lynn K. Wells and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1992-09-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Articulate Voice" taps into the most current research to clearly and concisely deliver the basics on voice production and techniques for improving pitch, rate, volume, and quality. One reviewer praised, This is a rare find in comparison to other voice and diction textbooks." Another calls "The Articulate Voice" "a model of clarity and concision."
Download or read book English Diction written by Clara Kathleen Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book English Diction written by Clara Kathleen Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Elements of Style written by William Strunk Jr. and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1918, William Strunk Jr.'s The Elements of Style is a guide to writing in American English. The boolk outlines eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of 49 "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of 57 "words often misspelled". A later edition, enhanced by E B White, was named by Time magazine in 2011 as one of the 100 best and most influential books written in English since 1923.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Voice and Articulation written by Lyle Vernon Mayer and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still the leading text for the course, "Fundamentals of Voice and Articulation" continues to engage students with amusing exercises and lively practice material. This edition features new drill material and exercises, and an expanded selection of drills and problems designed for ESL students.
Download or read book Improve Your Diction and Voice Production Classic Reprint written by Zoë Rorke Cree and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Improve Your Diction and Voice Production As speech has brought in its train everything that we call civilization, it is obviously meces sary that we should speak our words to their best advantage not only by giving to each its true and proper meaning and by stringing them together in recognized forms, but by Speaking them in such a way that the listener hears without effort and with ease Of under standing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Voice and Diction written by Jon Eisenson and published by Macmillan College. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides comprehensive coverage of voice production, voice improvement, and articulation. In addition, pertinent material from related disciplines of speech and hearing sciences, linguistics, and phonetics is included. The seventh edition is updated to reflect contemporary information about voice production and diction-articulation, pronunciation, and intonation. In addition, it provides a comprehensive overview of voice, diction, and effective communication. A new Appendix D, ¿Pronunciation Watch,¿ has been added to address ESL speakers' intonation and articulation problems. This practical book equips readers with the knowledge of how to use the mechanisms for voice and oral language effectively.
