We are delighted to announce some brand new three-day KTS workshops based on the four “P”s of Experiencing Accents – all happening online:
Phonetics On-Ramp: A Three-Day Online “Not-So-Intensive” in Phonetic Transcription
The Phonetics On-Ramp is a shame-free, beginner’s guide to learning and teaching phonetics through play, gesture, and community skill-building. Open to anyone who has taken Experiencing Speech, this workshop is designed to fit between Experiencing Speech and the Phonetics Intensive for those who consider themselves novice phonetics users, and at anytime for more advanced users interested in investigated new teaching strategies for phonetics in a KTS-inspired arc of speech and accent training.
Pronunciation Intensive: A Three-Day Intensive in Lexical Sets
The Pronunciation Intensive is an exploration of the philosophy, structure, and usage of J.C. Wells’ lexical sets within the context of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. Open to anyone who has taken Experiencing Accents, this workshop is designed to further familiarize participants with the application of the lexical sets to accent work and to tackle ambiguities around their use through play, practice, and community skill-building. Participants of all experience levels are welcome, from those seeking to expand their teaching strategies as well as those wanting to deepen their own understanding of how to use the lexical sets.
Posture Intensive: A Three-Day Online Intensive in Oral Posture
The Posture Intensive is an exploration of oral (or vocal tract) posture within the context of Knight-Thompson Speechwork’s approach to accent acquisition. Open to anyone who has taken Experiencing Accents, this workshop is designed to further familiarize participants with the identification of habitual configurations and movements of vocal tract muscles within accents and the integration of those habitual configurations and movements into accent work through play, practice, and community skill-building. Participants of all experience levels are welcome, from those seeking to expand their teaching strategies as well as those wanting to deepen their own understanding of how to use posture in accent performance.
Prosody Intensive: A Two-Day Online Intensive in Prosody
The Prosody Intensive is an exploration of the descriptive and experiential skills of prosodic awareness and embodiment, within the context of Knight-Thompson Speechwork. Open to anyone who has taken Experiencing Accents, this workshop is designed to increase possibilities for perceiving, describing, and performing the various components of speech prosody, including stress, syllabification, pitch, duration, and connectivity. We’ll explore the potential applications of these skills to English in an introductory way, while leaving plenty of room for integration into inhabiting any variety of human communication. Participants of all experience levels are welcome, as we’ll be focusing our work on the basics of prosody through play, curiosity, and experimentation.
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