Elocution From Midwinter Tuition

Pauline demonstrates the correct and incorrect pronunciation of the letter L.

In this podcast Pauline demonstrates the three sounds and describes mouth placement for the sounds. She gives some example words and sentences, a few rhymes and tongue twisters too.

In this podcast we are going to repeat sentences several times, changing the emphasis one word at a time - when you listen to me reading it see what meaning you think the sentence has. I will use three different sentences. Then I will give you some examples of statements that change meaning depending on the position of the punctuation.

I was lucky enough to attend Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts last week. My voice has suffered from the heat, dust and exhaustion so this week I have found some clips of the use of voice at Glastonbury to discuss with you. Next week I will return to pronunciation tips when my voice is back to full strength!

This time Pauline gives some examples of how you understand the changing pitch in your voice when you are speaking. She demonstrates this change in many ways, finishing with an excerpt from 'If' by Rudyard Kipling.

Pauline discusses the mouth shape, pronunciation and spelling variations of the sound, puts the sound into words such as brown, cow and about and demonstrates sentences to start you off.

In this short podcast, Pauline explains how to create the sound, gives some example words, then a sentence and a silly rhyme. Listen to the examples and repeat them.

This podcast discusses how to approach speaking clearly with children. Pauline shares her personal experience with her two children, currently aged 2 and 5 and her experience working with secondary school children. This is by no means an exhaustive system or approach, but a few things that worked for her and may work for you.

Pauline is officially on holiday so this week her podcast is a light-hearted look at two exercises which build vocal strength - but do not feel like hard work. Lip flutters are fantastic for building strength in the vocal folds and tongue twisters build co-ordination in the muscles of the mouth and - more importantly - your brain!

In this episode, Pauline explains how 'p' and 'b' are actually the same mouth shape but just voiced and unvoiced sounds. She then goes on to compare other consonants and sounds, gives an advanced exercise and ensures you drill the 'th' sound which is so important in formal situations.

Pauline discusses the mouth shape, pronunciation and spelling variations of the sound, puts the sound into words such as dust, love, rough… and a short / long sentence to start you off.

In this short podcast, Pauline explains the short vowel sound 'o' - not to be confused with 'oh' or 'uh'.

Here we collate all of the vowel sounds and use them in a sequence. This then creates a muscle memory. We add consonants and change the pitch of our voices. To purchase these sounds please go to http://paulinemidwinter.bandcamp.com/track/vowel-sounds-1 For more information go to www.midwintertuition.co.uk

The Italian 'A' sound is examined, demonstrated, put into words and a short rhyme.

Examination of the sound

Pauline Midwinter demonstrates the long 'oo' sound from her training programme, illustrates it with words of various spellings, then puts it into a sentence.

Pauline discusses and demonstrates the long 'u' in isolation, in words and in sentences.

The long 'o' sound is explored in isolation, in words and in sentences.

Pauline demonstrates the long 'i', some words it is found in and an example sentence.

Pauline Midwinter of Midwinter Tuition discusses the Long 'E'. Rarely mispronounced but frequently misread.