How Many Accents?
From Jeremy: In the last two posts, we (the editors) introduced ourselves and let you eavesdrop on one of our […]
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Meet the Editors — Part Two!
Hello, Readers! If you haven’t had a chance to read our last post yet, make sure you do that before
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Meet the Editors — Part One!
Hello, Readers! It’s a new year, and the Knight-Thompson Speechwork Blog is getting some updates as well! Certified Teachers Jeremy
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Skeptical Face
This article showed up in the Vasta’s Voices Facebook group, and I’ve been ruminating over how (or whether) I
accents, Oral posture, phonetics, physicality, questions, roots, teaching, transcription, Vocal tract posture
Actors Be Damned! (or: What I Don’t Think)—What Is the Value of (Super) Narrow Transcription?
All actors should learn narrow transcription. And I mean super narrow, with multiple diacritics hanging off of every symbol like
deep in the weeds, questions, teaching
Finding Your Voice
Today we bring you a guest post by Eric Armstrong, who teaches voice, speech, and text at York University. As
accents, conventions, Principles (perhaps)
Time Put In
I’m looking forward to 2016 KTS Teacher Certification in June. Not only will I have the opportunity to discuss the
deep in the weeds, Principles (perhaps), roots
An Apology For Rabbit Holes
Laura Barrett http://laurabarrett.co.uk/Alice-in-Wonderland It’s true, I do find myself apologizing for my tendency to wander off topic, picking up
accents, exercises, fun, Oral posture, physicality, Vocal tract posture
Vocal Tract Posture and Four-Year-Olds
A version of this post was previously published in The VASTA Voice. Getting the vocal tract posture of a language
conventions, linguistics, phonetics, questions, standard language ideology, The Empty Chart, transcription
What is the Value of Broad Transcription?
This blog post is an open inquiry: what is the value of teaching broad transcription to actors these days? Every