Speech

Course open to MFA1 Acting Program students only.
Second semester of the first year further
solidifies students' knowledge and understanding
of the International Phonetic Alphabet as well as
their ability to transcribe and to consistently
produce clean vowel, diphthong and consonant
sounds. This process is rigorous and time
consuming simply because students are working to
expand their speaking options beyond their
habitual and/or regional sounds. Extensive
personal practice is required to facilitate such
versatility and to achieve ease in speaking Good
Speech. In addition, Students are introduced to
the Challengers and a Live Microphone workshop is
undertaken. Particular emphasis is given in this
semester to the application of the skills to text
as well as to beginning to integrate the skills
with their Acting Technique.