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Phonetics Intensive #26 Online

This intensive three-day workshop for actors, voice/speech teachers, clinicians, and coaches offers focused instruction on narrow phonetic transcription, consistent with the approach laid out in Dudley Knight’s Speaking with Skill and the six-day Experiencing Speech workshops. Knight-Thompson Speechwork places special emphasis on the physical actions that produce speech sounds, and this intensive is designed to develop participants' skills in hearing, modeling, and transcribing these sounds. Experiencing Speech is a prerequisite for the Phonetics Intensive.

Three days Awareness and practice of precise articulation action. Producing and recognizing all the sounds in language. Practice with detailed (narrow) IPA phonetic transcription. Practice reading phonetic transcription Detailed instruction and practice with IPA diacritics, including those found on the “Extended” IPA chart. The use of technology (software, apps) to manipulate speech samples for transcription.

This workshop is for those who have taken Experiencing Speech and are looking to improve their transcription skills and mastery of descriptive phonetics.

Dates: December 20-22, 2024; 8am-3pm Pacific Time, with a meal break 11am-12pm Pacific Time.
Location: Online (Zoom link will be shared after registration)

Workshop Cost: $450 USD
Registration Link: https://ktspeechwork.org/event/phonetics-intensive-26/
Contact: knightthompsonspeechwork@gmail.com