ACC Continuing Education

Course Description

This course introduces two important accents (used) for stage, film, television, and video games. In the fall we’re offering British and Russian. Spring will be German and Brooklynese. The Summer offers Southern and Irish. Through Knight-Thompson Speechwork, a new standard bearing approach to speech, students will acquire the skills to convincingly perform these accents. Areas of focus include developing the oral posture, learning how to create the unique pronunciations, and analyzing the “music” (rhythm, tempo, and intonation) of the accent. Studies include native speakers of these accents, and dialogue from stage and screen scripts will be utilized to apply the work. This course is for actors with and without speech training and for people who simply would enjoying learning two interesting accents.