Workshop 1 Practise worksheet

Voice over workshop Part 1: Speaking & Listening Practise Worksheet Practise activities: Using the scripts below, record yourself reading them aloud. Listen to the recording and use the reflection notes below to help you analyse your voice. Link to voice practice scripts: https://www.edgestudio.com/script-library/unregistered What changes can you make to improve your voice production? Remember, your words must be clear (diction & enunciation) and accents do not impact your interpreting ability – but lack of clear speech does! Comments Speed – Do I speak too quickly / slowly? Accent – is it clear? Do I use full sentence structures? Fluency – Are my pauses natural? Natural / unnatural Highlight any elements that made you sound natural or unnatural# Speech patterns – what speech patterns can I recognise? How do they impact the way my voice sounds? corrections – highlight any corrections you made while speaking. errors – what errors was I not aware of when I was speaking? Repetitions – Do I have any repetitive terms or phrases? Breathing – Do I sound out of breath? Think about where to pause so you can take a breath Enunciation – Does each word sound fully? Or do I miss part of the word (Typically people miss the sound at the end of words) Dionne Thomas, Diverse Signs – www.diverse-signs.co.uk © 2022

Voice over workshop Part 1: Speaking & Listening Practise Worksheet Tongue Twisters This is a simple way to practice your enunciation and diction. Remember, speaking more slowly can help your regional accent be better understood. It also increases your processing time allowing you to formulate in English and make more effective lexical choices. #1 Mixed biscuits. Mixed biscuits. A box of biscuits. A box of mixed biscuits. And a biscuit mixer. #2 Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled pepper? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. Where’s the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked? #3 Swan swam over the pond. Swim, swan! Swim! Swan swam back again. Well swum, swan! #4 A proper copper coffee pot. #5 Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran. #6 Pink lorry yellow lorry. #7 Red leather yellow leather. #8 She sells sea shells on the sea shore. NB: Daily or frequent practice will help you to embed these techniques in your daily interpreting activities improving the quality of your spoken interpretation. Dionne Thomas, Diverse Signs – www.diverse-signs.co.uk © 2022