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Tuning variants [3]

Short description

Prosody training - expressing different emotions in the voice.

Category

LanguageSpeech and pronunciation

Group size

SOLO SMALL GROUPS CLASS

Duration

5 minutes

Level

3️⃣

Goal of this exercise is improving

  • the vocal capabilities

  • the expression of different emotions through the voice

  • clean articulation

The children learn proper voice usage and pressure while speaking.

Instructions

The participants run around in a disorganized manner. When a predetermined sound is made, they stop and speak in a vocal variation chosen by the teacher (e.g. loud, quiet, slow, fast, high, low, laughing, crying, whispering, singing, roaring...).

The text itself is unimportant. The main focus is to raise awareness of the modulation spectrum of the voice.

Background information for further reading

Anatomy and Neuroscience

Linguistic structures

Cognition and consciousness

Processes of perception

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