Teaching children the most important skill: speaking clearly
What you'll learn
- Students will be able to confidently teach children how to speak clearly and expressively
- Give children the skills needed to improve their life day by day
Requirements
- Students must enjoy working with children and have a desire to help them communicate clearly
- You do not need to know anything about clear speaking as this course will teach you everything you need to know
- You must be able to speak English to a fairly good standard
Description
First let me say that I am passionate about clear speech. I truly believe that it is one of the most important skills we can teach not only our children but any adult who has social anxiety.
I have been teaching children (and adults) how to speak clearly since 1994 and I have entered hundreds of pupils for exams in spoken English, speaking verse and prose, interview technique, acting, Shakespeare, reading aloud for performance and public speaking to name a few.
I am qualified to the highest level - Fellowship, and I have written for magazines world wide and also taught people from over 30 countries.
This course teaches you how to teach mainly young children to speak with more confidence and clarity. With this knowledge you could start lessons up yourself either in your own home, or a local hall. I have created the lesson plans so that the parents stay with the children, this makes it less stressful for you and the parent can then practise with the child at home. However you may find that you would like to teach these sessions at a playschool, nursery or child daycare centre and that is possible as well.
You may already be a teacher or teaching assistant and these lesson plans and the knowledge learned in this course will help make you a much better teacher.
Downloads included with this course:
Training Manual - ebook
Lesson plans (for young children) for the first year, 35 lessons to be split over 3 terms.
22 pictures to be used with the lesson plans.
Lesson plans (for older children) - 9 lessons.
A list of 40 topics suitable for giving a talk
Speak Up Syllabus
Mark sheet
Poems which can be used - copyright free, with children
Questions to be answered at the end of each module, to qualify for the 'Speak Up Academy' certificate 75% pass rate is needed in each module. You can however do the course without the modules and you will receive a certificate of completion from Udemy but NOT one from the Speak Up Academy..
Basic ideas of how to set up, run the sessions and how to enrol pupils
Details of the course
This course starts by teaching you the technicalities of speaking well, articulation, vowel sounds, consonant sounds. This is followed by the methods used for expressive speech, pace, power, pausing, pitch, inflection and stress. Breathing for speaking is then covered in module 8.
There is a section that explains how to judge an elocution contest or how to examine/assess your pupils. There are also a couple of ideas for certificates to give to your pupils.
We go through the lesson plans and I explain how to teach the different topics covered in the lessons and how to run the lessons.
At the end of the the first 9 modules you will find downloaded as a resourse the questions connected with that module. Most of the answers can be found in the module but some of the questions will require you to take the knowledge you have learnt and use it to form your own opinions and answers.
There is a facebook group for this course where you can share ideas and help other students taking this course.
If you would like the Speak Up Academy certificate please make sure that you answer the module questions.
30 Day no questions asked money back guarantee.
This course does not qualify you to become a speech therapist or a speech language pathologist although it does touch briefly on some of the same topics.
Who this course is for:
- Students who have a desire to help young children speak clearly.
- Students who want to work in the school, home, daycare or child care setting.
- This course is perfect for teachers, teaching assistants, parents, nursery helpers and nannies.
Instructor
Serena Greenslade is an experienced speech confidence coach from Dorset, UK and she now lives in central Portugal. Serena qualified in 1994 (A.N.E.A.) as an elocution teacher and since then has taught lecturers at Universities, trainee doctors for the NHS, sports coaches, business people, telephone sales personnel, children, health care workers, stroke victims and staff at national charities. Serena specializes in one to one private lessons for children and adults and workshops for businesses. In June 2014 she gained her Fellowship, F.V.C.M.(Hons).
Serena says 'I know how it feels to be uncertain and frightened about speaking.' She is now qualified to the highest level (Fellowship and Associateship) and is able to help you improve your speaking skills. She lives in jeans, laughs a lot and has a hint of a Dorset accent when not teaching but Serena is passionate about her work and incredibly serious (with a huge smile) when it comes to teaching her clients to sound confident.
Background
When Serena was about ten, her school had a parents evening where the parents go along and chat to the teachers to find out how their children are getting on. During the course of the conversation with her mum, the teacher told her that Serena seemed happy enough but that he couldn't remember speaking to her during the year! Serena was an incredibly shy girl.
As a result of this Serena's mum took her to elocution lessons.
These lessons gave Serena confidence but didn't change the way she sounds, 'I still have a Dorset accent (although when I teach I lose it) and I strongly believe we shouldn't all sound the same'.
Serena was still a very shy girl but knew how to speak when she had to. At her senior school, the different classes used to take it in turns to participate in the morning assemblies. She had a very elderly Maths teacher who claimed that the only time he could hear the assembly was when Serena did a reading. In return for this she was excused Maths tests in his class. Luckily her maths didn't suffer – Serena went on to pass 'A' level Maths.
In 1979 Serena obtained a degree in Law and Economics and went on to become a trainee accountant - for all of 12 weeks. Sitting in an office all day was not for her. Luckily she decided to return to what she enjoyed doing and in 1994 qualified (A.N.E.A.) as an elocution teacher. In 2014 she obtained her Fellowship with Honours from Victoria College (F.V.C.M.)
Media
In addition to publishing her own books, Serena has written an academic paper in Voice and Speech Review April 2015.
Serena has also written articles in many publications including Dance Studio Life July 2015, The Lady Magazine in Sept 2014, ISTD Dance magazine in Jan 2014, PTR Tennis Pro in April 2007, The International Tennis Federation Coaching and Sport Science Review in Dec 2002 and Dance Expression Magazine in Dec 2001.
Serena has also taught students who have appeared in television series and who have won national awards for their acting.
Serena looks forward to teaching you. As she says, 'Enjoy Speaking'