Spiritual CD Series:
ClearSpeak's PRONUNCIATION OF THE ORDER OF MASS
A coaching guide to improve diction and clarity
Who will it help?
Version of the mass
Variety of English
Contents
About the voice coach
ClearSpeak provides training for
many different organisations and the Catholic Church is one of these. Priests
who speak English as their second language may need help in pronouncing English
clearly. However, it is not only ESL priests who may find clarity to be an
issue.
If you are a priest:
-
ESL and accented speakers
- Do you wish to change to Standard Neutral English sounds with appropriate
vowel length, stressing, rhythm and intonation?
-
Native English and ESL speakers
- Do you wish to increase overall speech clarity or overcome a habit of
rushed delivery?
If so, this CD series will help you
improve your diction when conducting the mass.
ClearSpeak’s Pronunciation of the
Order of Mass consists
of a workbook and two compact disks. The workbook gives useful information on
how to improve pronunciation but reference sources are suggested should you need
further detail on producing Standard English sounds. With some basic knowledge
of these sounds, attentive repetition of the CD exercises will enable you to
deliver the mass in a clear and well-paced manner.
The Order of Mass used in this
training material is taken from the Roman Missal version of Pope Paul VI. What
was considered to be the most commonly used version of the mass has been used.
Variety
of English
The voice coach uses Standard
Neutral English. This can best be described as a ‘softer’ variety of British
Received Pronunciation (the Queen’s English). In short, it sounds less ‘over
the top’ than RP but will be perceived as ‘good English’ anywhere in the world.
It is known for its clarity and blends naturally with any ESL accent.
* The Workbook
This 60 page booklet has a printed
copy of the key words and mass script used on the disks. It also outlines all
English sounds and how to identify your sound ‘errors’. It provides techniques
for changing pace and pronunciation clarity.
* Set of Two Compact Disks
The disks give practice on key
words in the mass before moving on to the mass itself. The key words selected
occur frequently in the mass or are typically difficult for those with accent
issues. Each word is presented leaving a gap for it to be repeated out loud.
The mass script is presented twice,
in different modes. In both cases, the goal is to listen and then mimic what is
heard as precisely as possible.
Interrupted format
The script
is delivered in phrases of around two to five syllables at a time, called a
grab. These grabs deliberately do not divide words at normal phrase
boundaries. This forces you to listen carefully to sounds and individual words
rather than repeating familiar phrases automatically.
Regular format
Here the coach delivers the script in
a manner that observes normal language phrasing. Once again, suitable gaps are
left for repetition.
About the voice coach
Alison Kimble was born in the UK
and emigrated to Australia in 1986. She is Principal of ClearSpeak Pty Ltd
and is a professionally qualified speech pathologist who specialises in accent,
voice and speech enhancement.
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