Daily Emails

    1. Welcome to 30 Days of Prosody

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    2. Day 1 - Something Familiar

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    3. Day 2 - Extra Emphasis - Jack Nicholson

    4. Day 3 - Calm and Steady - Janet Echelman

    5. Day 4 - Very Wide Pitch Range - Angela Duckworth

    6. Day 5 - Good Stretching - James Rhee

    7. Day 6 - Pauses Between Thought Groups - Julian Treasure

    8. Day 7 - Motivational Speech - Gene Hackman

    9. Day 8 - Soft Emotion - Robin Williams

    10. Day 9 - Motivational Speaking - Mathew McConaughey

    11. Day 10 - Good Stretching - Chris Jordan

    12. Day 11 - High Pitch Emphasis - Amishi Jha

    13. Day 12 - Extra Emphasis - Rupal Patel

    14. Day 13 - Pauses for Emphasis - Safwat Saleem

    15. Day 14 - Extra Emphasis / Motivational - Al Pacino

    16. Day 15 - Serious Tone - "Thank You For Smoking" scene

    17. Day 16 - Lists- Anil Seth

    18. Day 17 - Contrasts - Powerful Computers video

    19. Day 18 - Fast Pace - Nick DiGiovanni

    20. Day 19 - Using stretching instead of pitch for emphasis - George Clooney

    21. Day 20 - Good placement of pauses - Celeste Headlee

    22. Day 21 - Contrasting words - Poet Ali

    23. Day 22 - Wide pitch range - Tim Urban

    24. Day 23 - Short phrases - Marques Brownlee

    25. Day 24 - Soft spoken and clear - StoryCorps - Storm Reyes

    26. Day 25 - Contrast stress - Lera Boroditsky

    27. Day 26 - Sarcastic, stretchy - Bruce Willis

    28. Day 27 - Emphasis in conversational speech - Matt Damon

    29. Day 28 - Emphasis in conversational speech - Julianne Moore

    30. Day 29 - Someone thinking of what to say while speaking - Dwayne Johnson

    31. Day 30 - Fast speech - Mathew McCnaughey

    32. Congratulations on Completion of 30 Days of Prosody!

About this course

  • $30.00
  • 32 lessons

Format

Each day's email includes:

  • Video Description

    A video that explains why this day's audio sample was chosen and what to listen for.

  • Audio Example

    A short audio of the day's speaker example with the script provided and a link to the full audio or video.

  • Quote

    A new quote each day for you to decide how to apply prosody to and an invitation to use prosody with once sentence you create.

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Meet Your Speech Coach

Owner, Adastra Speech Christi Barb

Dr. Christi Barb is an accentologist who focused her doctoral research and years of teaching in higher education in the area of foreign-accented English speech. Her own instructional method is: based on current psycholinguistic theory, supported by research, produces positive change, is teachable, and is self-motivating. Clients who have received instruction from Dr. Barb reported results as: increased confidence, increased listening skill, increased comfort with the sound of their voice, a decrease in requests to repeat or clarify what they said, and motivation to make self-improvements in other areas of their life.