Publisher's Synopsis
Voice and Diction Mechanics is designed to provide you with the necessary tools needed in using your voice to its best advantage. If you are in the process of wanting to incorporate more vocal variety in order to present an effective public speaking presentation for your audience, or the person wanting to reduce individual sound substitutions allowing yourself to be easily understood, or the person in college that's working on their career voice and speech, this book is for you. This book speaks to individuals in college, or a community member that imagines their career as an On-air International Broadcaster, Public Defender, Media Planner, District Attorney, Health Care Director, Sales Manager, Business Manager, Performance Artist, Educator, Advertising Specialist, School Counselor, Campaign Director, Actor, Broadcaster, Language Specialist, Reporter, Talk Show Host and Human Rights Officer, as well as the many other opportunities in the fields of: Business, Advertising, Communication, Education, Electronic Media, Radio, Television, Journalism, Public Relations, Theatre/Performing Arts, Fashion Merchandising, Government/Politics, High Technology Industries, Communication and Health Care, and Human Services and international Relations.In the third edition, there are practice exercises for learning how to create vocal variety, which include how to use volume changes appropriately, enhance the message with pitch variety and duration changes creating tempo for easy and effective listening ability. An entire section of the book is dedicated to diction exercises and includes audio files, making it easy to access and listen to the individual sounds in Standard American English. Do not take communication for granted. Discover how these voice and diction improvement methods can be useful for all of your communication needs. Your voice is your instrument, clarity is your outcome.
