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Accent Study Guide: Mary Poppins

Sample lesson 1

Home Accent



YOUR TASK:
Explore your home accent!

  1. Say the following words out loud in your HOME accent

  2. Make an audio recording
  3. Listen to your recording and pay attention to HOW you say each word--remember, there's no right or wrong!


CARAMEL


COUPON


ENVELOPE


NOTE:

  • The complete version of this list continues in the full version of this study guide


Sample Lesson 2

Accent Background



Sample Lesson 3

Accent Melody



YOUR TASK:
Explore RP melody: 


  • Click on the picture below and listen to the following phrase:

    "Is Freddie Highmore the Good Doctor?"



  • Now try to imitate the melody of this phrase by replacing the words with "HUMS" (feel free to go back and listen again)



Question to ask yourself:

  • What's your voice doing at the end of the question? Is it going up or down??



Sample Lesson 4

Target Sounds Intro.




YOUR TASK:
Explore categorizing words by SOUND

  1.  Say each of the words below out loud in your home accent—pay attention to the VOWEL sound

    we, build, could, no, cone, with, read, good, show, me, swim, book, boat, put, team, gym, full, toe, six, piece

  2. What are the words that sound like FLEECE?

a) build, with, swim, book, gym, six

b) could, with, good, book, put, full, toe

c) we, read, me, team, piece



Sample Lesson 5

LOT Target Sound

Click on the picture below and listen for the word:

 CONFIDENT


The RP version might look and sound like this:



YOUR TASK:
Explore this new sound

Watch this clip again and try to imitate the shape of the mouth and the sound--as CLOSELY as possible!


NOTES:

  • It might help to repeat the clip a few times!

  • The above clip is a GENERAL model of this sound--your version might look slightly different and that's ok!



NOW ask yourself the following questions:

  • How open or close together is my jaw?

  • Are my lips rounded or unrounded?

  • Does it feel like my tongue is closer to the front, middle, or back of my mouth?


Sample Lesson 6

LOT Words


YOUR TASK:
Use the new sound in words from the script

  1. Listen to the audio recording of these LOT words in RP

  2. Repeat each word out loud exactly as you heard it


    NOTE:
    Repeat each word during the gaps in the recording!



NOTE:

  • The complete version of this list continues in the full version of this study guide






How do I FIND words with this sound?...




LOT words will usually have the following SPELLING patterns:

LOT SPELLING
LOT EXAMPLE
OB
OCK
OD
OF
OG
knob
dock
odd
coffee
dog


NOTES:

  • The complete version of this list continues in the full version of this study guide

  • This is one of seven suggested target sounds for this accent; the remaining six target sounds also continue in the full version


Sample Lesson 7

Word Chart


TS 1
TS 2
TS 3
LOT
TS 5
TS 6
TS 7






































































TS = Target Sound


YOUR TASK:
Word chart

  1. Take a look at the provided WORD CHART doc. 

  2. Use it to record and keep track of all target sound words that your character says


NOTE:

  • The complete version of the WORD CHART is provided in the full study guide and is available as a downloadable PDF.


EXERCISE:
Word Practice

  1. Say the words in each column out loud 

  2. Choose 3-5 words from anywhere in the chart and use them in simple sentences


NOTES:

  • Try to practice 5-10 minutes each day (either repeating words out loud, using them in made-up sentences, or both!)

  • It might help to go back to the TARGET SOUND lessons and listen to the sounds while you're practicing!


Adam Michael Rose

Dialect Coach and Teaching Artist

Adam Michael Rose is a Los Angeles-based dialect coach and teaching artist. Adam has worked with actors from Bridgerton, House of the Dragon, You, and Riverdale. He was the production dialect coach for ABC’s American Crime Season 3 starring Regina King. On stage, he’s coached productions throughout the country including Newsies, The 39 Steps, and Mary Poppins. He’s been a guest artist at state festivals nationwide for over 10 years. Adam is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork, a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and he's a member of VASTA, EdTA, AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Adam is one of the founding members of the Teaching Artist Alliance (TAA), and he currently sits on the board of directors for the California Educational Theatre Association (CETA).
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