London, United Kingdom (PRWEB) January 20, 2012
A growing number of Britons who want to turn to the language assistant to help them reduce their regional accents and improve the way they speak, according to a new study.
Hundreds of people have contacted them
http://www.thetutorpages.com UKs leading private lessons in 2011 said they wanted to change or lose their accents, because they were afraid of being ridiculed or hindered in their career.
Among the reasons for searching for elocution lessons have been the desire to be taken more seriously and concerns about employment and promotion prospects. Many people who have contacted the website says he needs help because they were afraid to speak and make public presentations on the work or job interviews.
many requests from people who live in the West Midlands region, many of whom seek help to soften their accents or Birmingham Black Country. Other areas where many people have turned to the language assistant to help with their accents are London and the south-east, Manchester, Merseyside, the North of England and Wales, the West.
last year, http://www.thetutorpages.com received over 20,000 requests from people looking for lessons through a wide range of topics, including more than 500 requests for intervention coaching. Site analysis indicated a new report shows that teachers have received more requests for assistance that teachers of any subject in 2011, with tutors who turn away many requests for help.
The most frequent request was to help soften regional accents. A typical example came from a senior manager employed by one of the largest manufacturers in the Midlands, who said the site: I have a strong Birmingham accent and are often the first impression of me when I feel that speech is often Im. I want to improve my speech and tone down my Brummie accent because I think that can keep me in my career.
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Another said: I am a girl born and raised in Dudley, and unfortunately, I sound like one too. Soon get on the open labor market and feel that he can not handicap future research to use. I also think that I could earn more if I played better.
Many requests for lessons
diction on the part of people in London and the Thames Valley who said they were dissatisfied with their accents, which experts describe as the voice often Estuary English.
A lawyer with a wide coverage
south-east London has asked for help after discovering that it was almost refused a promotion. He told the website: I’m getting tired of the reaction I get when I open my mouth and very proud of my roots, I wonder if I should take some elocution lessons so that I am taken more seriously
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Another survey comes from a woman to learn from her daughter, who said: He has a BA and its partner is an accountant and they feel that their emphasis Essex holds them for successful posts and career opportunities
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A high percentage of requests for elocution lessons from professionals looking for a way to improve their career prospects, including entrepreneurs, bankers, doctors, NHS managers, social workers and broadcasters. They also include many people who were in the United Kingdom from abroad and seek to change their foreign accents.
A London banker said: I work in town and I’m looking for promotion, but I feel that my language skills held me back. I come from South-East Asia and speaks Mandarin and English. Id like to improve the clarity and tone of my speech, to soften my accent and be able to manage potentially conflicting city-type dialogues.
entrepreneur from Poland on the basis of East Anglia has wanted to be able to speak perfectly the private school (chic) in English. Another request came from a Russian woman who wanted to buy a posh accent, who said: I like how he talks Joanna Lumley and I’m sure you can help me achieve this
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James Gregory, 30, a speech and speech tutor in Balsall Heath in West Midlands, said: I do a lot of people very unhappy with their emphasis in the West Midlands who want to lose it completely. There are many pressures on people to try to improve all aspects of themselves when they go out into the world of work. All are fighting for positions and jobs and employers have the upper hand in that they can choose.
Many people I work with to develop skills in presentation and communication and expression and articulation. Its how they got together and if they can make a clear point.
Maggie Hall, a speech and drama teacher in Brighton, said one factor behind the increase in demand speech coach last year has been the talk of the King, the film with Colin Firth as Played by King George VI , which has enlisted the help of a speech therapist to help him overcome the fear of public speaking.
Personally, I blame the king’s speech, though no one really wants to talk like the queen, or the father played by Colin Firth in the film. People listen to these days for an excellent example of delivery have been actors like Ben Kingsley, Patrick Stewart and Judy Dench said.
numerous requests for the site came from his parents in search of elocution lessons on behalf of their children. A parent complaint: I live in Cheshire and my son has developed a Scouse accent irritates months. I’m constantly correcting his pronunciation, but its not working.
Another mother
lessons for her daughter said that I would speak English Queens and sound like you have a private education
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A third
mother was still blunt, saying: My daughter has recently moved to public school and private school I noticed a huge change in her speech, which is horrible
Henry Fagg, http://www.thetutorpages.com director, said: There seems to be a big change taking place in our culture that, despite the popularity of television as the only way is Essex, is taken elocution lessons and vocal coaching in a new way.
You could say that this is a throwback to the days of Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, ambitious, when many people were denied the opportunity because he spoke with a regional accent or the working class. Many people who have contacted us seem to be trying to improve their prospects by learning how to work better and speak more clearly, he said.
Report
, diction in New Britain: trends in private lessons, academics examines the most popular themes, languages and musical instruments with people looking for private lessons in 2011. Other key findings are:
Requests for instruction in school subjects: The larger number of requests were from parents who want additional training to help their children prepare for tests or examinations outside school. The high school (20 percent), mathematics in high school (15 percent), secondary English (9 percent) and amended, and 11 (8 percent) have attracted most of the investigations.
Requests for language courses: English as a foreign language has attracted more applications for private lessons in any other language (22 percent). French and Spanish came next (19 percent), followed by (8 percent each), Chinese and German.
Requests for music lessons: More than half of all submissions was the piano music (28 percent), hand (16 percent) and violin (14 percent). . The saxophone was the third most popular
(6 percent) Click here to read the report:
The report includes quotes from several people looking for elocution lessons and case studies teacher of elocution. It also has a complete break down of topics that attract the largest number of requests for information
