How to Be a Dialect Coach
A dialect coach trains people to speak with a specific accent from a culture other than their own. Actors use dialect coaches predominately to prepare for roles requiring a certain type of speech. They help pubic speakers lose their native accent.
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Instructions
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Enroll in a public speaking class. Most public speaking instructors teach their classes in standard Midwestern dialect as this is the most widely used dialect in broadcast journalism.
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Learn about voice, diction and the phonetic alphabet. This helps you learn the different sounds and which languages use them.
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Become a student of different languages. This doesn't necessarily mean you have to learn to speak a foreign language. Dialect involves the way things are said not necessary what is said.
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Listen to the nuances of the different languages found in your own community.
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Pay attention to dialects spoken on TV and radio. Practice using the different accents and inflections heard on a daily basis.
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Study acting with trained dialect coaches. Qualified dialect coaches have spent years training under others who are experts in their field.
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Take on a few students to perfect your craft. Offer training to your first few students for free in exchange for website or mailing recommendations.
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Tips & Warnings
There is no standard course work requirement for a dialect coach. The typical educational pattern is an undergrad degree in some field of public speaking, acting or theater arts. Follow this with a Master's in Fine Arts or Broadcasting. Some Master's programs allow for a specialization in or a thesis on different dialects.
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Myshashi
Oct 30, 2009
A dialect is a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class. A dialect that is associated with a particular social class can be termed a sociolect. Other speech varieties include: standard languages, which are standardized for public performance (for example, a written standard); jargons, which are characterized by differences in lexicon (vocabulary); slang; patois; pidgins or argots. The particular speech patterns used by an individual are termed an idiolect. A dialect is distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation (phonology, including prosody). Where a distinction can be made only in terms of pronunciation, the term accent is appropriate, not dialect (although in common usage, "diale...
