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Step 1
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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Step 2
Learn about voice, diction and the phonetic alphabet. This helps you learn the different sounds and which languages use them.
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Step 3
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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Step 4
Listen to the nuances of the different languages found in your own community.
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Step 5
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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Step 6
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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Step 7
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.














Comments
Myshashi said
on 10/30/2009 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...