Speech 2

HB Studio offers both online classes and in-person classes at the Studio. Before your first class, please review the information outlined on the relevant page(s). Class titles below indicate which are running online vs. in person.

  • IN-PERSON CLASSES meet 1 day/week for the full 10-week term.
  • ONLINE CLASSES meet 1 day/week and are offered in 5-week Parts. Sign up for either Part A or Part B independently (5 weeks each), or join both for the full 10-week term. You may join Part B without taking Part A.

Continuing with the foundation laid in Speech 1, in Speech 2 you are introduced to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), and over time (and in subsequent levels), will develop a deep, physical working knowledge of this system, which provides a basis for analyzing, practicing, and acquiring a gamut of different accents and patterns of speaking. Through practice, you will work to develop flexibility, muscularity, and specificity in producing speech sounds. The goal is to increase intelligibility as well as flexibility in handling the specific demands of any given language, text or scene. These fundamental practices will be useful to both native and non-native American speakers.

SPEECH 2 INSTRUCTORS
Theresa McElwee

Recommended readingSPEAKING WITH SKILL: An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork by Dudley Knight.

Current and Upcoming