This is done through the teaching of the correct formation of all the vowel and consonant sounds of the English language or RP speech. My classes will allow you do this with precision and ease. My classes also cover correct intonation and stress patterns to get a true English or RP sound. I offer one to one classes which are usually an hour in length. After just one session you will immediately start making progress.

My methods include the teaching of phonetics, showing you the correct shaping of your mouth and lips and your placement of the tongue in relation to the teeth in order to produce the sounds of English/RP with complete clarity and understanding.



Structure of the Course:


Phase One: Introduction to phonetics for spoken English and working on each sound individually, with practice exercises including work on individual words and sentences. In this section you will learn the basics of pronunciation and intonation of the RP accent.


Phase Two: Learning how to read and write in phonetics to enable you to have a more in depth knowledge of how words are built up and finally pronounced. You will then move on to text work which will be a series of texts, each of which will concentrate on one particular vowel sound of RP covered in phase one.


Phase Three: Refinement of work completed in phases one and two. This is a revision of all the work done so far and ensuring that you have a full understanding of all the sounds of RP and how to produce them.


Phase Four: Encompassing sounds into your own speech to a point where it is automatic and natural.


Method of Learning:


Exercises are recorded onto your voice recorder. You will then listen each day to the exercises and work on them until you are confident with the work covered in the class. You will thus embed the sounds into your mind and into your muscle memory (ie your lips and tongue muscles) The classes will be once or twice a week. This depends on how many you feel you need. There does need to be a space between each class for the sounds to settle within your muscle memory however.


The main objective is be so familiar with the new sounds and practice them so often that you cannot speak any other way. In essence you will not be able to help but speak in RP and it will be natural and automatic.

All Materials are provided.


I also teach elocution/RP to foreign actors. Each person I teach goes away from my classes feeling more confident in their speech/accent work and indeed in achieving their goals of softening their accent to a more RP sound.


Please see the testimonials section for words about my classes from current and past students.


Prices: £35 per 1 hour session
Concessionary rate (students and those on a low income): £30 per one hour session
Special offer: Book and pay for 5 sessions in advance and get a sixth free.

I also travel to students in zones 1 and 2 for an added charge of £10 on top of the lesson

Cancellation Policy:

If lessons booked are cancelled with less than 48 hours notice, the lesson must nevertheless be paid