Are you looking for a 1:1 Public Speaking, Presenting, Confidence Building, or a combination of several of these areas sessions? 

This 1:1 class can be adapted, tailored, and personalised to address the specific areas your learner wants/needs to concentrate on.  

Each class will begin with some carefully chosen vocal and mouth warm-ups, and then we'll look at different voice and non-verbal techniques each week by exploring a piece of prose at an appropriate level for your learner's age/level of English and a related published speech OR we can look at a published speech which your learner then creates their own version of. 

As this is a personlised curriculum learners can choose to work their way through:
-A particular level of prose, which increases in vocabulary, understanding, and skill level.

For Level 1 we can work with extracts from 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass', 
For Level 2 we can work with either extracts from 'Peter Pan' or 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', 
For Level 3 we can work with extracts from "Treasure Iand' or a selection of Charles Dickens' classic texts (including 'David Copperfield', 'Oliver Twist' and 'Great Expectations').
(Learners are welcome to work their way through texts and levels. We would normally spend around 10 weeks on one text)

For the speeches we can either work on a speech of the learner's choice (for example for a competition or school assignment) or work with speeches from either 'Monologues for Kids and Tweens', 'Monologues for Kids and Tweens II,' or 'Monologues for Teens', or Monologues for Teens II' by Mike Kimmel. I highly recommend learners purchase their own copy of one of these books as there are lots more speeches that they can use to build their skills after our class, but I can also supply copies of the speech we are using in pdf form or pasted into the chat box if you need me to. Learners are welcome to choose which book they would like to work from depending on their age and any prior knowledge/experience of these books.

As a fully qualified, experienced teacher (BAPA, PGCE), professional actor, and director, who has also worked as many types of presenter and used many of these techniques to build her own confidence and develop her use of voice and non-verbal presentation, Mrs. T can give extra on the spot tips, and ideas where needed. Developing the class content live in class or as learners' skills and needs develop week to week.

Learners will also get regular feedback with tips they can continue to build on both live in class, and often afterward in notes in the classroom.



'I would like to thank you with an update, previously shy D achieved a place in the semi-finals for his year 6 speech competition! I saw him practicing with hand gestures, voice tone, and pauses that you taught him over his classes last term break. I am so pleased to see him breaking out of his shell and stepping up. Thank you'