Voice and Speech 4: Accents, Dialects, and Sociolects

CFA TH 213

  • Social Inquiry I

Prereq: CFA TH 211 This course builds on the skills learned in the fall, using Knight-Thompson Speechwork to deepen student's individual mastery of listening, describing, and executing the precise physical actions that make up communicative speech. Students will explore and apply the "4 Ps" of Knight-Thompson Speechwork: People, Posture, Pronunciation, and Prosody to master diverse language expression across a variety of accents. Effective Spring 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Social Inquiry 1.

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