Yes.  A Children’s Elocution Teacher can correct your child’s English pronunciation, build self-confidence, voice projection, verbal and non-verbal communication skills  – a book on Kids’ Elocution cannot.  It is difficult to learn correct English pronunciation from a book.  Moreover, a book on how to teach your Children Elocution cannot hear and correct Children’s English pronunciation or give feedback on your children’s Elocution.  It is the feedback which is vital to learning and development in Kids’ Elocution lessons.  But, there is a problem . . .

There are not enough professionally trained Children’s Elocution Teachers.  There are Speech and Language Therapists whose clinical training focus on speech and language pathologies.  Some Speech and Language Therapists do provide Elocution lessons.  However, cutbacks in the NHS have limited the amount of speech and language therapy a child may receive.

Many parents and teachers have complained of a children’s poor speech due to mask wearing.  This aspect together with school closures has led to a demand in online Kids’ Elocution lessons.  However, with a limited supplied of professional trained Children’s Elocution Teachers, the task may seem impossible.  So, what makes a professionally trained Children’s Elocution Teacher?

An Elocution Teacher will usually be a graduate in English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics.  His or her academic training will have covered the areas of Phonology, Psycholinguistics including basic Neuroscience, First Language development, Second Language Acquisition, the anatomy and physiology of the human communication chain, knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet, technical observation skills and English Language Teaching Methodology in TEFL, ESL and KS1 to KS4.  Is it possible to train a Kids’ Elocution Teacher without having a degree?  Considering the need for Children’s Elocution Teachers, we have designed our first Children’s Elocution Teacher Training by Live Online Face-to-Face Learning to be ran over four consecutive Saturdays from 15:00 hrs – 17:00 hrs GMT.  The aim of the course will be to provide high quality professional training in basic Children’s Elocution Teaching.  Through our graduates, we hope to meet more needs with Kids’ Elocution lessons.