The art of reading aloud: Captivating narration - exciting interpretation

Kontext / Contexte

- Reading training
- creativity training
- linguistic expression
- voice training.

Zielsetzung / Objectifs

Knowledge
The participants know:
- variations in the relationship between content and expression
- improvisation techniques: different speaker roles, target groups, attitudes to the text
- methods for promoting the means of linguistic expression: emphasis, melody, pauses
- methods of Functional Voice Training (Gisela Rohmert) for more assertiveness, clarity, warmth, volume, dynamics
- methods to promote natural, expressive facial expressions and gestures
- methods for physical relaxation and flexibilization for a confident appearance in front of an audience, reduction of stage fright, avoidance of shortness of breath (Feldenkrais Method, F.M. Alexander technique).

Abilities
Participants are able to:
- develop a presentation style that corresponds to one's own personality
- develop a rich treasure trove of linguistic means of expression and to be able to call them up in the lecture situation
- to perform relaxed and in front of an audience
- adapt intuitively to the audience and build a stable, emotional connection
- stimulate the imagination of the listeners through pictorial language, gestures and facial expressions
- use their own voice variably and multi-layered, without getting tired or hoarse.

Attitude
The participants:
- understand reading aloud as a creative process
- know that the good contact with oneself and one's own well-being is transferred to the audience.

Inhalt / Contenu

Reading aloud is something wonderful. Be it that you want to tell children a fairy tale or captivate adults with a story. However, the realization quickly matures that it is not enough to pronounce the sentences and words correctly.

In this workshop, participants learn to read aloud in a more creative and lively way. Body, voice, agility, imagination and joy are the basis on which they can discover new design possibilities for their linguistic expression. Simple exercises for voice training enable the reader to develop a rich voice sound with minimal effort. Relaxation exercises help them cope better with stage fright and feel more comfortable reading overall. Slips of the tongue, shortness of breath and other vocal signs of tension are reduced.
Interpreting texts is an art. The techniques for this can be learned. How can you look at well-known content from a new perspective? An exciting process, both for the readers themselves and for the audience. What possibilities and problems arise, for example, from multilingualism and the translating retelling of children's books into Luxembourgish?
In this workshop, the participants can intensively exchange their practical experiences. The specific course of the seminar is based on the resulting topics and wishes. Together, transfer strategies are developed to integrate the newly gained knowledge and skills into everyday working life.

Arbeitsformen / Approche méthodologique

- Individual work with feedback from the group and the lecturer
- partner work for special forms of expression
- small group work for intensive exchange among each other and development of transfer strategies
- group work (plenum) with guided relaxation exercises and reflection on content.

Referent, Referentin / Formateur, formatrice

Julia Kokke M.A., Vocal Coach

Remarques / Anmerkung

Please bring reading material you want to work on as a basis for the exercises. Be it children's books, novels, non-fiction texts, poems or your own texts.