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Level Two Certificate in Accents and Phonetics with Louisa Morgan

Build on your foundational knowledge of accents and phonetics in this week‑long lunchtime course designed specifically for voice teachers. Whether you have completed our Level 1 Certificate or already possess a basic working knowledge of phonetics and accent work, this Level 2 course will help you deepen your skills, sharpen your analytical ear, and expand your practical toolkit for teaching.

Summer Immersive - live and interactive learning!

5-session course - August 3rd > August 7th 2026

All sessions will be recorded for catch-up at a later date if you cannot attend live.

  • Fully online
  • Live classes led by Louisa Morgan
  • Classes will be recorded and available to watch on catch-up
  • Accredited by The Institute of Training and Occupational Learning
  • Upon completion of the course, you will receive an official ITOL-accredited certificate, a badge for your website/social media and a profile on our student page

Course cost: £250

Overview

 

Welcome to Voice Study Centre’s Voice Professional Certificate programme. We offer a series of micro-credentials to develop learning, teaching and boost your CV. This is one of them!

 

Course Tutor: Louisa Morgan

 

This course is fully accredited by The Institute of Training and Occupational Learning (ITOL).

Upon completion of the course, you will receive an official ITOL-accredited certificate, a badge for your website/social media and a profile on our student page.

 

Session timings

  • Monday 3rd August
  • Tuesday 4th August
  • Wednesday 5th August
  • Thursday 6th August
  • Friday 7th August

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (London Time)

All sessions are recorded for catch-up at a later date.

Course outline

Build on your foundational knowledge of accents and phonetics in this week‑long lunchtime course designed specifically for voice teachers. Whether you have completed our Level 1 Certificate or already possess a basic working knowledge of phonetics and accent work, this Level 2 course will help you deepen your skills, sharpen your analytical ear, and expand your practical toolkit for teaching.

By the end of the week, you will have a more flexible command of phonetic concepts, a refined approach to accent coaching, and a deeper understanding of how to empower your students to use their voices with intention, nuance, and stylistic awareness.

Who is it for?

This course is for people who have already taken our level one certificate in accents and phonetics, or who already have a basic level of accents and phonetics and would like to enhance them. You may be a singing teacher working on accents and dialects for Musical Theatre, a voice for acting coach or even a public speaking coach who wants to apply the knowledge and skills in other areas.

As always this is delivered fully online and can be attended live or on playback. However, please note that live attendance is likely to be of benefit due to the nature of this kind of work.

Syllabus

Session 1: Detailed phonetics and approaches to coaching it (following on from level one, building a fuller picture)
  • We will look at some of the more nuanced aspects of phonetics and phonology and how they can be integrated into your coaching.
  • We will consider practical exercises, tools and handouts to support your clients in this kind of learning.
  • You will be given a homework task to select a resource which you might use for a chosen client as a guided listening exercise.
Session 2: Guided listening, creating transcripts, and building an approach that suits your client
  • We will discuss how to guide clients through listening tasks, what kind of instructions to offer, and what they can do to embody the learning while they listen.
  • We will discuss different approaches to creating transcripts based on the needs of the client, from more traditional to more creative approaches.
  • You will be given a homework task to plan a guided listening exercise for your chosen client using your resource, and creating a transcript to suit their needs.
Session 3: Prosody: considering conversation analysis in coaching. Trying some playful approaches.
  • We will explore some of the more technical aspects of prosody including how it is situated within conversation.
  • You will be introduced to some practical tools and exercises for working with prosody, learning to embody it, and considering it in dialogue settings.
  • You will be given a homework task to create an exercise for working with prosody on your chosen resource for your client.
Session 4: Accents and authenticity: considering sociolinguistics more deeply.
  • We will discuss accents, authenticity and identity for different kinds of client, drawing on literature from sociolinguistics.
  • We will explore some ways that we can approach these ideas in practice and discuss where our personal values and boundaries sit as coaches.
  • You will be asked to create a statement for use in your coaching that you could have on your website (or similar) regarding accents, authenticity and identity.
Session 5: Accents and emotion: strategies for when emotion breaks the accent
  • We will consider how emotion can be tied up in and influence accents, and how it is a common cause of accent slips.
  • We will discuss approaches to accent coaching to help speakers embed and embody their target accent to avoid emotional accent slips.
  • Your homework task this session is to prepare your final assessment.

Assessment

Submit a 10-minute video of you coaching one or two exercises (as appropriate to your lesson needs) that you have developed across the week for your chosen resource and intended client.

Course Details

 

Where will the course take place?

Online

Course duration:

This 5 hour course will run over five sessions, and you can attend it in real time or watch it on catch-up.

Session timings

  • Monday 3rd August
  • Tuesday 4th August
  • Wednesday 5th August
  • Thursday 6th August
  • Friday 7th August

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (London Time)

All sessions are recorded for catch-up at a later date.

Cost: £250

Course Tutors: Louisa Morgan

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