Finding Your Authorial Voice In Academic Writing
Tuesday 31st May 2022, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (London Time)
Drawing on the field of Applied Linguistics, this workshop examines stylistic devices used to enable an authorial voice in academic writing. The stringent rules at play in the academic field can paralyse the writer.
This workshop will:
- Explore the purpose of citation and examine different disciplinary approaches to citation
- Explore the tension between humility and originality
- Examine paradigm influences on the writing process
- Explore the relationship between the author and the writer
- Important Stylistic devices such as
- Hedges
- Boosters
- Evidential Markers
- Attitude Markers
- Self mentions
- Engagement markers
- Framing
- Code glosses
Debbie Winter
Debbie Winter (LLB Hons, MA) lectured in Law and sang professionally on the jazz scene before deciding to change careers and become a vocal coach. She noticed a...
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Friday 17th October 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
(London Time)
Introduction to gender-affirming voice coaching
Gillie Stoneham
This introductory short course is aimed at those who work in voice coaching and/or therapy who wish to develop some basic knowledge and skills in working with trans and gender-diverse people to support voice and communication exploration.
Friday 17th October 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(London Time)
Embodied voice research: negotiating the ‘inner’ and outer’
Marth Munro
The central thrust of the session will be around the employment of Donald Schön’s concept of ‘reflection-in-action’ and ‘reflection-on-action’ to contextualise the potential interface between the inner and the outer in embodied voice research.
Friday 17th October 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)
Using Acoustic Registration to Train Range, Laryngeal Registration, and Passaggi
Ken Bozeman
There are acoustic vocal registers as well as laryngeal registers. Acoustic registers correspond to the historic Italian categories translated by this author as: voce chiusa (close timbre), voce aperta (open timbre), and voce piena di testa (roughly equivalent to whoop timbre)...