"Accents and Dialects for the Younger Actor," richly enhanced with the author’s own recorded instruction, and beautifully illustrated, is designed for children ages 8-15, as a way of introducing them to dialects they might need for stage and screen. But if you’re an adult and want a vastly simplified collection of just a few dialects, instead of the bigger "Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen," this may be your better choice. It contains seven dialects and accents: Australian, Cockney, American Deep South, French, New York, Northern Ireland, and Standard British English (Received Pronunciation). All accents and dialects are also available through Apple Books in their expanded form.
Meier is one of the world’s most respected authorities on stage dialects, and is a successful dialect coach for theatre, film and voice-over. His accent and dialect instruction work is hugely popular with actors worldwide; he has coached film stars such as Tobey Maguire, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Caviezel, Simon Baker, Louise Fletcher, Bill Irwin, and many others. Professor Meier has trained actors at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), the North Carolina School of the Arts, and other prestigious conservatories both in his native London, and the United States, where he makes his home.
Meier is a leading accent modification or “accent reduction” specialist too, consulting with Rosetta Stone and Global English, and coaching Fortune 500 company executives in both American English and British English.
He founded and directs The International Dialects of English Archive, the leading online source for accent recordings of real-life speakers.
Meier’s system coaches the “signature sounds” of the accent/dialect and gives you fun word drills, sentences, and great audition monologues from plays and films. He even gives you access to recordings of native speakers and allows you to follow up with a Zoom session or earn a Paul Meier Certificate of Proficiency.
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