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We are an established online school that specialises in the teaching of elocution and spoken English.
We are experts in English Linguistics and have been teaching elocution and spoken English since 1993.
Pupils in our children's online elocution school have earned high grade qualifications including UCAS points. ...
Elocution, Speech & Voice
Perhaps the most well know elocution teachers of the early 1900s were Samuel and Alice Hasluck. This ...
Elocution & Speech
Rules for Good Speech
In an essay by William Enfield published in 1808, the rules for good speech were clearly listed:
Let your articulation be distinct and deliberate.
Let your pronunciation be bold and forcible.
Acquire compass and variety in the height of your voice.
Pronounce your words with propriety and elegance.
Pronounce every word consisting of more than one syllable with its proper ACCENT.
In every sentence, distinguish the more significant words by a natural, forcible, and varied EMPHASIS.
Acquire a just variety of Pause and Inflection.
Accompany the emotions and passions, which your words. express, by correspondent tones, looks and gestures.
They remain as important today.
Adults' Level 3 Exams
Grade 8 Gold Medal Examinations
Speaking in Public
Interview Technique
Reading
English as an Additional Language
Spoken English
Speaking of Verse and Prose
Reading for Performance
Adult learners are welcome to work towards any of the above qualifications. These are Level 3 qualifications and can be taken throughout the year and carry UCAS points. They are ideal for those seeking professional accredited qualifications for personal development or career advancement.
Please contact us for more information.
Examination Dates & Venues
Examinations 'Online'
New Era Academy examinations are taken 'online' in the privacy of the candidate's own home. There are three examinations each year.
Please contact us for information concerning LAMDA examinations.
Meet The Principal
Dr Robin Wooldridge
Dr Robin Wooldridge MA BSc FRSA FVCM LVCM(TD) LVCM(TD) LNCM has been involved in teaching privately since 1993.
He completed his postgraduate certificate and postgraduate diploma in English Linguistics followed by an MA in English Linguistics at a leading UK university. He undertook doctoral research with an overseas international university and was awarded a PhD with a major in Linguistics which is equivalent to those degrees awarded by accredited colleges and universities of the USA (CUFCE, USA)
Robin holds:
- LAMDA Gold Medal Public Speaking (Distinction),
- LAMDA Gold Medal Speaking of Verse and Prose (Merit),
- LAMDA Certificate of Merit Reading for Performance (Distinction)
- Licentiate of the National College of Music in Public Speaking.
- Licentiateship of the Victoria College of Music in Speech and Drama Education
- Licentiate in the Teaching of Speech, with Honours.
- Fellowship examinations of Victoria College with Honours.
This is the highest level Diploma that can be awarded.
Robin is a visiting tutor at a leading university where he teaches speech and voice to students on the Broadcast Journalism degree course. He has also been a GCSE Literature examiner for a national examination board.
Robin has also assisted on speech related articles for The Times newspaper (23/10/19), Guardian (14/10/16), The Globe and Mail (30/4/13), The Tatler (23/10/19) and Telegraph (12/2/20). He has spoken on accent and speech on a number of radio programmes.