Sandi Small's guest appearances

Sandi Small

Stand Up and Speak Up

All-Voice Media Podcast with Ian Temple

Actorcast

Jim Kwik

David Brooks

Susan RoAne

Margaret Mitchell

Brian Kelly

Megan Lyons

Jim Cathcart

Paul Becker

Clay Hebert

Michael Alexander

Chris Warner

Anthony Russo

Jonathan Lockwood

Keith Jackson

Sarah Ordo

OwlTail

Sandi Small is a British Accent Coach who specializes in teaching American actors how to perfect their British speech. In this episode, we discuss what inspired Sandi to pursue applied linguistics, common pitfalls for the American actor when it comes to speech, and how they can work to improve their British accent.Sandi Small is an accent coach, who specializes in helping American actors British up their English. She is trained in applied linguistics and has a background in language training. Sandi has 19 years of experience and has specialized in accent training for American actors for the last year.Please learn more about Sandi by visiting https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandi-small-bsc-hons-2215272a/Sign up for the Actorcast Newsletter at Actorcast.

Sandi Small is a British Accent Coach who specializes in teaching American actors how to perfect their British speech. In this episode, we discuss what inspired Sandi to pursue applied linguistics, common pitfalls for the American actor when it comes to speech, and how they can work to improve their British accent. Sandi Small is an accent coach, who specializes in helping American actors British up their English. She is trained in applied linguistics and has a background in language training. Sandi has 19 years of experience and has specialized in accent training for American actors for the last year. Please learn more about Sandi by visiting <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandi-small-bsc-hons-2215272a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandi-small-bsc-hons-2215272a/</a> Sign up for the Actorcast Newsletter at <a href="https://www.actorcast.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Actorcast</a>.

Sandi Small: British Accent Coach | Episode 011

Ian Temple

All-Voice Nation! Come check out this super exciting episode with our guest, and my personal British accent and Dialect coach, Sandi Small!  Sandi hails from the UK where she uses her expertise in linguistics to help actors "British up their speech" to use her phrase. As you know, American roles have been getting sniped by British actors left and right for the last 30 years, and Sandi believes its time we follow Rami Malek and start taking some Brit roles in return.  As both an American and a lover of British culture, history and comedy, I wholeheartedly agree! If you have some faculty with accents already, you will learn that simple vowel substitutions are not even half the battle- there's rhythm, attitude, tone, axioms, phraseology-  all of these factors go into the soup of whether you come across credible or not as a British speaker. If you'd like to improve your British accent, this podcast episode is an absolute MUST.  Like / Subscribe / Comment and Share! allvoicemedia.com  ---   Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/all-voice-media/support

All-Voice Nation! Come check out this super exciting episode with our guest, and my personal British accent and Dialect coach, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandi-small-bsc-hons-2215272a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sandi Small!</a>  Sandi hails from the UK where she uses her expertise in linguistics to help actors "British up their speech" to use her phrase. As you know, American roles have been getting sniped by British actors left and right for the last 30 years, and Sandi believes its time we follow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rami_Malek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rami Malek</a> and start taking some Brit roles in return.  As both an American and a lover of British culture, history and comedy, I wholeheartedly agree! If you have some faculty with accents already, you will learn that simple vowel substitutions are not even half the battle- there's rhythm, attitude, tone, axioms, phraseology-  all of these factors go into the soup of whether you come across credible or not as a British speaker. If you'd like to improve your British accent, this podcast episode is an absolute MUST. Like / Subscribe / Comment and Share! <a href="//allvoicemedia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">allvoicemedia.com</a> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/all-voice-media/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/all-voice-media/support</a>

AVMPC with Ian Temple Episode 31: (Accent Spotlight) Capturing the elusive Standard British accent with linguist Sandi Small

George Bernard Shaw said, “The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language.”Sandi Small is an accent coach. She trains American actors to British up their accent and their role.  Sandi noticed that American actors were confused about the numerous British accents and many coaches are too generic in accent training: they teach all of the accents, but do not specialize in one. She decided to specialize in the standard British accent, otherwise known as ‘received pronunciation’ or RP.   Sandi observed that American actors wishing to train in the British accent would need much more than a change in the phonetic sounds. They would be learning a different language in many respects, because British and American English differ in so many areas, such as vocabulary, grammar, word stresses, and voice intonation.  She also noted a lack of cultural awareness from the American actors wishing to train in the British voice. Language and culture are interlinked. She decided to train American actors in inter-cultural awareness. Her holistic approach allows for a full immersion into the British accent.  Sandi has a background in applied linguistics and has been a film buff for years, as well as a fan of classical theatre and literature. She has been in the teaching and training industry for 20 years, including schools, colleges, universities, and training centers.  

George Bernard Shaw said, “The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language.” Sandi Small is an accent coach. She trains American actors to British up their accent and their role. Sandi noticed that American actors were confused about the numerous British accents and many coaches are too generic in accent training: they teach all of the accents, but do not specialize in one. She decided to specialize in the standard British accent, otherwise known as ‘received pronunciation’ or RP. Sandi observed that American actors wishing to train in the British accent would need much more than a change in the phonetic sounds. They would be learning a different language in many respects, because British and American English differ in so many areas, such as vocabulary, grammar, word stresses, and voice intonation. She also noted a lack of cultural awareness from the American actors wishing to train in the British voice. Language and culture are interlinked. She decided to train American actors in inter-cultural awareness. Her holistic approach allows for a full immersion into the British accent. Sandi has a background in applied linguistics and has been a film buff for years, as well as a fan of classical theatre and literature. She has been in the teaching and training industry for 20 years, including schools, colleges, universities, and training centers.

Walt Interviews Sandi Small – Divided by a Common Language