Episode 268: Recitation Tactics

In this episode we return to the topic of Recitation, a distinctive feature of Charlotte Mason's Method. We are focusing on practical ways to help your student develop their skills in Recitation, both the "Mechanical" and the "Sentimental" Branches. "It will now be seen that I spoke nothing but the truth when I said that reading was an art which had its fixed laws. We have found laws for the emission of the voice, for respiration, for pronunciation, for articulation, and for punctuation ; that is to say, laws for all the material side, the technical part of the art of reading. Let us now pass on to its intellectual aspects." (Ernest Legouvé. A Short Treatise on Reading Aloud. PR 17, p 436) Hay said, "the first of these two branches ... can in all cases be taught, and the second beyond hints and suggestions for guidance must be left to the taste and judgment of the speaker." (p. 33-34) What Charlotte Mason called "the fine art of beautiful and perfect speaking." (1/223) "It will now be seen that I spoke nothing but the truth when I said that reading was an art which had its fixed laws. We have found laws for the emission of the voice, for respiration, for pronunciation, for articulation, and for punctuation ; that is to say, laws for all the material side, the technical part of the art of reading. Let us now pass on to its intellectual aspects." (Ernest Legouvé. A Short Treatise on Reading Aloud. PR 17, p 436) Hay said, "the first of these two branches ... can in all cases be taught, and the second beyond hints and suggestions for guidance must be left to the taste and judgment of the speaker." (p. 33-34) The Speaking Voice: Its Development and Preservation, Volume 1, Emil Behnke The Speaking Voice: Its Development and Preservation, Volume 2, Emil Behnke The Art of Reading and Speaking, Canon Fleming How You Talk, Paul Showers Awaken: Living Books Conferences Episode 69: Recitation Episode 179: Recitation Immersion Nicole's Recitation Handout Episode 266: The Unity of the CM Method Arthur Burrell's Recitation: The Children's Art Mrs Tongue Does Her Housework 2024 ADE @ Home {Virtual Conference} ADE's Patreon Community