what to Listen to in order to practice language

[fairymom]

Hi all, I spend quite a lot of time in my car and listening to books on tape. Does anyone know of a pronunciation or language guide that I can listen to and work on my:

Pronunciation
Pronunciation Drills
Vocabulary
Grammar
Forms of Address
Insults and Cursing
Songs of the Times

I have found quite a bit of info online but it is all in print. As helpful as that is, I would like something to listen to and speak along with so that I won't be so shy come faire time! Any leads would be wonderful, thank you all.

[Muffin]

Welcome to R/F!! 


You could try Rosetta Stone?

Are you trying to master an accent or learn a new language?

[fairymom]

Rosetta stone would be awesome! It is how I learned Spanish but I don't think they have one for 16th century English. Lol.

I did forget to specify the language I am trying to learn, didn't I. I do get aead of myself when I get excited. hahaha

I am just trying to learn the manner of speech, the Vocabulary, Grammar, Forms of Address that would be appropriate for a period merchant. I would like to be able to "play" and interact in the appropriate manner of speaking. There is a bit of a difference between my natural 2011 SoCal surfer speech and 1550 English merchant speech. 

I was hoping someone knew of a book on tape or dictation tutorial that would have a this particular manner of speaking, such as grammar, greetings, etc. that I could listen to and mimic.

[renren]

Try this site, it's made by one of our R/F.com members!http://www.sirclisto.com/

[BubbleWright]

I found the following book and CD to be very helpful-

- Trippingly On The Tongue, a Booke of Instruction for Speaking Early Modern English, by Laura Crocket

- The Well Tempered Dialect, Your Guide to Mastering Renaissance English, by Daniel Penze

Links: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Trippingly+On+The+Tongue&x=15&y=22

        http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=The+Well+Tempered+Dialect&x=15&y=17

PS- It appears that the Well Tempered Dialect is only available from Amazon as a MP3 download. It is possible that a Ren Merchant might have it in CD format.

[fairymom]

MP3 is just fine, thank you so much! I will definitely try these out.

[ravic]

Be aware the Well Tempered Dialect & some of the others are in Basic Faire Accent & not true Tudor English. BFA is a "sounds like" accent created to be understandable for the modern ear.