Dates
Sat., 27.05.2023
Sat., 03.06.2023
Sat., 17.06.2023
Sat., 24.06.2023
Sat., 22.07.2023
Sat., 29.07.2023
FK5.031
Media Speech –
the workshop for radio and television, podcasts, Insta Stories,
e-books, audio books
Sat., 19.08.2023
Sat., 26.08.2023
FK5.051
Basic course phonetics –
Voice, Speaking, Confident speaking in daily life
Sat., 23.09.2023
FK5.055
Advanced course phonetics –
Voice, speaking, professional application
Sat., 30.09.2023
FK5.027
Talking is silver and gold!
The Voice, Speech and Presentation Workshop
Sat., 21.10.2023
Sat., 28.10.2023
FK5.041
TV moderation –
Workshop for beginners, the curious and rookies
Sat., 18.11.2023
Sat., 25.11.2023
FK5.033
Media Speech –
the workshop for radio and television, podcasts, Insta Stories,
e-books, audio books
Sat., 02.12.2023
Sat., 09.12.2023
FK5.052
Basic course phonetics –
Voice, Speaking, Confident speaking in daily life
Sat., 20.01.2024
FK5.056
Advanced course phonetics –
Voice, speaking, professional application
Sat., 27.01.2024
FK5.042
TV moderation –
Workshop for beginners, the curious and rookies
Sat., 17.02.2024
Sat., 24.02.2024
FK5.028
Talking is silver and gold!
The Voice, Speech and Presentation Workshop
Sat., 23.03.2024
Sat., 30.03.2024
FK5.032
Media Speech –
the workshop for radio and television, podcasts, Insta Stories,
e-books, audio books
Sat., 20.04.2024
Sat., 27.04.2024
FK5.054
Basic course phonetics –
Voice, Speaking, Confident speaking in daily life
Sat., 18.05.2024
FK5.058
Advanced course phonetics –
Voice, speaking, professional application
Sat., 25.05.2024
FK5.044
TV moderation –
Workshop for beginners, the curious and rookies
Sat., 22.06.2024
Sat., 29.06.2024
FK5.030
Talking is silver and gold!
The Voice, Speech and Presentation Workshop
Sat., 20.07.2024
Sat., 27.07.2024
Basic course phonetics – Voice, Speaking, Confident speaking in daily life
For native speakers and learners from CEFR level C1. Voice, speaking, confident speaking in everyday life. In our entire communication three factors are decisive: 1. Who talks. 2. How he / she talks. 3. What he / she talks about. Out of those three factors the factor „How he / she talks“ is the most important one because credible argumentation depends heavily on voice leading. Surprised?! Especially the power of voice is totally underestimated by most people. With your voice you can advertise a thing or cause and win without having to say much. You can score, shine, convince – in every area, professional or private! Every single voice has different facets: objectivity, joy, fun, sovereignty, regional origin – there are a lot of informations that we transport through our voice and pronunciation. Depending on region or landscape our pronunciation can differ. For example through a dialect. The goal of talking is to reach your conversation partner. Therefore a pronunciation is needed that can be understood in every part of Germany: It is fine to still hear where you are from – but your conversation partner should also hear that you didnt stop there and kept improving your language skills.
During those Saturdays you will learn voice – and speaking techniques for a firm and resonance strong voice, you will work on your speech dynamic and reach a better intelligibility through precise articulation, vocalisation and breathing technique. And „Der Kleine Hey“ , the standard work on pronunciation in High German, is always present! A workshop with the phonetics – trainer and voice – coach Susanne Schwab. Prerequisite for non-native speakers is at least CEFR level C1.
Information and registration at www.vhs-fk-de
Advanced course phonetics – Voice, speaking, professional application
For native speakers and learners with CEFR level C1 or higher. Recommended as a follow-up course to the basic phonetics course. This workshop is designed to deepen, consolidate and professionally apply voice and speech techniques. The goal: confidence, sovereignty and professionalism in speaking and presentation situations of all kinds. The motto: Practice makes perfect! Your knowledge of voice, speaking, phonetics and the effect on others will be consolidated, supplemented and trained with new exercises to make your impromptu speech, lecture, presentation, interview, moderation, job interview, etc. more professional. Look forward to an in-depth warm-up and voice training – for your powerful, present, multi-faceted and assertive voice. You can look forward to practical exercises with dramatic poems and monologues, humorous verses, tongue twisters, classics, modern, prose, poetry, news, weather reports, improvised everyday situations, small talk, telephoning, your favourite texts and passages from films, audio books, radio plays and stories. Feel free to bring texts that you would like to record!
Enjoy the precise pronunciation, articulation and vocalisation in High German, the targeted use of expressive means, dynamics through rhythm and melody, the effect of tempo and volume variation and much more. Charisma, voice fit, sovereignty, success and persuasiveness are neither a coincidence nor a gift, nor are they exclusively a matter of talent: We train together to use exactly the linguistic and rhetorical skills that are required at the moment / in the respective situation. With audio recording – directly into your smartphones / mobile phones. And, if you wish, we can also create a professional audio reel, incl. conception and recording of various texts of different genres. Conception and recording of various texts of different genres, multi-faceted and varied, personal, authentic, professional. Just like you: LISTENABLE CLASS. A workshop with phonetics trainer and lecturer for voice, language and speaking Susanne Schwab. Prerequisite for non-native speakers is at least CEFR level C1.
Information and registration at www.vhs-fk-de
TV Moderation – Workshop for Beginners, curious, rookies
Anyone who wants to can present! For university, company or local TV, for magazine programmes, cooking shows, entertainment formats, your own YouTube channel, etc. TV stations, both national and regional, are also looking for new faces and personalities. How do I come across as likeable? What is important when working with the teleprompter? Can I flirt with the camera? What makes my presentation most convincing? Where do my text ideas come from? How do I know what 20 seconds is? Being beautiful helps immensely, but it’s not everything. Breathing technique, articulation, pronunciation, intonation, direct approach and much more are important for successful presentations. And of course personality and being authentic! As well as very good general knowledge and fast spoken texts with basic journalistic ideas.
Anyone who wants to get in front of the camera should love this. Why? Because then the camera will love you too. That’s what we learn, practise and train. Presentations in front of the camera with replay and video feedback. You’ll learn how to introduce, how to break off, how to deal with slips of the tongue, etc. And: how to present depending on the format and the audience. And: how to vary your voice and appearance depending on the format and occasion, i.e.: genre-appropriate use of telegenic means suitable for television. If required, we can produce a showreel – as a „video business card“ for your entry into TV! A workshop with the radio and TV journalist and editor, university lecturer for the modules breathing technique, TV presentation and presentation Susanne Schwab.
Information and registration at www.vhs-fk-de
MEDIA SPEECH – The workshop for radio and television, podcasts, Insta stories, e - books, audio books
For all those who would like to work on their voice and way of speaking, for the curious and career changers – for all those who have an interesting voice – and want to make more of it, for all those who have already spoken in front of an audience and/or in the media and want to develop further. Do you have texts or contributions that you would like to voice yourself? In front of the camera or behind the microphone? Or an audio book that you would like to set to sound yourself? Are you active in the media or do you want to become active? We will train the speech patterns / approaches that are necessary for the genre in question. For example, for news, weather reports, traffic news, documentaries, commercials, reports, introductions and farewells, greetings, transitions, aeroplane announcements, answering machines, technical instructions, tongue twisters, difficult factual and technical texts, audio guides, podcasts, prose, poetry and and and………. feel free to bring along your ideas, texts and drafts! We will acquire the necessary tools for optimal text presentation, i.e. for a healthy, expressive voice as well as clear, unstrained, precise pronunciation, speech breathing without breathing noises, your indifference position, pronun-ciation in High German, varied text treatment with various design elements such as tempo, rhythm, pauses, volume, pitch, accentuation; dealing with volume and voice strength, melody guidance, text structure according to sense units and much more.
In order to increase your speaking effect and make it sustainable, we work with audio and camera recordings, which we evaluate and check together: Where is there still „room for improvement“, where are you already unique and unmistakable. If required, we can produce a meaningful audio or showreel as your audible or visible business card for your new field of activity, your new professional foothold or as a supplement to what you already have to show in terms of media language and technology. We provide customised and individual answers to the following questions: What are your personal favourites for coming across as particularly likeable and convincing on radio or television? How can you train a better voice and thus persuasiveness? How do you secure your speaking in an individual medium speaking voice? How do you deal with stress, excitement, time pressure, slips of the tongue, black outs? Furthermore, there are recommendations for additional literature for self-study and tips for your individual development. A workshop with the certified actress, lecturer, coach, voice and speech trainer Susanne Schwab.
Information and registration at www.vhs-fk-de
TALKING IS SILVER AND GOLD!
The Voice, Speech and Presentation Workshop
The power of the voice! Your voice has enormous potential and can be a powerful instrument. Used correctly, you can convince others and assert yourself. Sympathy and approval can be generated by the voice. Intonation and breathing alone can bring a listener over to your side. Anyone who calms and relaxes us with their voice is immediately likeable. The effect of our voice is more important than we think. Even simple tips and exercises help to improve your own effect. That’s what we train. We can improve the sound and assertiveness of our voice by speaking clearly. So let’s get our speaking tools in gear! Starting with the optimal phonation breathing for speaking, finding our natural speaking voice position and ending with fast speech phrases and tongue twisters, which – by the way – are also a lot of fun! And last but not least, the application of all this in everyday speaking situations, in conversations, conferences and meetings. Let’s package the contents of a speech or presentation in a convincing way of speaking: Pleasant in pitch, varied through melodic voice leading, lively through variations in tempo and volume, intelligible through clear pronunciation.
rerequisites for an optimal presentation. What do we need to fascinate our audience? The most important thing is authenticity! Then the technical tools such as body language, voice and articulation. As well as good preparation, certainty of content, a presentation style that suits the content, a form of presentation that suits your personality. We discuss the structure of a presentation, gestures, facial expressions, posture, your reaction to interjections and questions and draw up a checklist for you. And we train free speech – speaking on cue! After these two Saturdays you will know: 1. practice makes perfect! 2. speaking is silver AND gold! A workshop with the certified actress, lecturer, coach, voice and speech trainer Susanne Schwab.
Information and registration at www.vhs-fk-de
MEDIEN – UND BUSINESSAKADEMIEN
Certified teaching qualification and authorisation as a lecturer at private universities of applied sciences with the authorisation to independently carry out the state university degree B.A.
ascenso – Palma de Mallorca
Academy for Business and Media
Deutsche POP – Akademie Berlin
die medienakademie berlin hamburg münchen
Certified teaching qualification and approval as lecturer of the Academy for Multimedia Training and Communication AG at the Hochschule Mittweida, University of Applied Sciences
FORTIS – FAKULTAS Bildungsgesellschaft Chemnitz
HMKW – Hochschule für Medien, Kommunikation und Wirtschaft Berlin
Managementakademie Riesa MARie
Science to industry s2i Dresden


Courses
Applied Media with
Media Acting
Visual Media Production
Digital design, graphic design and
Visual Communication
Media management with a focus on
Journalism and PR management
Event and media management
Media designer image and sound
Online and TV journalism
Sports Journalism and Sports Management
B. A. Bachelor of Arts
Business management with
Tourism, Hotel and Event Management
International Resort and Cruise Management
Film and television with
Direction, Creation, Editing, Animation
Journalism and PR
Marketing and PR
Media and digital journalism
Acting and staging
Media and Event Management
Corporate and business communication
M.A. Master of Arts
Modules taught
AC – Assessment Center
Application coaching
Cross Media Productions / Project Work
Journalism basics
Journalistic ethics
Language basics
Media production –
TV – contributions + live coverage
Moderation and presentation
Rhetoric / argumentation training
Voice training and speech training
TV – journalistic working techniques
Breathing technique and speech training
Camera Acting
Journalism basics
Contributions, interviews, broadcasts
Journalistic forms of presentation
Journalistic action roles
Communication in the media society
Media training with video feedback:
„The telegenic spoken word counts!“
Presentation techniques
Writing and texting for TV
TV – Moderation and Presentation
Contents
Albert Mehrabian and:
The 3 magic numbers of communication
The ZAPP factor in TV
Voice use, indifference, voice care
Speech training with tongue twisters, fast speech phrases
Working with the online teleprompter
Design elements of a text presentation
Texting for TV – different formats
Conversation management, storytelling
Managing slips of the tongue, stress and stage fright
Working with mental sentences and positive affirmations
Outwitting inner insecurities
My relationship with myself
My relationship with the camera
Moderation exercises using sample clips
Positioning and establishing yourself as a brand
Analysis of individual strengths
Analysis of growth potential
Paul Watzlawick and:
The 5 Axioms
The attention pyramid
Breathing, High German Pronunciation
Reading Presentations Prima Vista
Application in different genres
Presentations, news, commentaries, interviews, talk shows, live broadcasts, etc.
Fear reduction with the hand circle method
Power Posing / Smile Training
Aspects of Life – Work – Balance
My relationship with the audience
Core competences of successful presentation
With camera AZ and evaluation
Different TV formats
Fabrics and colour laws
Make Up, Hair
Finding three USPs
New facets of charisma
Language and personality
Conversation management and moderation
Voice, language, speech training
Speech – Modulation
Presentation
Word expression, voice, body language
Inductive and deductive interviewing
Interview types and questioning techniques
Rhetorical elegance
Storytelling for persuasion
Writing and Texts for TV
Media-specific writing and copywriting
Moderating in front of the camera
Breakdown and stage fright management
Studio formats / live on location
Body language and body rhetoric
Facets of body language
How do I show presence?
Job application training with:
Job interviews
Presenting yourself
Answers to tricky questions
Resonant voice, breathing technique
Personal self-expression techniques
Special moderation styles in the media
Articulation, vocalisation
Harmony of breathing, body language, voice position
Lecture, Free Speech, Presentation, Small Talk
Speaking on cue, improvising
Tips on question and answer behaviour
Dealing with interview partners and broadcasters
Purposeful argumentation / target group analysis
Suggestive entrances and exits / core message
Journalistic working techniques
Journalistic text types
Introductions, commentaries, news
Radio / TV moderation, dubbing
The Look: TV – appropriate clothing and make-up
The first impression, authentic appearance
Eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, posture
Training with video AZ and feedback
The perfect application portfolio:
Viewing the application documents
Letter of motivation + curriculum vitae + certificates
Photo
SECOND SUPERVISOR AND ASSESSOR
EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT OF BACHELOR THESES
LECTURER RESPONSIBLE FOR PROJECTS
Conception and management
LECTURER RESPONSIBLE FOR PROJECTS
CONCEPTION AND MANAGEMENT
for the TV – Magazine „The Way of Water“
Realisation of a 5 – part documentary
on behalf of the Television Academy of Central Germany
and Leipzig Fernsehen in cooperation with
with Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig GmbH
of the Girls` Day / Interactive Presentations
Courses in Journalism and Media Acting
1st group: Body and language
2nd group: Texting and moderating for TV
3rd group: Speech and improvisation training
CV
Susanne Schwab studied at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin with a final grade of very good and has a diploma and a certified stage qualification. Furthermore, Susanne Schwab has the confirmed teaching qualification and approval as a lecturer and lecturer at AMAK AG – Academy for multimedia training and communication at the Hochschule Mittweida Aktiengesellschaft – at state-recognized private universities of applied sciences with the authorization to independently carry out the state university degree Bachelor of Arts (BA), Hochschule Mittweida – University of Applied Sciences. She works as a lecturer, trainer and coach in the modules breathing technique and speech training, moderation and presentation, voice, language, speech training and media acting. Her tasks also include the implementation of workshops and training sessions in extra-curricular practical phases, e.g. application training and media training with video feedback as well as the implementation and management of crossover and multimedia projects for students including radio play productions, excursions and dubbing workshops.
For children and youths
Etude seminars
Improvisation seminar
Head of project days
„Insights into the World of Theatre“
Monologue work
Acting lessons
Acting Fundamentals
Role and scene study
Preparation for aptitude and
Entrance exams to drama schools
Private lessons
Group lessons
Project work
Group work
Weekend courses
Weekly courses
Workshops
Block teaching
According to individual agreement
Accompaniment to the examination on request
PHONETICS – TRAINER / VOICE – COACH
TEACHER / LECTURER
German as a foreign language
CEFR Levels A 1 – C 2
CONTENTS
LANGUAGE INSTITUTES
German for the job
Small - and Business Talk
Conversation courses
Phonetics courses
Presentation training with video analysis
Application training
Intensive courses
Group courses and individual coaching
Excursions
Further online support
Learning strategies
Companies
Combination of explicit / implicit learning
Memory support: mind maps / flashcards
Cognitive: paraphrasing and describing words
Compensatory strategies: e.g.: Iconic gestures
Global: Detailed reading and reflection
Role – , card – , quiz games / improvisations
Online: Research, dictionary, Duden, translator.
Application of AAP techniques
Intention, body, breath, voice and articulation