Verse Speaking
Verse speaking is a melodious, poetic, engaging, and enjoyable art form, working individually to explore the speaking of poetry.
Develop the effective use of light and shade of your voice to build atmosphere, humour, and tension to entertain your audience. Learners will learn to create a recital of poetry, creatively linking them through the introduction, middle, and end.
In Verse Speaking examinations Learners will be asked to speak poems from memory, with clear speech using imagination and creativity.
These examinations are an excellent accompaniment to Speech and Drama and Recital Examinations.
Student Learning Objectives:
Through NEA’s Verse Speaking syllabus Learners will develop a love of poetry, clear speech, and understanding of diverse forms of poetry, confidence and self enrichment as well as developing research, imagination and creative skills through:
- Research
- Studying the different forms of poetry
- The practice of clear speaking
- Performing the art of verse speaking
PERFORMER CATEGORIES
- Groups
EXAMINATIONS GRADES
- Preparatory | Introductory | Preliminary | Transition
- Grades 1, 2, 4 and 5
- Grade 3 (Foundation)
- Grade 6 (Bronze) | Grade 7 (Silver) | Grade 8 (Gold)
DIPLOMA LEVELS
- ANEA – Level 4 (Speech and Drama | Public Speaking | Diploma in Performance [Acting, Mime, Musical Theatre] )
- ANEA – Level 5 (Speech and Drama | Public Speaking)
- LNEA – Level 6 (Speech and Drama Teaching Diploma | Public Speaking Diploma)
UCAS TARIFF POINTS
- Between 8 and 30 points (subject to pass mark)
- Grades 6, 7, 8 ONLY
