Funke Treasure has released two books, The Clergy, and The Spoken Word Industry. The broadcaster and speech coach says the books are foundational resource materials for her Pronunciation Guide Series on pronunciation skills for Second Language Speakers of the English Language.
“In my experience as a speech coach and trainer, I observed that clients often relapsed to the pre-elocution state because of the paucity of materials tailored to our environment. I realised that preparing handouts was not enough for the scope of what needed to be covered. These two books, in my Pronunciation Guide series, therefore double as workbooks during elocution training and resource manuals afterwards,” she explains.
She declared that there are many wrongly pronounced words in the communicative cycle in Nigeria.
“As you would find out in the book, this is partly due to the influence of our indigenous languages and pidgin English amongst other factors. These books, therefore, address the retrogression in the proper pronunciation of words by on-air personalities, comperes, trainers, motivational speakers, the clergy and other gatekeepers in the Spoken Word industry”.
The books, which have already been presented to the public, are now available for purchase.
The author’s name as seen on the book is Anike Ade Funke Treasure, she says, she wishes to be so addressed as a writer.
Treasure’s debut book, Memories of Grandma, a childhood memoir, was presented to the public in 2015.