Pupils taught how to speak clearly

Children at a school in Essex are being given elocution lessons. This means they're being taught to speak clearly!
Teachers say  they don't want to change anyone's accent but some are still worried that doing this lesson will make them sound more 'posher' insted of making them sound clearer. Teachers also hope pupils will be understood better when they communicate with others. It's not only learning to speak more clearly it should also help childeren to spell more accuratly.

A hundred years ago, a famous story called Pygmalion was written by George Bernard Shaw, about a young lady called Eliza Doolittle - not the pop star, a different one!