The use of analogy, imagination and metaphors as an instructional tool in voice training: A case study

Abstract

We often see that vocal training is defined as an abstract education. As the reason for this; It can be shown that the organs and systems that make up the voice are not visible to the eye, that is, the instrument is our body itself, as well as the use of abstract tools frequently in the training process. In voice training, it is seen that analogy, imagination and metaphors are used as instructional tools in order to reach from abstract to concrete in the context of mind-image-body. In this study, it was aimed to describe the experiences of voice trainers about the use of verbal and kinesthetic analogy, imagination, metaphor (AIM) in the process of vocal education. In this study, a case study from qualitative research designs was chosen. It has been provided to reveal the use cases of analogy, imagination, metaphors as an instructional tool in the current form of voice trainers. Participants are 15 expert voice trainers who provide voice training in different countries. “Verbal-Kinesthetic Analogy, Imagination and Metaphor Usage Form in Voice Education” was used as data collection tools. With this form, oral and written opinions about the use of analogy, imagination and metaphors (verbal and kinesthetic) and their goals were taken by the voice instructors during their training. Content analysis was applied in the analysis of the data. The analogies, imaginations and metaphors used by the voice trainers in the voice training process are presented as themes. As a result of the research, 29 analogies, imaginations and metaphors used by voice trainers were determined. The suggestions they used for these analogies and metaphors (motivating sentence and speech) and for which target behavior they used were presented in tables.