Funke Treasure Launches Grammar Books

Seasoned broadcaster, Funke Treasure, has released two books, the first is titled The Clergy while the second is The Spoken Word Industry.

The book, she says, are foundational resource materials for her ‘pronunciation guide’ series on pronunciation skills for second language speakers of English Language.

“In my experience as a speech coach and trainer, she began, “I had 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 said.

According to her, 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,” Treasure said.

The public presentation of the books, which have received positive reviews from veterans in the industry, will be on May 4.

Scheduled to attend the presentation are media personalities such as Bimbo Oloyede, Soni Irabor, Tokunbo Ojekunle, Boma Kalaiwo, Femi Sowoolu, Sydney Ufeli, Sulai Aledeh among others.

The trailers for the two books were officially released on April 25 and are available on the author’s YouTube Channel.

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.