A strength in Public Speaking is one of the best gifts we can give our children. Universities and graduate recruitment programmes highly value students who can speak with confidence. We teach extempore speaking so that students can plan and learn to enjoy delivering to an audience talks with confidence.
Many of our students from Year 6 onwards opt to take Public Speaking. Students are invited to sit Speech NZ examinations. We teach a range of talks and Public Speaking skills:
Students will learn:
- Talks (including show and tell, personal experience, demonstration, informative, instruction, persuasive talk, entertaining talk, impromptu)
- Announcements, interviews, speaker introduction, commentaries
- Role Play
- Courtesy exercises and recommending a new course of action
- Describing an object, interpreting a map or diagram
- Discussing a film or book
- How to make a telephone call
- Social Speeches
- Impromptu talks
- Stating an opinion on a picture or article
- Reading aloud, stating opinions and discussing current affairs
- Debating
- Storytelling
Students will be able to:
- Speak clearly, project their voice and engage an audience
- Speak and perform confidently to a range of audiences
- Develop critical and creative thinking
- Develop an appreciation of literature, language, and text
- Listen and effectively question peers during discussions
- Read aloud with clarity and vitality
- Share ideas with enthusiasm, fluency, and effectiveness