Theater-based techniques to improve public speaking skills
Public speaking and presentation skills are crucial for captivating and maintaining the attention and interest of learners.
In this course, teachers, trainers, education staff, speakers, actors and other professionals can learn theater-inspired basic tools to exercise and optimize their voice, intonation and body language. Through a hands-on approach, the participants will practice and master public speaking techniques such as breathing, linguistic articulation, vocalizing etc. Through role-playing and simulations, the participants will improve their phonetic competences, scenic presence and narrative abilities. The end results of this public speaking training is to learn how to make the audience not only to listen passively, but feel surrounded, wrapped by the voice of the speaker.
Furthermore, in this course you will learn simple and easy techniques that you can afterwards not only apply in class but also teach to your learners.
Methodology:
We tailor our working methods based upon the participants‘ needs and professional profiles in order to ensure easier adaptability and application of the tools to the real life.
Our standard methodology is based on active learning and it is highly participative and practical. We have a hands on approach that comprises group exercises, role plays, experiments, case studies and simulation exercises. We use collaborative learning techniques to foster the exchange of good practices and collective learning.
The pedagogical methods used in this training course are based on experiential learning and learning by doing, Inquiry Based Learning and art-based teaching. Our focus is on showing the participants how the learners’ motivation increases when they become the actors of their own learning because the teacher takes the role of facilitator or learning guide. Thus, the participants get the chance to experience on themselves the benefits of the active learning methodology at the same time as learning how to apply it in their classroom.
Energizers, games and group dynamics are foreseen daily in order to ensure a positive energy and a cooperative learning climate in the group.
Group reflections and daily brief feedback sessions are planned to help adapting the learning programme to the specific needs of the participants.
We organize optional social and cultural activities in order to give the participants the opportunity to get to know the Canarian and Spanish culture as well as to do some professional networking and exchange good practices.
Certification and validation of learning outcomes
- Erasmus + learning Agreement
- Erasmus + learning Agreement complement
- Certificates of attendance
- Support with the Europass mobility certificates – to be issued by the applicant’s National Agency
Upon request, we also provide educational centers with additional documents that are required to certify the presence to the course and the competences learned. For example, we provide photos of the training course that can be used for dissemination purposes.
