LEVEL-1 ENGLISH ORATOR

The FIRST level will create the foundations of English with focus on the essentials of speech making process. The lessons will handle the practicalities of problems faced by the young learners.

To give them confidence, the fear of accent, erratic pronunciation, and grammatical concepts will be removed to support them read, write, and listen confidently, at their maturity level.


UNIT-1 BASIC PHONETICS

(a) Consonants and Vowel Sounds.

(b) Phoneme & syllable (Introduction to stress, accent & intonation)
• Definition and Scope
• Speech Mechanism :An introduction
• Description of Human vocal organs: Active & Passive Articulators.
• Phonemes and syllables (Introduction, to stress, accent & intonation)
• Consonants of English-Definition and Description w.r.t. to Tongue Lips and soft plate position.


UNIT-2 CLASSIFICATION
1. Pure Vowel/monophthongs (Front, central and back, open and closed, short and long, strong, and Weak, Rounded, and unrounded)
2. Vowel Glides /Diphthongs(closing and cantering)
3. Phonetic transcription using IPA symbols – words, features of connected speech (Intonation, assimilation of consonant cluster, weak forms) spelling patterns of English.


UNIT-3 GRAMMAR
1. Verb Forms and Tense
2. Subject Verb Agreement
3. Voice - Active and Passive
4. Antonyms and their use
5. Synonyms and their use
6. Prefix and Suffix - Word formation
7. Parts of Speech and their rules
8. Narration - Direct and Indirect
9. Writing fluently on a given topic


UNIT-4 WRITING SKILLS
1. Composing simple paragraph-Ordering information in a logical manner (coherence).
2. Essay Writing (250 words)-Argumentative, Narrative, Descriptive, Imaginative.
3. Writing Advertisement
4. Writing Welcome Speech & Vote of Thanks.


UNIT-5 PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
1. Definition and Purpose
2. Process
3. Guidelines
4. Helpful Expressions of Introduction & Conclusion
5. Taking Command of audience attention span
6. Role of Accent , Tone ,Intonation
7. Body Language
8. Types :Speech, Elocution, Extempore, debate, etc.
9. Personality Traits assessed.
10. Combating common fears & nervousness on stage.


UNIT-6 EXTENSIVE SPEAKING PRACTICE ON A RANGE OF SCENARIOS, RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING TILL END OF THE COURSE.