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DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC SPEAKING
(ALCM)

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This is a one-year programme designed to prepare candidates for the diploma examination in public speaking.  This is the Associate diploma (ALCM) issued by the London College of Music.  This programme is ideal for serious amateurs such as Toast-masters, or aspiring speech professionals, including teachers and trainers.  The course will be run on a four-module basis (ten lessons per module x 1.5 hours).

Module One: Presentation Skills

            Participants will be taught the basics of preparing a speech.  This will include voice and gestures, controlling nervousness, delivery styles, as well as speech forms.  Students will have the opportunity of making presentations, and having them evaluated by both instructor and classmates.  It will prepare each candidate for the actual practical examination presentation.

Module Two: Phonetics & Pronunciation

            Learners will be introduced to the basics of phonetics and pronunciation.  This is an essential component of speech training as candidates will be required to explain in the examination how words are pronounced.  Key components will include voiced and unvoiced consonants, articulation, diphthongs and triphthongs, stress and rhythm, weak forms, clusters, and intonation.

Module Three: Speech Improvement

            In this module, instruction will be based upon the recommended text issued by the London College of Music for speech training.  This is  A Guide to Practical Speech Training by Gordon Luck.  Mastery of the text will put the student in good stead for the written examinations.  Time will also be devoted to examination preparation via study of past years papers.

Module Four: Practice & Rehearsal

            This is the practice term; Full attention will be given to rehearsal of actual examination speeches.  Requirements of the examination will include the following:

• Two prepared speeches;

• An impromptu talk;

• Sight reading; and,

• Discussion with the examiner (viz., on speech content, techniques, pronunciation and style, etc.)

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