Speak Well Club
The Speak Well Club of the college, for more than a decade on its journey, is a special extra class organized to help students improve their spoken skills. Through this activity, student teachers are groomed in their speaking skills which is most essential as future teaching. The activity also enables them to give effective lessons during practice teaching, as well as to speak on various occasions like participating in classroom discussions, giving presentations during the Morning Assembly and facing an interview during recruitment.
All the sessions are very practical, and the activity for every session is purposefully planned to enhance the student teacher’s speaking ability for special purposes along with the relevant vocabulary. Students are expected to prepare before coming to class, practice in class in groups or pairs and then present. Each presentation is followed by a written and oral feedback from peers as well as the teacher on the strengths of performance and areas of improvement. This helps in boosting their confidence and honing their skills in a non- threatening environment.
During the lockdown the Speak Well sessions continued as usual on the Zoom platform, utilizing Break out rooms and chat for an enhanced experience.
Special Sessions on Public Speaking are also conducted and it is designed in such a manner that all the students of the class have a role to play and thus get the opportunity to face the audience and speak.