EXPERIENCE CERTIFIED

 CREST (SINCE 2010)

TO BE CONTINUED...

35th BATCH @ CREST

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I. TOTAL PERSONALITY SPEECH

The students  did a written and oral presentation covering all the four aspects of their personality:

1. Personal self (Talking about their native place, friends and neighbors, their hobbies, likes and dislikes, personal achievements etc)  

2. Family (Info about their parents and siblings)

3. Education (Details about their school and college life)

4. Career (Describing their Employment life)

II. CONVERSATIONAL TABLE 

In this exercise, the students did a conversational discussion in fours, standing on all the four corners of a table before the audience. Some of the topics were:

1. Networking

2. TV Programs

3. Traffic Issues

4. Exams

5. Future of Entertainment       

III. NRIP- NEWSPAPER READING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME

The students read and discussed various newspaper reports and articles like:

Language debate in India

Sustainable Development in Kerala

IV. THE USER FRIENDLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The students discussed some of the user friendly qualities of English language like:

 1. The Power of Conjunctions

2. The Power of Prepositions

3. Vocabulary

4.Flexibility

                              V. WRITTEN EXERCISES

The students wrote a short speech on topics like:

 1. A movie that they liked.

 2. Importance of Family, Friends and the Field of work. 

VI VIDEOS USED FOR ACTIVITIES

1. "YOUTH EXPRESS ON ASIANET" VIDEO DISCUSSIONS

2. POPULAR TED SPEECHES

3. FAMOUS MOVIE SCENES

4. COMMUNICATION CLASS VIDEOS BY EXPERTS

5. IELTS EXAM VIDEOS PREPARED BY EXPERTS

VII RECOMMENDED YOU-TUBE VIDEOS

1. The surprising secret to speaking with confidence by Caroline GoyderTEDx

2. Sachin's farewell speech.

3. Charlie Chaplin's speech in The Great Dictator.

4. Michael Jackson's Earth Song

5. "I have a dream song" by ABBA

6. "Good Morning Baltimore" Song.

7. "Let Her Go Song" from the Album Passenger

8. "These are some of my favorite things" from the movie Sound of Music.

9.  Que Sera Sera Song.

10. Mahatma Gandhi's speech from the movie "Gandhi".

VII STUDENTS FACILITATING LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES

Students good at verbal skills conducted language activities like:

1. Giving new words.

2. Giving quotes to speak.

3. Giving proverbs.

4. Synonyms' quiz.

5. Idioms' quiz.

6. Antonyms' quiz.

7. Proverbs' quiz.

8. Extempore speaking

9. Giving topics for paragraph writing.

10. Giving English words for commonly used Malayalam words.

                                     VIII LET'S SMALL TALK

There are small talk sessions wherein students answer easy questions about their name, native place, qualification, occupation and also about their dream jobs/profession/field. The students also talk to their fellow students (in English) asking questions about the topics mentioned here.

IX. CURRENT ISSUES' DEBATE

The most contemporary topics were chosen and debated upon  like:K-Rail, Agnipath,Malayalam cinema etc.

X. JOB INTERVIEW BASED EXERCISE

In this exercise, tips and tricks, to crack job interviews were discussed. 

Watch a You Tube video on how to give a good self introduction.

How to prepare for interviews....GET TIPS.

                            XI. IELTS SPEAKING TEST PRACTICE EXERCISE

In this exercise, IELTS Practice Videos were shown and the students were given opportunities to answer questions that were used in the practice video.

Watch a You Tube Video on "Tips for Speech Practice"

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A FEW OTHER CLASSROOM EXERCISES AT A GLANCE...

1. SWOT BASED STORY PRESENTATION

This Role Play was called SWOT based story telling presentation exercise. The students were divided in to teams and they told their own imaginary stories that were character driven. The main character in the story had some strengths and also weaknesses and the stories described how the protagonist made use of their strengths to benefit from the opportunities and also overcame threats in their lives.

SHORT STORY 1

THE KING AND THE BIRD

      Once upon a time there was a king ruled a prosperous kingdom,who was very fond of birds. He had a huge collection of birds in his palace.One day a stranger gifted him a beautiful bird, with golden feathers, marvellous voice, shining blue  eyes.....

Every evening the king comes to visit the bird and feed the bird himself. As the day passes the king got more attached to the bird....

      He reluctantly started to forget about commitments in the kingdom. By noticing the irresponsibility of the king, ministers of the kingdom decided to kill that bird. But one of the minister suggested to release the bird by open the cage instead of killing. Next morning when the king came to visit the bird the cage was empty...

        The king got angry and depressed. As the day goes on he became more weak....Then one morning a messenger came and informed the king that the bird was gifted by the rivals. By hearing this news the Rajaguru adviced the king...

"Your highness, you are the strongest person in this kingdom. But you need to realise that your thoughts were narrowed into the world of bird. Actually that was their motive to send the bird. Now you need to focus on the kingdom and protect our territories."

The king realised his true potential and announced the war against their rivals. Later the king won the war and established his territories....

SHORT STORY 2

2. SHORT STORY BASED ROLE PLAY

In this exercise, the students were asked to read some good short stories. Then they have to present a story that they liked as a role play having three scenes.

1. Giving an idea about the premise.

2. The plot.

3.  A memorable climax.

3. ROLE PLAY ON A CULTURAL PRACTICE

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a Role Play showing a cultural practice that the teams think should evolve according to the times.

                      4. ROLE PLAY ON VIRTUAL REALITY

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a Role Play showing two situations.

1. Communication without smart phones or virtual reality.

2. Virtual reality helping in improving the quality of the conversation or the discussion or speech or presentation

                     5. PRESENTATION ABOUT A GIFT

In this individual presentation exercise, all the students were asked to choose randomly the name of a fellow student to whom they would like to give a gift that the person can use to make their lives more fulfilling and fun filled. Then both the giver and the receiver share their thoughts before the class about the gift.

                                                                                                                                                 6. PRESENTATION - STEPS TO SUCCESS

In this individual presentation exercise, all the students were asked to talk about a person known to them who has improved a lot in a particular skill/subject/area and really inspired them in a positive manner.

7. ROLE ABOUT ABOUT SEXISM

                                       

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a Role Play that shows a situation having sexism (or no sexism) in the society of the past, present or future.

                               8. ROLE PLAY ABOUT ABOUT A PERSON

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a Role Play showing the situations in the life of a person from their native place who plays a significant role in the society.

                                       9. ROLE PLAY ABOUT FUTURE

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a Role Play that gives the audience a peek into the future.

                                                                                                                                            10. ROLE PLAY ABOUT "NEW AND OLD"   

                          

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a Role Play that gives the audience a comparison between two situations:

1. In the past.....in the lives of youngsters in the past. (20 years ago)

2. In the present.

                                11. PRESENTATION ABOUT A MOVIE

In this individual presentation exercise, all the students were asked to talk about a movie using four sub topics in only four sentences.

1. Favorite scene 

2. Favorite character

3. Plot

4. The climax

 

                                12. PRESENTATION ABOUT A PLACE

In this individual presentation exercise, all the students were asked to talk about an interesting place visited using the four sub topics.

1. The Journey to the place

2. Activities at the place like sight seeing,trekking, hiking, boating etc.

3. People and culture....things bought/special food/festivals.

4. Climate/clothes/best time to visit.

       12. ROLE PLAY ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT WAS AN INSPIRATION

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a Role Play that shows the main character getting an creative spark or an inspiration to do something creative with a lot of passion like starting a business/an organisation, making a movie/short film, writing a book/blog etc.

13. AN AUDIENCE VOTING SPEECH/DISCUSSION/INTERACTION ACTIVITY 

In this exercise, the students were asked to come in fours and then talk on a topic and then the audience selects the best speaker from the group. The speech is mainly on Opportunities and Threats in different professions like Tourism, Movies etc. in future.

                               14. PRESENTATION ABOUT A PLACE

In this individual presentation exercise, all the students were asked to talk about an interesting TV show/programme that they used to watch in their childhood.

                              15. PRESENTATION ABOUT A COURSE

In this individual presentation exercise, all the students were asked to talk about a course that was useful to them in many ways using these sub topics:

1. Favourite topics/subjects/good memories.

2. Campus/Infrastructure/facilities.

3. Testing Methods/Assessment procedures.

4. Relevance/Importance of the course in your present life.

                  16. A CREATIVE PRESENTATION ABOUT A TOPIC

In this presentation exercise, the students generate dialogues on a topic by making creative use of "silence" and "3 questions". 

                               17. A TV SHOW BASED ROLE PLAY

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a Role Play that showcases their talents before the audience in the format of a TV show.

            18. A ROLE PLAY ABOUT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a Role Play that shows various activities in the classroom. 

                       19. A ROLE PLAY ABOUT "BEING A KERALITE"

In this exercise, the students were asked to perform a humorous Role Play (using elements of satire, sarcasm, irony, pun etc.) that shows the typical habits, tendencies, attitudes, bent of mind, disposition, temperament, idiosyncrasies etc. of Keralites. 

                    20. PEOPLE AND MINDSET DISCUSSION

In this exercise, the students were asked to talk about the importance of various things like possessions, money, food, time, language, personality, love and acceptance, education, destiny, clothing, family structure, humor, world view etc.

                         22. ROLE PLAY ON POPULAR PROVERBS

Firstly the students are divided into five groups and then all the groups have to perform a role play based on a popular proverb for eg., Every cloud has a silver lining. 

Wishing the 35th Batch @ CREST all success and happiness.