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. CONVERSATION 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 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.
VII. CURRENT ISSUES' DEBATE
The most contemporary topics were chosen and debated upon like:K-Rail, Agnipath,Malayalam cinema etc.
VIII. 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.
VIII. 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:
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.
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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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".
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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."
