On Monday, 07/08/2024, the English Department arranged a special course for a public speaking training, collaborating with the Swaragama Radio Station. The course will be held for 11 days with three different mentors, Gideon Surya, Cici Priskila, and Bara Zulfa. Each of the mentors will have their own materials, respective to their specialties.
The first part of this course, which was held for 4 days, was held by Gideon Surya. The main focus of the first part of this course was to teach the participants to improve their public speaking skills in general like for a class presentation or a thesis presentation. Mr. Gideon also taught the participants on what should and should not be done during a presentation so that it will improve their delivery during the presentation. The first session was then closed by each of the participants practicing a presentation.
As the first session was done, the course was then continued by Cici Priskila that was held for 3 days. The second session focuses mainly on how to be a good radio announcer. She also taught the participants regarding a good vocal technique, the divisions, and what should be prepared before airing. Just like the first session, the second session also closed by the participants practicing their radio announcing skill.
Finally, there came the third and final session which was handled by Bara Zulfa. The main topic for this session is regarding on how to be a got MC in an event. He taught the participants on how to adjust our atmosphere so that our style as an MC could match the atmosphere of the event. He also said that it is also important to have a self-branding as an MC so that people would know what are the MC’s style. Just like the previous sessions, this session also ended with the participants practicing the materials as an MC.
