Course overview
The aim of this course is to introduce students to practical and written skills in communication and build understanding of the nature of physical, oral and written presentation. Through dramatic games and exercises, students will develop an awareness of play, body and voice. The dramatic skills of presentation are developed through individual and group performances. Focused exercises on the body and voice build awareness of the communicative potential of both. Observation, reflection and critical evaluation of the exercises are combined with relevant readings to foster a practical and theoretical understanding of the dramatic principles of communication. Students read and understand texts; argue a case and write an academic essay outlining such principles.
Course learning outcomes
- demonstrate basic practices of performance and presentation
- identify physical and vocal difficulties in communication
- deliver an oral presentation to an audience
- engage with others to solve problems and to develop improvisations
- use gesture, body and voice in performance and presentation
- develop skills to argue a case in an essay
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