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What Is Confident Communicators All About? |
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When Is The Best Time To Start Learning To Speak Publicly? |
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Who Is The Programme For? |
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What Is The Duration And Frequency Of The Class? |
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Where Will The Programme Be Held? |
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What Activities Can My Child Look Forward To? |
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What Can The Children Get From Participating In Confident Communicators Course? |
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What Program Skills Are Imparted? |
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Who Will Be Conducting The Lessons? |
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What Is The Teacher-Child Ratio For The Class? |
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How Do We Register? |
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How Do We Pay? |
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Who Do We Contact Regarding The Programme? |
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Who Is Learning Horizon? |
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What Is Confident Communicators Course All About?
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Confident Communicators is a public speaking course especially designed for pre-schoolers. It is a lively interactive programme that provides the children with a secure and comfortable environment to be comfortable speaking up and share their thoughts and ideas. |
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The main aim of this course is to provide the children with the opportunity to develop and practice their public speaking skills in a supportive environment. It fosters positive interaction amongst children, providing social experiences within the class. |
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Speaking in front of an audience can be a daunting task, even for adults! Yet it needn’t be. With a little guidance and practice, your little ones can gain the confidence needed to speak in front of an audience in a confident and articulate manner. This course will expose children to the tools and skills needed to be a poise and confident in their communication with others. |
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When Is The Best Time To Start Learning To Speak Publicly?
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The answer of waiting until you’re an adult is wrong. Starting from a young age is the best time to start. At a young age children’s brains are like a sponge. They are ready to assimilate information faster than at any other age. |
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These are some of the benefits that your children can achieve if they are involved in learning how to speak publicly, like being able to converse with their peers. They are able to express themselves in school and they’ll be able to advance in their classes. Later on in life, they’ll benefit from this speaking skills program when they can express themselves fluently during their oral examinations as well as their job interviews. |
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Preparing your children by teaching and learning public speaking can give them the doorway to other opportunities in life that they want to enter. |
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Who Is The Programme For?
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For children aged 4 to 12 yrs as follows: |
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Elementary- (4-6 years old) |
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Intermediate-(7-8 years old) |
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Advanced-(9-12 years old) |
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What Is The Duration And Frequency Of The Class?
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There are 3 modules in a year. Each module consists of 10 sessions and at the final session, children will participate in a Public Speaking presentation in class. |
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One session will be conducted each week. Each session is 1 hour long. Classes that fall on public holidays or centre closure dates will be replaced. |
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Where Will The Programme Be Held?
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For Learning Vision children: At selected Learning Vision childcare centres. |
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For Public children: At the Learning Horizon Education Hub in The Grassroots’ Club. |
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What Activities Can My Child Look Forward To?
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Some of the activities that will be conducted include Speech Drills, “Are you ready? Yes, I am!”, Body Talks and Word Play, and “Lend Me Your Ears” just to name a few. All these activities will enable students to develop their confidence and speaking skills, as well as organize and present their ideas in a clear and engaging manner. |
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What Can The Children Get From Participating In Confident Communicators Course?
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Students will also develop |
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Spontaneity and confidence to be able to stand and speak in front of an audience. |
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Able to articulate with eloquence and precise manner. |
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Able to express one’s thoughts and emotions fluently. |
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To have an audible volume so as to be understood by the audience. |
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To learn how to use presentation skills to maximum advantage. |
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What Program Skills Are Imparted?
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Breathing – Proper breathing techniques for vocal production and projection. |
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Articulation- The act or manner of producing a speech sound. |
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Vocal Modulation- The use of different tone, pace, pitch, pause, power and inflection in order to convey a meaningful and engaging speech to the audience. |
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Speech Faults- Identifying and rectifying common errors found in speech. |
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Impromptu Speech- Enhancing the student’s creativity so that they are able to be more spontaneous in their response. |
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Improvisation- a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) |
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Who Will Be Conducting The Lessons?
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Our trainers are trained professionals with extensive experience in the various fields. Please view trainer's profile here |
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What Is The Teacher-Child Ratio For The Class?
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Minimum: 5, Maximum: 15 |
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How Do We Register?
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Parents can register by one of the following ways: |
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For Learning Vision children: |
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Come down to the centre to fill up the registration form and make payment |
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Mail their cheques and registration form |
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Mail their cheques and fax the registration form |
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Register online at Learning Horizon. Please click here. |
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Email/fax/post their registration form and post their cheques to: |
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Learning Horizon Education Hub
Address: 190 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, #03-02,
The Grassroots’ Club, Singapore 568046
Fax: 6552 5591 |
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How Do We Pay?
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Payments can be made via cash or cheque directly to their respective centres. |
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For Learning Vision children: Cheques should be crossed and made payable to your respective centres. |
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For Public children: Cheques should be crossed and made payable to ‘Learning Horizon Pte Ltd’ |
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Who Do We Contact Regarding The Programme?
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Contact the respective Learning Vision centre principals or Learning Horizon Education Hub at 6552 4142. Alternatively, you can also email to info@learninghorizon.com.sg. |
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Who Is Learning Horizon?
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Learning Horizon is a leading provider of quality enrichment programmes for young children from eighteen months to twelve years of age. With a dedicated teaching staff specialized in each programme as well as curriculum designed and prepared by experts in their respective fields, over 2000 children every year enrol in our programs! |
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Learning Horizon is also the appointed enrichment provider for all Learning Vision centres since 2001. |
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