RATIONALE

This seminar is designed for first year Diploma and Foundation students who are keen to improve
their speaking skills in English so that they can communicate by using the language in full of
confidence. The course teaches the basic communication skills needed to communicate in a
various kind of settings. Besides that, the course also helps to aid participants to identify their
strengths and needs in language leaning and to give them the confidence to achieve their own
goals. It is considered as the fastest and easiest way to reduce stage fright which they are
experiencing during presentations. Many students are afraid to give a speech in front of people
as they are not confident with themselves conversing in English. So, this course is good enough
to foster the participants to speak in English without anxiety.

Speaking in a poise and self-confidence manner is important characteristics that a speaker should
have when doing a presentation or conversing in a formal setting. The seminar helps the
participants to develop courage, self-confident and have poise when they are speaking in front of
a group during presentation. It also helps the participants to generate self-confidence so that the
public see them as being the expert and know the content of their speech without being unsure
about it. The message of the speech should be delivered with confidence so that the public will
pay attention to the speech as they will think the speaker is an expert in his/her content. So, the
participants will be taught on how to deliver the content to the audience and how to make the
presentation more organized.

Presentation takes up a huge role in universities and also in working field. Power of presentation
skills makes the difference between success and failure. This is because participants
presentation skills will be evaluated in terms of intonation, voice projection, eye contact, content,
body language and so on. All those criteria carry marks and it affects the marks for the
presentation. This seminar is as close as you can get to having a personal public speaking coach
as each participant will be guided and facilitated by the facilitators. All the participants will get
equal attention as the participants will get comfortable to seek for help from the facilitators due to
the ice breaking session in the beginning of the seminar. Each of participants will have the chance
to get one-on-one coaching at the end of the presentation. This is because immediate feedback
is important for the participant as it helps to comprehend on what he/she needs to improve and it
will not spoil the momentum of the participants in improving speaking skills.
The presentations of the participants would be videotaped and evaluated based on the criteria in
the rubric. The reason the presentation will be videotaped is to let the participants know and see
their improvements from session to session on how they speak. This helps them to boost their
self-confidence as they will be more confident with themselves by looking at the improvements.
Most of the activities are student-centered because it is all about speaking skills and they have to
experience speaking in English with confidence.

By attending this seminar, participants will improve themselves in giving speech or delivering
information in presentation form confidently and with poise. This seminar helps them to alleviate
the fear of speaking in front of the audience which is useful for them in order to give an effective
presentation in classroom and in working field in the future. It is also helps to develop the
participants skills in independent learning outside of the classroom. We believe that in this three
days seminar could benefit the participants and expect changes in their presentation skills and
speaking skills.
Elite Institute is to conduct a seminar on Public Speaking in Management and Science University, Shah
Alam for the course of three days; dated 19th August 2017 up till 21st August 2017. The program is
conducted especially for all the first year Diploma and Foundation students in the respected university. The
age group varies between the ages of 18 to 20. The reason why the seminar has chosen that particular
age group is because; it aims to help new students build their self-confidence in speaking publically which
takes up a huge part of being a university student. Diploma and Foundation students are particularly new
to university environment and some if not most of them have trouble coping up with the university
requirements. When they were still at school, they dont need to stand out much as they need to do in
universities. One of an important requirement of being a university student is to be able to present properly
among your course mates and lecturers. Giving presentations takes up a huge role in universities all around
the World and not many students excel in public speaking. Many face fears such as stage frights and they
dont have the support required to handle their fears properly. Therefore, this seminar is important to give
the students the little push that they require to boost their confidence and provide them with equal amount
of motivation to excel in their university life. Furthermore, the students will be divided into groups during the
entire period of the seminar. Each group will consists of various courses and this will ultimately encourage
interaction among all students regardless of their chosen course in the university. It will provide a chance
for the students to bond among each other.