JABATAN: JABATAN
PENGAJIAN AM
Name of the programme
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Choral Speaking Competition
2015
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Date
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6 & 7 October 2015
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Time
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2.00 – 5.00 pm
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Venue
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Bilik Tayangan, UIDM
(Preliminary Round)
Dewan Kuliah Utama, PIS
(Final Round/ Prize-giving Ceremony)
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Prepared by
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Catherine Nguoi Chui Lam
(The secretary of the
programme)
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A two-day
English programme, Choral Speaking Competition 2015, which aims to improve students’ speech in terms of pitch, tone,
volume, rate, diction and enunciation as well as promoting team
spirit among Semester three students in PIS, was organized by English Language
Unit, General Studies Department on 6 and 7 October 2015.
A total of one hundred and fifty-eight (158) PIS students have benefitted
from the programme. The participants were one hundred and forty-eight (148) Semester
3 students from the four (4) different departments of PIS, namely, JKE (49
students), JKM (48 students), JPH (26 students) and JRKV (25 students). Meanwhile,
eight (8) facilitators chosen from English Language Society were entrusted with
the responsibilities to help out during the programme and two (2) Semester one
students were trained by the lecturer-in-charge to be the Masters of Ceremony
for the Final Round cum Prize-Giving Ceremony for the said programme.
Eight (8) participating teams, led by their respective lecturers are
listed as follows: DEV3B (Pn.
Ainun Juhariah Bt Hussin), DHK3A (Cik Nurul
Hana bt Ab Nasir), DEM3A (Pn.
Catherine Nguoi Chui Lam), DRG3A (Pn. Siti Noraini Hamzah), DKM3A (Pn. Kamarul
Aina bt Mohamad), DKM 3 (En. Yeow
Chee Kheong), DEE3B (En. Mohd
Rafiq b. Mujilan) and DEP3A (Siti
Faezah bt Ahmad Sazali).
Among the objectives of this programme were to develop
students’ effective use of voice variation in their interpretation of chosen
texts enhanced by their imagination and creativity and cultivate the effective
team work among the students. Each team was led by a conductor chosen amongst
the students and a time limit of 6-7 minutes was allocated for the stage performance.
For the preliminary round, Cik Nora bt Sahari (JPA) and Pn. Noor Azeelia bt Abd Manan (JPA) were
appointed as the judges. Meanwhile, En. Jahabar Jainul Abideen Bin
Shahul Hameed (JPA) and Pn. Zuraidah Bt Mohd Ramly (JMSK) were appointed as the
judges for the Final Round. The competition
results are as follows: First Place (DEV3B), Second Place (DKM3A), Third Place
(DEP3A) and Consolation Prize (DEM3A). Meanwhile, the participating team from
DKM3A was nominated as THE MOST PRESENTABLE GROUP while DEM3A had successfully
impressed the crowd by grabbing both THE BEST CONDUCTOR AWARD and THE BEST
SCRIPT AWARD.
On the whole, Choral Speaking Competition 2015 has provided the participants with the opportunities to vocalize
their ideas in front of others and speak in public confidently. This programme can thus be
considered an essential platform towards developing the students’ sensitivity
to effective use of language.
