KA2 ADULTS RAISE YOUR VOICE
KA220-ADU-5C1B6DC2
Toolkit Modules – Guidelines
Context:
“Raise Your Voice” is a Strategic Partnership supporting innovation in the field of adult education aimed at exploring the potential of public speaking in response to the changing world in which most relationships and business agreement are done online and not in presence. This, is to help young adults in the process of personal and professional development through the enhancement of advanced communication and entrepreneurial skills, with a specific focus on public speaking ability.
Structure:
The educational modules of the Toolkit will include the following ones:
- Theoretical knowledge about Public Speaking and its application in Entrepreneurial Fields
- Background information on the educational needs and socio-economical exclusion issues
- Soft skills, transversal skills, and competencies related to Public Speaking
- Innovatively co-designed methodologies addressed to decreed target groups
- Good practices of public speaking enhancement and entrepreneurial approach
- The role of educators in supporting co-creation dynamics within a group
- Development of autonomous tools of education in Public Speaking skill development
- To enhance specific speaking skills
- To commute and increase these skills’ applicability inside of an Entrepreneurial approach
- To boost the communicative efficiency
Every module will contain:
- Introduction; Workshops; Conclusion
Type of workshop:
The workshops of the toolkit should be elaborated as group sessions (2 workshops for each topic). For the development of each session, the following aspects should be considered: Workload, Methods and Delivery.
| Workload | Methods | Delivery |
| Typology of the sessions: – theoretical – practicalTimeframe of each session: – duration structure (ex. 10 min intro, 40 min implementation, 15 min debriefing). | Verbal Methods: oral presentation method, method of lecturing and teaching, writing method, method of conversation, case display method, method of discussion, problem solving method.Practical Methods:practical working method, method of independent learning, learning in an online environment. | Video Content: video materials intended for the session topic.Theoretical Content: reading materials created to broaden the video content.Practical Content: various exercises that will foster the learning process.Knowledge Content: short quizzes; uploads of completed tasks will be expected. |
Guidelines for workshops
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| SESSION “Module 8: To enhance specific speaking skills” | |
| Objectives of the session | This session will focus on enhancing specific speaking skills.The objectives of the module:Learners will learn what are speaking skills and how they could use these skills.Learners will understand what kind of methods they can use to develop speaking skills.Learners will practice exercises to develop their speaking skills through storytellingLearners will understand how exercises help their speaking skills development |
| Methodology | Oral Presentation, Non-Formal Education (NFE), Storytelling, Debriefing, Discussion |
| Timeframe | Total Duration = 75 minutesIntroduction: 5 min.Theoretical Part: 10 min.Activity: 45 min.Debriefing: 15 min. |
| Materials | Story cubes for exercisePaper, pen to draw pictures (If there are no story cubes) |
| Delivery Content(s) | PPT presentation for introduction partParticipant list |
| Target Group | Young AdultsDisadvantaged young adults aged 18-25 coming from marginalized urban and rural communitiesYoung adult NEETsNGO workersCultural WorkersYouth WorkersSocial WorkersBusiness people |
| Participants Number | Flexible numbers (At least 5, Max. 12 people per group is recommended) |
| Procedure | The procedure of the workshop session will be described by 3 steps:STEP 1: INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL PART (15 Min.)The facilitator will present introductory and theoretical info about speaking skills. Here are the topics that facilitators need to explain to the learners.Warm-up questions.How important is having good speaking skills in your daily life?How does developing speaking skills contribute to your personal/professional development?Do you know some techniques that develop speaking skills?Importance of speaking skills in daily life, career advancement, teaching, politics, and activism.How to improve your speaking skills by using specific methodologiesHow storytelling improves speaking skills STEP 2: WORKSHOP (45 Min.)In this part, the participants will exercise to develop their speaking skills through a storytelling approach. How it works:By using story cubes (examples: Rory’s story cubes) or by producing similar materials learners can develop speaking skills by producing new stories in written or oral form.To make prepared or unprepared speeches to improve or reinforce the speaking skills of the learners. At the time, each learner can be asked to give a cube and draw a story from the pictures on it, and enjoyable examples may emerge.Implementation:The story cubes exercise offers a very simple but effective method. As well as backgammon dice, each face of these cubes has drawings. Cubes contain pictures that show icons, adventure moments, daily life events, etc. . A drawing on each face reflects an emotion or an action. Normally a set of story cubes contains 9 cubes to create a story. Learners should take the 9 cubes in their hands shake and throw them like dice on a plain surface, floor, or table. Then learner randomly gives an order by putting all the cubes in a line. Then split the cubes into 3 groups. 3 cubes for the introduction of the story3 cubes for the development of the story3 cubes for the conclusion of the storyHowever, it depends on the facilitator using how many cubes for the exercise if he/she decides to use hand-made cubes.Implementation Methods:“Roll and Play” (Take the 9 cubes, shake them. Focus on a picture and advance your story by starting with “once upon a time…” and building connections between pictures.)“Creating Superhero Stories” (Using cubes to imagine a hero and a villain opposite him. Be sure to name them and construct a story about their past that brought them to the present. Then, “once upon a time…””Rory’s Story Cubes Mix Edition” (Choose three cubes from each cube box and make a new set of 9 cubes and “once”…)Story cubes could be bought or made by hand. Facilitators or learners can make similar ones themselves or make cards if making cubes is difficult. Pre-cut cubes can also be illustrated with simple lines. STEP 3: CONCLUSION AND DEBRIEFINGIn this part, learners will be asked about the takeaways from the session.Suggested questions for the facilitators for the debriefing part.To what extent, storytelling can help you to develop your speaking skills?How do you feel when you create a story by using cubes?What are the most interesting takeaways from the workshop?After facilitators and learners have a discussion and debriefing, the workshop will be finalized. |
| Tips for Trainer | Prepare training materials before the training dayBefore starting the session get participants to know by doing warm-up exercisesStart the session by asking questions to learn about learners’ needs and current situationCreate an environment for trust and encourage creativityBe open for questions and manage the sessions interactively |
| Resources | Introduction:https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/how-to-improve-speaking-skillsImportance and Activities:https://virtualspeech.com/blog/how-to-improve-public-speaking-skillsExercise:https://www.storycubes.com/en/ |