SAINT JOSEPH COLLEGE, MAASIN, LEYTE

Maasin City, Southern Leyte

SPEECH AND THEATER ARTS

Course Outline

UNIT 1: SPEECH ART – AN OVERVIEW

• Concepts of Speech and Communication
• Levels of Context of Communication
• Modes of Communication
• Review on the Communication Process
• Review on Speech Sounds
• Focus on the Suprasegmentals as tools for Speech and Theater – Stress, Pitch, Volume, Enunciation, etc.
• Public Speaking

UNIT 2: CREATIVE SPEECH PRODUCTIONS

• Impromptu, Extemporaneous, Memorized, and Manuscript Speaking
• Argumentation and Debate
• Speeches for Special Occasion
• Oral Interpretation
• Storytelling
• Interpretative Reading
• Declamation
• Monologue
• Group Interpretation
• Readers’ Theater
• Chamber Theater
• One Playlet

UNIT 3: THEATER ARTS – AN OVERVIEW

• The History and Elements of Drama

• Role of Drama and Theater
• Theater as an Art, Socializing Activity, and a
• Way of Learning
• Drama as a Learning Medium
• Creative Drama
• Role Playing
• Improvisation and Pantomime
• Scripted and Non-Scripted Performances
• Puppetry and Mask
• Making
• Multiculturalism and Drama

UNIT 4: THEATER PRODUCTION

• The Theatrical Process
• Audience and Criticism
• Theater Space and Design
• Playwriting and Dramaturgy
• Scene Design
• Theater Acting
• Directing and Producing a Stage Play

Prepared by:

REMEDIOS ABIERA BIANES, LPT