Words A.L.I.V.E. (ICC Chapter Malaysia): P3+R3=C3

Written by Ian Chan
Edited by Charis Chen and Ranen Chan

Greetings and welcome to our last meeting of July! Wow, time really flies! Today's meeting was started by our Chapter Chair, Jern Yoong, who shared the verse of the day which was taken from Psalms 121.

Photo by Ranen Chan

Next, Jern Ling led the icebreaker. Everyone gathers in a circle and the first person picks a card that has a word written on it. He then has to say a word that is associated with that word before 5 seconds are up. The person next to him does likewise. This continues around the circle. Those who didn't manage to think of a word in that period of time had to do the chicken dance.

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Victims of the icebreaker doing the chicken dance!

Charis led the Devotion and we read the Nicene Creed in unison. After we read the Nicene Creed, she explained the meaning of certain confusing words that we may not understand.

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Next up was Coach Choong Ming who shared with us that when he was at the UCSI University for a recital, he decided to sit in to listen to a lecture for a few minutes, but during those few minutes, he could not understand the lecturer's message. Coach Choong Ming shared with us about the three basic but essential traits in public speaking. First was repetition; we can emphasize a certain phrase by repeating it a few times, so if the audience forgets the speech, they remember the phrase. Second was clarity of structure; when a speaker speaks clearly, the audience is able to catch what he intends to say. Last but not least, simplicity of speech; we should use simple words and not big, bombastic words.

Photo by Ranen Chan

After the sharing, the YCC and YSG speakers had their teaching session.

In the YSG Teaching Session, Jern Ling and Ranen taught the YSG the 6-step formula for public speaking, P3+R3=C3, with the aid of 3 "superheroes" (coaches). The students learnt what was involved in each step and the importance of them. After the lesson, Ranen broke the students into 3 groups, and each group had to come up with a poster and a slogan for one of the superheroes.

The three supermen!

Hey! Look at this!

Purpose......

Photos by Coach Daniel

In the YCC session which was taught by Jern Yoong and I. The YCCers learned about inflection and voice projection. They did some tongue twisters and incorporated what they learnt in an introduction of themselves. They were quite responsive and did well for their introductions. Great job YCC speakers!

She slits the sheets...

Yeah!!!

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Good Job!

Then we had tea-break, which I'm sure was enjoyed by coaches and speakers alike!

After tea-break, we settled down for our speech coaching in our respective groups.