Improving listening and speaking skills

Bag code: EDUCO81210025 Days: Two training days ("Today’s training 5 hours"). Time: 10 training hours. Targeted participants: Speech and language specialists in schools and centers - teachers and parents interested in developing verbal communication for children - students specializing in special education and speech therapy - trainers interested in auditory and vocal communication techniques. Program overview: This program focuses on improving listening and speech skills (definition - types - characteristics - objectives - positives - negatives .. etc). It will be presented through the following units: First training unit: Developing auditory abilities and sound discrimination Second training unit: Developing pronunciation and verbal fluency Program objectives: - To enable the trainee to recognize the basic processes of hearing and speech skills. - To analyze common problems in auditory and verbal communication. - To apply practical exercises to improve pronunciation and listening. - To employ sound activities to strengthen fluency and verbal interaction. Program topics: First training unit: (Developing auditory abilities and sound discrimination): Concept of listening skills and their importance • Definition of listening skills and their types. • Mental processes involved in auditory comprehension. • The relationship between listening, attention, and verbal interaction. Auditory awareness and sound discrimination • Differentiating between natural and human-made sounds. • Recognizing subtle differences in tone of voice. • Activities to enhance focused listening skills. Strategies to improve listening and auditory focus • Techniques for concentration and auditory attention. • Sound games to develop interaction. • Using recordings and auditory repetition. Practical applications for developing listening • Analyzing training audio clips. • Assessing the trainee’s ability to capture auditory information. • Group practical training to analyze and distinguish sounds. Second training unit: (Developing pronunciation and verbal fluency): Articulatory points and pronunciation quality • Identifying correct sound production locations. • Common pronunciation errors and how to correct them. • Exercises for the tongue, lips, and jaw. Rhythm and intonation in communication • Controlling voice pitch and tone. • Vocal coloring to express meaning. • Exercises in intonation and phonetic segmentation. Improving verbal fluency • Gradually moving from words to sentences to dialogues. • Exercises to overcome stuttering and hesitation. • Interactive group activities to increase fluency. Using media to support pronunciation • Recording and performance analysis. • Voice intelligence applications to evaluate pronunciation. • Designing a follow-up plan to improve verbal communication. Contents of the bag: PowerPoint 103 Trainer’s guide 64 Trainee’s guide 56 Activities 4 Introductory guide 4 References 4 Evaluation and data forms 6 Pre- and post-assessment 10 Videos 4 Photos 13 Mind maps 1 Brochure 1 Training bag template: Please click here to view the training bag template