27413 - Techniques of Oral Presentation (CL2)

Learning outcomes

The student knows and is able to use the fundamental techniques of oral presentation and the management of emotions in public applied to the interpretation - He/she is able to apply the knowledge and skills acquired also to other professional fields - is able to develop additional knowledge and specific skills at a higher level and to use them in different fields

Course contents

The theatrical techniques for the preparation of the actor have acquired ample literature and recognized utility in social, business, social psychology, and in all fields of communication.

We will take care of each lesson at the same time on different levels:

- techniques and exercises for correct breathing, use of the diaphragm and its dissolution; of the various vocal registers, how to bring / deepen / give color and quality to one's own voice.

- work of training and awareness for the body, emotions and stress with single exercises, in pairs, or group.

- presentation and historical contextualization of the Italian diction (from the Unification of Italy, the choice of the Florentine / Sienese as the language of Dante and Petrarca, to represent the Italian "standard"); difference between phonetics (phonemes) and diction (vowel sound);

- correct articulation, hyphenation, intonation of phrasing concerning the subject of public speaking

- willingness and spirit of communication: looking at all the public, wanting to communicate, how to keep the attention of listeners / interlocutors high;

- expressive reading and in public.

In the first months of the course, more attention will be paid to the diction, the phonetics of the Italian standard and breathing, and the techniques of governing gestures; in the following: techniques for individual and group empowerment, preparation and techniques for a conference and mock conferences.

- preparation of a conference intervention (on a topic of your choice or borrowed from the studies that are leading the students

Time stages:

october-december: respiratory-vocal training, diction and phonetics, proxemics, expressive reading, exercises for managing emotions and controlling stress; first reflections on the topic of "conference intervention"; first public speaking techniques;

February-March: Preparation of public Mock Conferences where the student trains as a speaker and is interpreted by the students of the Second Year's Master of Interpretation; vocal physical training, expressive reading, exercises borrowed from the theater for awareness and expression (short monologues or dialogues, self-representations); writing, reading and first corrections (also in terms of organization of speech and rhetoric of language) about the work of "conference intervention";

April-May: mock conferences, vocal physical training, further refinement and training on your "conference intervention" in view of the exam; exercises of consecutive interpreting from Italian to Italian (from person to person or from audio-video support).
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Readings/Bibliography

D.O.P. Multimedia and Multilingual Italian Dictionary of Spelling and Pronunciation. Edited by Bruno Migliorini, Carlo Tagliavini, Piero Fiorelli. ERI editions.

Teaching methods

Lectures-workshops, exercises, seminars, practical conference activities through Speeches in public mock conferences at Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna Campus of Forlì.

Assessment methods

In addition to the 4 Mock Conferences in which the student can practice the teaching objectives that are being achieved, the exam tests consist of:
- conference intervention on a topical issue and / or international political and social history;
- expressive reading of a text of recognized international narrative.
- free conversation and imprint to check the student's skills in job interviews in general.

Teaching tools

Video projections, PCs, laboratories, Power Point, projectors.

Office hours

See the website of Angela Malfitano