The annual Speak UP workshop for kids, tweens, and teens, organized by the UP Diliman Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) recently concluded for this year.
Holden Kenneth Alcazaren, assistant professor at the DSCTA, shared that the DSCTA managed 12 Speak UP classes this year.
“This workshop aims to develop participants’ confidence and communication skills through practical training in speech, voice, and performance, guided by faculty and student volunteers from the department,” Alcazaren said in an email to UPDate Online.
The Speak UP for children, tweens, and teens ran from June 2 to June 13. For their culminating activity, the participants held presentations and performances at Palma Hall Pavilion 1, with their parents and guardians in attendance.
The presentations included storytelling performances where the children read stories they had written themselves, essay readings by tweens, and a debate session by teens.
Alcazaren noted that these presentations served as “meaningful recognition of the efforts of our faculty, students, and participants in making communication education more accessible and inclusive.”
Speak UP for professionals is held in two Saturday sessions, on June 14 and June 21.