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Apr 26, 2024
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SPC 140 - Oral Interpretation
Last Date of Approval: Spring 2020
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 45
Total Lab Hours: 0
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
Oral Interpretation is a perfect fit for anyone who wants to improve confidence in public speaking, as well as those going into fields which require performance presentations: broadcasting, teaching, acting, advertising, coaching, public relations, etc. Oral Interpretation provides experience in the vocal performance of children’s literature, poetry, prose, and drama for the purpose of making such forms come alive for a listening audience. The class begins with attention on vocal techniques and daily group exercises in preparation for solo work later in the semester. This course helps students build confidence in their communication skills while also enabling them to think critically, consider the viewpoints of others, and effectively express themselves, all of which will benefit them in the classroom, in life, and in the workforce. Oral Interpretation also includes a literary analysis component which ties authors’ intentions to the choices performers make in presenting the student-selected materials.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: None.
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: None
Common Course Assessment(s): None.
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Analyze literature in order to make effective and logical performance choices.
- Analyze the components of a successful interpretation through in-class exercises.
- Apply a dramastic analysis to each selection in order to make logical performance choices.
- Recognize how oral interpretation is similar to and different from oral reading, public speaking and acting.
- Divide a script, experiment with blended voices, and choreograph the movement for a group performance of children’s literature, prose and poetry.
Dramatize selections from each of the three genres–poetry, prose, drama–through solo oral interpretation in front of an audience.
- Perform a variety of scripts with set markings for vocal variety.
- Recognize and practice applying the standards of effective voice and speech.
- Practice and apply vocal exercises to expand vocal range and power.
- Identify the unique characteristics of poetry, prose and drama.
Justify choices made in performance based on accepted standards of good literature and of delivery and interpretation.
- Summarize performance selections and defend choices using the standards of good literature.
- Discuss how the performance of literature can be advantageous to personal and professional life.
- Mark a script for vocal and physical variety.
Assess solo and group performances based on accepted standards of delivery and interpretation.
- Assess individual performance.
- Critique peer performance using appropriate guidelines for delivery and interpretation.
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