Presenter: Mary T Conway

Audience:  Faculty

Join Zoom Meeting: https://ccp.zoom.us/j/94160625771

Learning Goals

• To manage breathing while speaking in a mask
• To maintain a clear and audible voice while speaking in a mask.
• To learn techniques to project your voice while protecting your speaking apparatus.
• To learn and practice non-verbal cues for immediate feedback to students while masked.

Seminar Description

As we return to the face to face classroom wearing masks, we must make adjustments as instructors. Although we’ve worn masks for over a year now, we haven’t done so while speaking at length in front of a classroom. In this workshop, we will explore issues with breathing, audibility, articulation, and non-verbal communication, while we practice techniques to enhance communication in the classroom. Facilitator Mary Conway returned to the live Public Speaking classroom Fall 2021 and discovered a need to teach herself and our students how to best manage communication while masked. Workshop source material is research-based and includes techniques taught in ENGL 120 Voice and Articulation.