I.

Title
Improving English Communication Seminar
(a two day seminar for graduating students sponsored by the Lighthouse Institute)
Themes: "Don't Speak Passively, Do it Actively"
II. Participants
All graduating students in Tulay na Lupa National High School is required to attend the seminar.
There are 60 fourth year high school students in this school.
III. Venue
Labo Sports Center
Maharlika Hway Labo, Camarines Norte
IV. Budgetary Requirement
This event will cost 16,000.00. Each participants will pay a cost of 150.00 each and the
7,000.00 will be taken from the fund of the school.
V. Proponent's
This event was proposed by:
Irene Grace Arevalo,Ma.Ed
English Teacher
Aiza I. Villagarcia,Ph.D
English Teacher

VI. Rationale
English is the international language that's why English communication skills is very significant.
People who are at the top of our society are those who can use and understand English.
Communication skills are essential for successful future career of a student. In todays competitive
world, communication skills in business are the most sought after quality of an educated person.
Reading, writing, speaking and listening carefully are the four most important communication
skills for students. These skills like most of the communication skills sounds too familiar as a
result of which we take them for granted.
According to Mann., L. (1999) on his premise, "Communication is the vehicle which allows
humans to recall the past and plan for the future." The author emphasizes the role of oral
communication in our daily and occupational lives. Within our experience as communicators, we
typically spend 75% of our time speaking and listening and only 25% reading and writing.
As stressed by the newsletter of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

41,1,6-7, speaking and listening (the first basic skills), argues that instructions in a broad range of
basic speaking and listening skills should begin during the highschool years. Students need to
learn how to communicate in a variety of context - the home, the hall way, the playground and the
workplace.
Graduating students must be ready for the next step of their journey. Most of them will go to
college wherein it requires a lot of talking and comprehension in a higher level. Effective
communication skills are important for college entrance. Some universities may even require an
interview. Also good communication is one of the important keys to many college students
success. It must take place between the student and the college, between the parents and the
college, but most importantly between the parents and the student. Good communication is
transactional and involves both talking and listening.
This seminar is designed to inspire critical thought of communication style and choices. Also it
offers you the tool to understand many complex and fascinating ways in which language and
communication work in the world and also to improve their own abilities and skills in
communication and daily discourse. Thus, this seminar is being conceptualized before they left
their Alma Mater.
VII. Objectives
At the end of the end of the seminar, the participant's are expected to:
a. Know what English fluency is all about.
b. Boost their confidence as a communicators.
c. Become aware of the significance of being a good communicator.
d. Familiarize themselves with the basic rules of effective English communication.
VIII. Methodology
Once the participants arrived at the venue, everything is settled by the different committees
assigned to a particular task. The first part will be the registration and the distribution of name
tags to all participants. As the clock reaches 150^, the program proper will start. Selected
participants will perform the doxology followed by the National Anthem and Sulong Labo to be
lead by former SGO president. The emcee will now present the overview of the seminar and the
participants for the said event.(see the attached overview of the program)
Committees of the Event
Executive committee (overall charged of the
seminar)
Governance committee (charged with the care
and feeding of the participants)
Finance committee (for the preparation of the

Mrs. Violeta Q. Francisco

Ms. Arlyn C. Tabinas
Mrs. Marie P. Vasquez
Mrs. Lourdes C. Robles

overall budget for the event)

Membership committee (charged to informed
all the participants for the details of the event)
Program committee (charged with the
overseeing the organizations program and for
the arrangement of the venue)

Mr. Emmanuel O. Maderazo

Mrs. Manilyn Yam
Mr. Arturo Gomez
Mrs. Gemma Segui
Mr. Noel A. Brago
Mrs. Joy Cabrera
Ms. Melagros Alcantara

IX. Budgetary Allocation

The total cost of this event which is 16,000.00 will be distributed in the following expenses:
Rental fee - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3,500.00
Sound system - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,500.00
Decoration's - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,000.00
Certificates - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,000.00
Foods/snack - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5,000.00
Other expenses - - - - - - - - - - - - 3,000.00
Total cost
16,000.00
IX. Assessment/Evaluation
The seminar will be rated through the answer sheet that will be distributed to the participants
before the event ends. (See the attached evaluation form)
X. Documentation
Everything that happens in an event must be captured thats why documentation cannot be
disregard. The said event will be documented through photos taken by the assigned third year
SGO representative. The president of the fourth year high school will coordinate to the SGO
representative for the making of overall narrative.
XI. Bibliography
2003, 2004 The National Capital Language Resource Center, Washington, DC | site map
http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/whitepaperdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=24191
http://www.skillsyouneed.com/ips/improving-communication.html
https://www.google.com.ph/search?site=&source=hp&ei=NRnlVf6nIczsQGLioegBA&q=how+to+become+an+effective+communicator+&oq=how+to+become+an+effe
ctive+communicator+&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.3..0j0i22i30l4.15841.31692.0.
32676.31.29.2.6.6.0.1793.16238.4-8j15j0j2j1.26.0.cbls%2Cboost%3D10...0...1.1.64.mobile-gwshp..10.21.7623.3.-ghMyCNYGeo
http://www.slideshare.net/EssayWriterCoUk/how-to-become-an-effective-communicator-inenglish?from_m_app=android
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SEMINAR EVALUATION FORM

YOUR NAME:______________________ DATE: __________________

SEMINAR SPEAKERS: _____________________________________________________

SEMINAR TITLE: __________________________________________________________
Evaluate this seminar on each of the following points using a rating scale of 1-2-3-4-5
(1 = poor; 2 = fair; 3 = acceptable; 4 = very good; 5 = exceptional)
______Preparation and Organization Was the speaker well-prepared? Were topics in logical
order? Was time apportioned well? Was level of material appropriate to this group?
Were terms defined? Was there an introduction and a summary?
______Presentation and Delivery Was the presentation too fast? too slow? Was the speaker
enthusiastic? Was eye contact maintained? Did the speaker use notes excessively? Did
the speaker seem to know what he/she was talking about? Were there disturbing
distractions or mannerisms? Did the speaker hold your interest?
______Quality and Use of Audiovisual Materials Were materials pertinent to the topic?
Were materials carefully prepared? Were visual materials large enough? Were materials used
effectively?
______Ability to Answer Questions Was the speaker able to answer questions from the
audience? Were questions answered with authority? Did you gain any new knowledge?
List several things that you think were especially positive about this speaker's seminar and its
presentation:
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
What suggestions would you make to improve this seminar?
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Proposed by:
___________________________________________________________________________________
Irene Grace Arevalo
English Teacher
Aiza I. Villagarcia,Ph.D
English Teacher

Overview of the seminar and presentation of the participants.

Good morning everyone. Today we are here at Labo Sports Center to attend the seminar entitled
Improving English Communication Seminar with the theme "Don't Speak Passively, Do it
Actively". This is a two day seminar proposed by your English teachers for you to enhance the
communication skills of each of you. For the success of this event we invited two guest speaker:
first is Mr. Oliver Calleja Ogad, a communication analyst of Sutherland Global Services and the
other one is Ms. Benjie Iligan Villagarcia, a master teacher in English from UP Losing Banished.
They are the one who will give us ideas, knowledge, concepts, and skills about communication.
As we go through this seminar we will have a discussion and lots of activities. Before this
seminar ends, you will receive a piece of paper that contains several questions for the evaluation
of the seminar. So now, let's welcome the graduating students of Tulay na Lupa National High
School as our participants for this seminar.

Introduction of the Guest speaker

Speaker one:
He was born on September 7, 1987 at Brgy. Malangcao Basud, Labo Camarines Norte. His
beloved parents Alberto and Teresa Ogad sent him to preschool at Labo, Learning Center that
becomes his foundation to success. He is a graduate student of UP Los Banos with a Bachelor
Degree of Computer Programming. He is currently employed at one of the prestigious call center
(Sutherland Global Services) as communication analyst. So now, it's my pleasure to introduce our
guest speaker for today, Mr. Oliver Calleja Ogad.
Speaker two:
In a very gorgeous town of Labo, a baby full of mysteries was born on February 21, 1992. His
beloved parents Norberto and Gina Villagarcia were so glad to have a kid like her. She is simple
and do love adventures in her life. She was a graduate student of UP Los Baos and finishes her
masters degree at the same school. As of now, she was a master teacher in English subject at UP
Los Baos. And now, ist my pleasure to introduce to you our guest speaker for today-Ms. Benjie
Iligan Villagarcia.

Acknowledgement
We would like to express our special thanks of gratitude to our teacher Delma Jean V. Abad
as well as our dean Adrian Guinto who gave us the golden opportunity to do this wonderful
Project Design Manual with the theme-"Don't Speak Passively, Do it Actively", which also
helped us in doing a lot of Research and I came to know about so many new things we are really
thankful to them.
Secondly we would also like to thank our parents and friends for financial and moral
support. Also to our critic who edit our work patiently for the success of this project.
Lastly to our Almighty God who guide us in doing this said Project Design Manual.

Table of Contents
I.
Title
II.
Participants
III.
Venue
IV.
Proponents
V.
Budgetary Requirement
VI.
Rationale
VII.
Methodology
Discussion of the Topics:
a. How to become an effective communicator
Activity: Guess what
b. Effective communication skills: 4 ways to become a better communicator
Activity: 3 questions game
c. Developing effective communication skills
Activity: Interpret the principles
Talk balk an youll be heard
d. Spoken communication skills
Activity: A buzz group
e. Fluency in speech
Activity: Prepared Media
f. How to speak English fluently
Activity: Story telling
Tongue twisters
VIII. Budgetary Allocation
IX.
Assessment/Evaluation
X.
Documentation
XI.
Bibliography

XII.

Attachments
Overview of the seminar
Introduction of the guest speakers
Seminar evaluation form
PowerPoint presentation of topics:
a. How to become an effective communicator
b. Effective communication skills: 4 ways to become a better communicator
c. Developing effective communication skills
d. Spoken communication skills
e. Fluency in speech
f. How to speak English fluently