This school year, my son, once again, joined an elocution/public speaking contest.
The result of the competition, will still be announced, in November.
But whatever the outcome is -us, his parents, are already, very proud of him.
All because, first, he was among the 15, of around 170 grade-one students, who participated in the contest.
Second, he is now a bit comfortable, with speaking in public.
Last year, he joined the same contest, but he was too frightened and his voice was barely heard by the audience.
While this year, he had a certain air of confidence.
We could never be prouder of our son.
My husband and I, were also very fortunate that my son had teachers, last year, namely, Teacher Angel and Miss Belle, who encouraged him, to keep on joining school contests.
My husband and I, also wanted him, to get over that feeling, from having lost in a contest.
So, we encouraged him to join school contests, last year.
Check out my son’s performance:
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The AmSpeak for Kidz! Class at Mind Specialists School in D. Tuazon, Sta. Mesa Heights, Quezon City.
Last summer, with the aim of building up, our son’s confidence in public speaking, we enrolled him in a class called, “AmSpeak for Kidz!“
The class taught children to express themselves fluently and naturally. The children became more confident, as English speakers and communicators.
I was excited to share the advantage of that “AmSpeak” summer, right after the classes ended.
During the culminating activity, of the summer class, you see children, including my son, confidently expressing themselves, in front of the public.
But I waited for the opportunity, when our son could showcase what he learned that summer.
Thus, the elocution contest this year.
The AmSpeak for Kidz class was born, from the partnership of Mind Specialists School with OSA Training and Education which goes a long way back, to 2005.
It was when OSA, was training the teachers of the school, on English Proficiency and Effective Communication in Teaching Content Areas.
According to Mr. Orlando Agawin of OSA, it was after that training, when Mind Specialists School‘s Mommy Ems, “expressed her interest in coming up with a Communications course for their students, which could be helpful for language development and confidence building”.
AmSpeak for Kidz! , started as weekend course for selected students and eventually became a regular Summer Course in 2006.
AmSpeak for Kidz! developed confidence in my son.
My son’s delivery of his elocution piece in grade 1, were all his own.
I only coached him, into speaking louder but the actions and all, were thought of, by him.
Thank you Teacher Jary and Teacher Orly.
ABOUT OSA
OSA Training and Education was established in 2012 when it started off with IBPAP (Information Technology Business Process Outsourcing Association of the Philippines)
They became a part of the consulting team that created the nationwide rollout of the Advanced English Pre-Employment Training (AdEPT).
Since 2012, they have been servicing various IBPAP academic clients by providing Teacher certifications and trainings nationwide.
In July of 2013, they started to partner with ABS CBN to conduct a series of training and trainer certification for their Shared Services team and ABS CBN University.
Now, OSA TRAINING AND EDUCATION represents a group of independent management and training consultants who cater to various corporate training solutions.
Since conception, their group has partnered with companies like ABS CBN, Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Information Technology Business Process Outsourcing Association of the Philippines (IBPAP), where they mainly contributed to employee growth, process improvement, customer service, business communication, and project management and its implementations.
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