COURSE UNIT TITLE

: VOCAL TRAINING THEORY AND APPLICATIONS IN THE ART OF VERBAL EXPRESSION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSM 5063 VOCAL TRAINING THEORY AND APPLICATIONS IN THE ART OF VERBAL EXPRESSION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TÜLAY EKICI

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course aims to improve both the communication skills of students in daily life and professional skills with a correct and healthy voice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know the importance of vocal education and vocal health in the art of verbal expression
2   Knowing what common speech mistakes are.
3   Knowing and applying the basic processes voice anatomy and formaation of voice and healthy, correct and beautiful voice production
4   Evaluating and applying the importance of correct pronunciation and articulation
5   Knowing what are the main flaws in speaking and how to fix them
6   Knowing and applying basics studies to improve the art of verbal expression
7   Applying the acquired knowledge and skills on reading text and through presentations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The purpose and importance of vocal education studies in the art of verbal expression and the importance of the vocal health
2 Examination of comman speech faults
3 Examination of the anatomy of the voice and its formation and the organs involved in the formation of the voice. Mental-physical comfort and correct and balanced body posture execises.
4 The importance of breathing and respiratory studies. Establishing the voice-breath connection and giving volume, height and timbre features to the voice
5 Studying of vocal (vowel) and consonants and singing them in correct positions
6 Pronunciation and articulation studies for examining words and saying them correctly
7 Studies on looseness in speech skipping, changing and stiffness and access
8 Midterm exam
9 Intonation exercises in speech
10 Speed exercises in speech
11 Exercises on short, medium and long pauses in speaking
12 Strengthening studies on nursery rhymes, poems and reading texts
13 Repeating what has been learned on reading texts and presentations prepared individually
14 Repeating what has been learned on reading texts and presentations prepared individually and evaluating students' each other
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Green, E. (1981). The New Voice. How to Sing and Speak Properly
Kaya, A. (2015). Etkili ve Güzel Konuşma Sanatı
Korkmaz, Z. ve Diğer (1990). Türk Dili ve Kompozisyon Bilgileri
McKinney, J. C. (1982). The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults
Ömür, M. (2001). Sesin Peşinde
Şahin, A. ve Diğer. (2015). KOnuşma Eğitimi-Yöntemler-Etkinlikler
Şenbay, N. (1991). Alıştırmalı Diksiyon Sanatı
Taşer, S. (2004). Konuşma Eğitimi
Temizyürek, F. Erdem, I. ve Temizkan, M. ( 2016). Konuşma Eğitimi- Sözlü Anlatım
Ünal, F. T. ve Özden, M. (2015). Diksiyon ve Konuşma Eğitimi
Vennard, W. (1967). Singing The Mechanism and The Technic
Yaman, E. (2001). Diksiyon I-II

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Question-Answer, Group Work, Presentation and Practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FINS * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Attendance, class participation, homewok, presentation and exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance, class participation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tulay.ekici@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

One hour in the week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 190

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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