Speech production, articulation, and pronunciation are all influenced by elocution. It enables people to demonstrate their oratory abilities. Students can improve their self-expression and confidence by participating in elocution competitions. In early years school, students are given a poem to present in the Elocution competition. All the participants present a different poem, and the best presenter is chosen as the elocution competition winner.
On 6th and 7th of April, 2022, Beaconhouse Kindergarten-I Campus Johar held an English and Urdu Elocution Competition for Kindergarten and Nursery students. This is done once a year in an effort to improve speaking skills such as pronunciation, accent, intonation, delivery, and voice modulation, as well as to develop English and Urdu as a spoken language. This year also the students from all the sections participated in the Elocution Competition. The selection of poems was done by the respective class teachers; they prepared students for a group poem, solo English and solo Urdu poem. The competition was judged by; Ms. Narjis Rizvi (Headmistress), Ms. Lubna Amir (Senior Mistress), Ms. Rakshinda Kamran (School Coordinator), Ms. Sitwat Zaidi (Librarian), Ms. Saher Saleem, and Ms. Sahar Umer (Lead teachers).
The competition was divided into two rounds: one for group poems among each section, and another for solo English and Urdu poems. In group poems, all the students from each section participated and for solo poems only 2 students participated from each section. The students presented their poems section wise; they started with their class introduction and presented the poem together as prepared. They were confident, audible, clear, synchronized and well expressible when they were performing in a group. The solo performers did a splendid job, their way of delivery, expressions, pronunciation, intonation, and confidence was meeting all the areas of marking. All the judges were astonished and excited to observe the performance of young learners and remarked that it was a joy to hear the students speak so well, but that deciding who would win was difficult.
Overall, the Elocution was full of excitement and enthusiasm for not only students but also for teachers. It provided a great opportunity for students to speak up and show their speaking skills with confidence.
