- Event date: December 5, 2019
- Event end: December 6, 2019
- High impact, high energy, high intensity holiday camp tailored for upper secondary students.
- Students will learn the essence of word building and public speaking.
- Every student will have opportunities to practise the art of public speaking.
- Parents and students are welcome to visit the public speaking training hall.
Curriculum
Day I – Word Building
9.30am to 5.30pm (Lunch & snacks provided)
- 9.30am to 10.00am
- Lecture /Briefing
- 10.00am to 10.45am
- Word Building Exercise 1
- 10.45am to 11.00am
- Break
- 11.00am to 12.00pm
- Word Building Exercise 2
- 12.00pm to 1.30pm
- Lunch break
- 1.30pm to 2.30pm
- Word Building Exercise 3
- 2.30pm to 2.45pm
- Break
- 2.45pm to 3.45pm
- Word Building 4
- 3.45pm to 4.00pm
- Break
- 4.00pm to 5.30pm
- Word Challenge – Fun Activity
Day 2 – Public Speaking
9.30am to 5.30pm (Lunch & snacks provided)
- 9.30am to 10.15am
- Lecture and live demonstration
- 10.15am to 10.45am
- Speech Exercise 1
- 10.45am to 11.00am
- Break
- 11.00am to 12.15pm
- Speech Exercise 2
- 12.15pm to 1.45pm
- Lunch break
- 1.45pm to 3.00pm
- Speech Exercise 3
- 3.00pm to 3.15pm
- Break
- 3.15pm to 4.00pm
- Speech Exercise 4
- 4.15pm to 4.30pm
- Participants prepare short speech
- 4.30pm to 5.30pm
- Participants deliver speech
Trainer
Born into a dialect speaking family and growing up in a Malay village, BK Tan spoke only dialect for the first 6 years of his life. The next 6 years, he studied English in a village school but did not speak much of the language. At the age of 13, in secondary school, he realised for the first time that he was severely disadvantaged. By chance, he came across and bought a book entitled Lee Kuan Yew - The Critical Years written by Alex Josey. For the next 6 years, he studied the book and practised the speeches in the book unceasingly. At the end of the 6 years, he was admitted to the Law Faculty of NUS and eventually became a lawyer.
During pupillage, BK learned the art of lawyering from the venerated Mr Winston Chen. He went on to become a prosecutor at the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Commercial Affairs Department where he argued many cases in court and won all his cases. After that, BK joined the financial world and held senior management positions in various financial institutions and handled numerous transactions and matters. BK is a trainer at heart and has provided training and coaching throughout his distinguished career.