Speech Communication Arts
Speech Communication Arts
Speech Communication Arts (SCA) qualifications are available at six levels, progressively developing confidence and systematically developing the skills needed for achievement in professional and social spheres.
From the outset students gain the ability to share ideas, knowledge and understanding and, as they progress through the levels, to negotiate, ask questions, exchange views, make presentations and learn to listen to one another effectively.
Students will develop speaking confidence and listening skills, which are important in many aspects of education, as well as in work.
About the SCA
About the SCA
Trinity College London Speech Communication Arts qualifications are designed to encourage the development of spoken and written English for candidates aged between 5 and 14.
At each level students are required to undertake a number of tasks to demonstrate skills in the following areas:
- Interpersonal Skills – develop students’ capacity to relate to others appropriately, with ease, confidence and awareness.
- Expressive Speaking – develop students’ capacity to interpret a range of texts and communicate them imaginatively in performance.
- Practical Speaking – develop students’ ability to share information interactively with an audience.
- Personal Copy and Study Journal – develop students’ capacity to explore, record and reflect upon the context of practical work in written English.
Students are assessed in groups of four to six students. The conduct of the assessment session varies at each SCA level, requiring students to take progressively more responsibility and initiative within the group.
Tasks are assessed to have been ‘Achieved’ or ‘Achieved with Distinction’. Each candidate receives a written examiner report giving feedback and, where appropriate, construction criticism.