Developing of unique characteristics of being Announcer MC through Contemplative approach

Abstract

The Research on Developing of unique characteristics of being Announcer MC through Contemplative approach is Classroom Action Research in the classroom context that focuses on an experimental learning process , conducted with eight samples who are the third-year and fourth-year student studying at the  Faculty of communication arts, Chulalongkorn University, majoring and minoring in Speech Communication  and enrolling in the  Announcer and Master of Ceremonies course in the second semester of 2017 academic year. The purposes of the study are 1) to find and develop the ability to understand strength and weakness of the samples through the contemplative learning approach, and 2) to develop the unique characteristics of an announcer/ MC through the contemplative learning approach. The results indicated that the used contemplative learning approach that consists of learning through direct-experience practices in every lesson, discussion with a professional announcer/MC guest speakers and the sharing of ideas or idea sharing among classmates and the lecturer to encourage students to understand their strength and weakness by contemplating and reflecting their inner thoughts through weekly reflection-writing notes.  Besides, from the pre- and post-test, it is found that students change the most in the knowledge and understanding of nonverbal aspects the most, which are: breathing, the use of voice and vocal quality, and Thai pronunciation, personality aspects: physical appearances, posture, and dressing, and verbal aspects: problem-solving at hand, appropriate word choice for each task, excitement control, and interviewing technique. After learning through practices and the lecturer’s knowledge and experiences, students can apply what they learn to be an announcer/MC in various forms, i.e., news report, event, interview, etc. and knowing how to develop their unique personality and proper dressing. Besides, Contemplative learning process helps students find their unique character by compiling self-evaluation from practices in all dimensions and from their notes, students find for which type of announcer/MC their distinguished characteristics are suitable. Moreover, they can see their weaknesses and can make proper plans for developing themselves and apply them for their future profession.