Plans for Learning Hand-In-Hand

There are amazingly talents hidden in Yu-Tsai’s little Shuo-Chang experts club.Some have learned the art of Shuo-Chang for more than two years.Therefore, the topic for Cyberfair this year is going to be taking apprenticeship with our student Shuo-Chang expert teachers, and hopefully we would be able to pick up something they have learned.Our plan for learning requires our student Shuo-Chang expert teachers to devote their time during morning self-study sessions, lunch breaks, and after-school hours to teach us different genres of Shuo-Chang.

Searching for student Shuo-Chang expert teachers

Level of proficiency: more than two years of learning in the art of Shuo-Chang

Level of devotion: able to come and teach in the morning, noon, or after-school at least twice a week

Level of coaching: must be patient and willing to teach senior students, who are inexperienced in Shuo-Chang, with perseverance

Level of proficiency + dedication + coaching = seven qualified student Shuo-Chang expert teachers

Taking apprenticeship

After selecting seven teachers, we started our apprenticeship according to each teacher’s area of expertise and coaching hours.

Teacher		Teacher
	Area of expertise:Clapping, tongue-twisters Coaching subject：Storytelling with bamboo clappers Student：Jenny		Area of expertise：Clapping Coaching subject:Fast rapping Student：Howard, Cathy
	Area of expertise：Fully-competent expert Coaching subject：Taiwanese opera, reciting poems Student：Tim, Ryan		Area of expertise：Intonation, crosstalk comedy Coaching subject：tongue-twisters, crosstalk comedy Student：Ariel, Candy
	Area of expertise：Clapping, crosstalk comedy Coaching subject：crosstalk comedy Student：Andrew		Area of expertise：Intonation Coaching subject：Stand-up duo Student：Nicole, Jessica
	Area of expertise：Clapping Coaching subject：Stand-up duo Student：Nicole, Jessica

Training Chamber

Training details

This Learning Hand-In-Hand plan was first discussed and then organized by our teachers. The training details include Introduction to the art of Shuo-Chang Fundamentals of Shuo-Chang – practice and learn tones through tongue-twisters, storytelling with bamboo clappers, and crosstalk comedy Tempo training – first practice with simple clappers to learn the tempo for Shuo-Chang Two-Hand-coordination training – Use ‘Da Guo Men’ to train for the use of three-piece bamboo clappers Market doggerel group – compose a doggerel; learn about tempo and intonation Yonghe-Zhonghe street performing group – compile a topic for learning; learn about tempo and intonation

Training Timetable

	Morning Self-studying Session	Lunch break	After-school hours
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

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