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Forensics, Public Performance and Intercollegiate Speech and Debate

Poster for Spring 24 forensics
For further information and to sign-up for the intramural tournament go to 
SRJC Intramural Tournament

 

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Spring 2024 Team and Comm 52 Meeting Times: 

Tuesdays 3PM in Garcia Hall 100
Fill out the interest form and we'll contact you.

 

Award Winners 2023 students with awards
Forensics Team at Nationals in Washington D.C.  forensics team at nationals in DC
Forensics Team 2023 with President Chong forensics team with Dr Chong

 

 

WHAT IS FORENSICS?

 

If you like to advocate, perform, travel, and grow, join the SRJC Forensics Speech, Debate, and Performance Team! We offer students opportunities to develop, refine, and practice communication skills. SRJC has a 100-year history of developing new speakers into confident performers, and guiding competitors to intramural tournament success, state titles, and national championships.

Get transferable and repeatable units (Comm 52A or B), enroll and compete every semester, grow communication and performance skills, play and experiment with ideas, advocate for a better world, make memories and connections, travel to new cities and campuses, expand your worldview, enhance your resume for your career, transferring, and graduate school, and work to be a national champion… all in a fun and supportive atmosphere!

 

Create & perform one or more of the following events: (for descriptions see Phi Rho Pi)

Prepared Speech (7-10 minutes):

Informative Speaking, Persuasive Speaking, After Dinner Speaking (Humorous/Stand-Up), Communication Analysis

 

Performance/Acting (7-10 minutes):

Solo: Poetry Interpretation, Prose Storytelling, Drama/Acting Monologues, Intertextual Program (multiple texts)

Group: Duo Interpretation (2 people), Reader’s Theatre (3 or more people)

 

Limited Preparation:

Solo: Impromptu Speaking (5 minutes), Extemporaneous Speaking (7 minutes)

Group (Coming soon) : Debate (Parliamentary, IPDA, Lincoln-Douglas)

 

 

 

WHAT ARE PREPARED SPEECHES?

If you like to advocate for change, persuade, inform

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON EACH EVENT CLICK ON THE TITLE ABOVE THE VIDEO.

WHAT ARE LIMITED PREP. SPEECHES?

If you prefer to be spontaneous

WHAT IS PERFORMANCE?

If acting or performing inspires you

DEBATE

If you like to argue and use logic