2020 United States Presidential Election Eng5

We will be working with the 2020 U.S Presidential Election up until the time of the election.

w.40 We will begin our Presidential Election of 2020 project with a flashback to the 2017 Inagural Address. You will be asked to analyze Trump's speech to further your understanding of how rhetoric and stylistic choices can be used for different purposes and how language can be used as an instrument to exercise power before moving on to the current election and the presidential candidates of 2020, Donald Trump & Joe Biden.

w.41 Prepare presentations

w.42 Prepare presentations

w.43 Prepare presentations + Listen to final presentations

w.44 Fall Break!

w.45 U.S Presidential Election on Tuesday, reflection on results in class on the following class

 

 

Läroplanskopplingar

Syfte

• Förståelse av engelska i tal och skrift.
• Förmåga att formulera sig och kommunicera på engelska i tal och skrift.
• Förmåga att anpassa språket efter olika syften, mottagare och sammanhang.
• Förståelse av kulturella och sociala förhållanden i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används. 
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Centralt innehåll

• Levnadsvillkor, attityder, värderingar och traditioner samt sociala, politiska och kulturella förhållanden i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används. Engelska språkets utbredning och ställning i världen.
• Talat språk, även med viss social och dialektal färgning, och texter som är instruerande, berättande, sammanfattande, förklarande, diskuterande, rapporterande och argumenterande, även via film och andra medier.
• Sammanhängande talat språk och samtal av olika slag, till exempel intervjuer.
• Strategier för att lyssna och läsa på olika sätt och med olika syften.
• Muntlig och skriftlig produktion och interaktion av olika slag, även i mer formella sammanhang, där eleverna instruerar, berättar, sammanfattar, förklarar, kommenterar, värderar, motiverar sina åsikter, diskuterar och argumenterar.

Uppgifter

[CORRECT!!] Speech Analysis - Joseph R. Biden's Inaugural Address

Listen to and read Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Inaugural Address from 2021 when he was sworn in as the President of the United States of America. The transcript from the speech is attached to the assignment in a word document.

Listen: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-55739794

Analyze the speech individually, this time by providing a written analysis 300-800 words. Make good use of quotations and make sure you connect your analysis clearly to the content of the speech. Provide examples to illustrate your points and remember to reference the speech properly in your analysis, particularly when quoting it. In your analysis, you may choose to focus on the features of the speech you find the most relevant. However, you need to touch on at least a few of the following aspects:

• What does Biden want for his presidency and for America?

• What rhetorical moves were used?

• What does his choice of words imply about his politics?

• When and how is he addressing certain parts of his constituency? What language does he use to reach different people?

• What image is he painting of America, American society and the American people? Who is included in this image and who is being excluded? How can we see this in his language use?

• What political and ethical values does he champion during his speech?

• How is the speech influenced by the historical context in which it is given?

• How does his speech compare to Trump’s inauguration speech from 2017, which you analyzed earlier during the course?

BidenInauguralAddress.docx

US Presidential Election 2020

Your task is to compare the two Presidential Candidates for 2020, Donald J Trump and Joseph R Biden. Your assignment is to present and compare the candidates in a PowerPoint presentation. You will not be presenting for the class, instead, you are expected to record your voice-over and add it directly in the PowerPoint so the presentation can be run without you. You may choose to work in pairs or to work alone. During the final class, you will listen to two presentations whilst somone else listens to yours.

The presentations should cover the following:

• A brief introduction to who the candidates are.

• Choose two political issues to compare the candidates' stances on. For example, but not limited to; gun control, women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, foreign policy, immigration, religion, net neutrality, taxes or healthcare.

When gathering information:

It may be beneficial to begin with the official webpages for the candidates.

https://joebiden.com/

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/

The PowerPoint should:

• Be possible to run without your assistance

• Have the sources you used listed on the slide they were used

• Have a full reference list at the end of the presentation

• Make clear who is speaking - present yourselves at the beginning

Analysis of Donald J. Trump Presidential Inaugural Address 2017

Listen to Donald Trump's Inaugural Adress from 2017 when he was sworn in as the President of the United States of America.

During class, we will discuss the speech together. Think about the following:

• What did Trump want for his presidency and for America?

• Where on the formal-informal scale would you place his speech?

• What does his choice of words imply about his politics?

After discussions in class, analyze the speech in pairs, comment in the pdf using the highlight tool. Mark any passages you wish to comment on with the highlighter tool, and then write your analysis of the language in the comment connected to the highlighted section. Then turn in your marked pdf-file. Make sure to put both of your names in the name of the file.

Focus on the following:

• What political issues does he bring up during his speech? How does he plan to solve them?

• What image is he painting of America, American society and the American people?

• What degree of formality is he using in different parts of the speech? Try to find examples of both formal and informal language.

• What strikes you about his rhetoric in general?

Donald Trump - Inaugural Address.pdf