A great speaker Eng7 vt2021 Prövning

This theme is about (analysing) speeches. "What is said? What do they mean? How do they say it? Why do they say it?" These are some of the questions you need to keep in mind during the next couple of weeks. Listen to and analyse President Obama´s inaugural speech from late 2008, and also compare two other speeches. As grande finale you will perform a speech of your own, aimed at a certain crowd.

Focus: Speech

Teaching in the subject of English should give students the opportunities to develop the following:

1) Understanding of spoken and written English, and also the ability to interpret content.

2) The ability to express oneself and communicate in English in speech and writing.

3) The ability to use different language strategies in different contexts.

4) The ability to adapt language to different purposes, recipients and situations.

Core content:

Content of communication

• Theoretical and complex subject areas, also of a more scientific nature, related to students' education, chosen specialisation area, societal issues and working life; thoughts, opinions, ideas, experiences and feelings; cultural expressions in modern times and historically, such as literary periods.
• Societal issues, cultural, historical, political and social conditions, and also ethical and existential issues in different contexts and parts of the world where English is used.

Reception

• Spoken language, also with different social and dialect features, and texts, including complex and formal texts which relate, discuss, argue, report, describe and investigate, also via film and other media.
• Coherent spoken language and conversations of different kinds, such as debates, in-depth reports and lectures
• Strategies to take in and structure information in larger amounts of text or longer sequences of spoken language.
• Strategies for drawing conclusions about the spoken language and texts in terms of attitudes, perspectives, purposes and values, and to understand implied meaning.
• How oral and written communications in different genres are built up. How stylistics and rhetorical devices are used for different purposes and how language is used as an instrument to exercise power.

Production and interaction

• Oral and written production and interaction in different situations and for different purposes where students argue from different perspectives, apply, reason, assess, investigate, negotiate and give reasons for their views.
• Strategies for using different types of sources, with source-critical awareness and established ways of citing sources within the chosen specialisation area and in other areas.
• Use of basic stylistic and rhetorical concepts
• Processing of language and structure in their own and others' communications, in formal and complex
• contexts, and to create adaptation to genre, style and purpose.

Examination

1. Chapter a great speaker and exercises 
2. Comparison of two speeches 
3. Write and present your own argumentative speech.  - email your speech to your teacher before hand. Make sure there is a connection to your choice of education. Use sources

Uppgifter

Your own speech

The subject area for your speech is: Human Rights Before starting on your own speech, read: 1. Guidelines for speech 2. The UN declaration of Human Rights (see the attached pdf)

Comparison of two speeches

1.What is the message of each individual speech? 2.Is the message similar in any way? 3.Are the two speeches interesting (hold your attention)? 4.Is the length appropriate? 5.Is the language formal or informal? 6.How does the speaker capture the attention of the audience? 7.Is there emotional appeal in the speech? 8.In what way does the speaker play with words or phrases? 9.In what way does the speaker connect to the audience? 10.What will you remember from each speech?

A great speaker - Chapter and exercises

A great speaker eng7.pdf