Warming-up
Inside the Foreign Office: film 2
Episode 1
Speeches
Joann Rowling’s Commencement address at Harvard
| Discuss the speech (effectiveness, delivery, oratory techniques, humour) |
Theory of International Relations
Carr: The Twenty Years crisis Part I pp 96-107
| Information about the author, summary of the chapter, discussion |
Round Table
Political Correctness
| Stage 2: Language Laboratory |
TRT Round Table
Languages: Are They Worth Saving?
| Watch the lead-in and one round of speakers |
Ted.com: quick take
John McWhorter: TXTing is Killing Language.
| Watch and discuss, perform the tasks |
home assignment:
Inside the Foreign Office
Episode 2
| Watch, perform the tasks, be ready to discuss in class |
Speeches
NYU’s 2022 Commencement Speaker Taylor Swift
| Watch the address and be ready to analyze it in class |
Round Table
Political Correctness
| Stage 3: Outline & Perspectives |
In 60-sec
in 60-sec
| Prepare questions for discussion: problematic issues of Public Speaking/ Political Language |
TRT Round Table
Languages: Are They Worth Saving?
| Watch the TRT round table to the end; summarise the position of the speakers |
Ted.com: double take
John McWhorter: TXTing is Killing Language.
| Summary, topic, thesis, arguments, positions for a Verbal Joust |
