COLLEGE OF FOUNDATION AND GENERAL STUDIES Program: Foundation Subject: English for Academic Purposes Code: ENGF 103 Credit Hours: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis: This course is designed to develop students’ public speaking skills. Students will be exposed to principles and practices of effective public speaking which are done through lectures‚ discussions‚ and class exercises. Most importantly
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Chapter 4 Selecting a topic and purpose 1. 1) Topic: Eating disorders Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the causes of eating disorders. Specific purpose: To persuade my audience about crating good eating habits in order to avoid eating disorders. 2) Topic: Lengua Meta Classes Specific purpose: To inform my audience that with only 5 Lengua Meta Classes we just achieve a B2 level in English proficiency. Specific purpose: To persuade my audience that the authorities
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Simran Malek _PERSUASIVE SPEECH:_ _"BEAUTY IS MORE THAN SKIN DEEP"_ It ’s everywhere. You can ’t escape it. It ’s sprawled across flashy billboards with alluring models. It ’s plastered throughout all kinds of magazines and books. Celebrities ooze with it. And ’s it ’s all too friendly with teens; it overpowers their very being like too much axe in the gym change room. It ’s the pressure of beauty. Good morning/afternoon students‚ teachers‚ judges and fellow competitors. Today I ’m going to talk
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Common Phobias (Sample Informative Prep Outline) General Purpose: To inform. Specific Purpose: After hearing my presentation‚ my listeners will be able to name and describe several common phobias. Central Idea: The most common phobias fall into three main categories - social‚ survival‚ and environmental phobias. Organizational Pattern: Topical INTRODUCTION I. (Attention Material) Rose Marie had fears that she allowed to take control of her life. A. Fears‚ even small ones‚ can
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social networking these days. Twitter‚ Facebook‚ Instagram and Snapchat are the leading forms of social media right now. I know all of us are guilty of it. I have problems with it just writing the outline. Social Networking can be very beneficial to us‚ but it is very harmful. By the end of my speech‚ I want the audience to know that there are many negatives to social networking. I am speaking on this topic‚ because social networking has many negative aspects. With it being so popular‚ people
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ALCOHOL THE EVIL BEAST How many of you know some people that drink alcohol. Well for me most of the people I know get drunk every day of the week. It doesn’t matter if they were hungry and they were down to their last three dollars‚ they would still choose to get a beer. Drinking alcohol looks like it almost took over the world but we still have a chance to stop it. All we have to do is make it illegal to use and purchase the liquid drug called alcohol. The reasons why I say this is because
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A persuasive speech is a speech with a thesis that highlights your opinion. Typical persuasive speeches give an opinion about whether something is good or bad‚ should or should not be done‚ or is or is not meeting some valued goal. Value speeches are ethical principle or other life value; it can be depend on a judgment that something is right or wrong‚ moral or immoral‚ or better or worse than another thing. If you were to give a speech about your stance on the morality of capital punishment‚ that
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Informative Speech Purpose: By the end of my informative speech the audience will understand the mystery behind hiccups. Most individuals do not know why people hiccup even though it is such a common uncontrollable body function. Before deciding on this topic I did a little bit of audience research and asked a group of six classmates whether they knew why we hiccup; nobody was able to give a clear correct reason‚ only guesses. Thus‚ this topic is relevant to my audience for the informative speech.
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Maybe you just got yelled at or had to serve a detention? If you lived in Texas‚ Tennessee or any of the other 19 states that allow corporal punishment in schools‚ you would be hit with a wooden paddle as a punishment in front of all of your peers. This happens to students of every age from primary school up until high school. It is vital that corporal punishment in schools is outlawed because it is inhumane‚ ineffective‚ teaches children violence‚ and teachers should not
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My topic is corporal punishment My general purpose is to persuade my audience My specific purpose is to inform my audience on that corporal punishment is not a healthy way of educating kids. My central idea is that corporal punishment is not an effective way to in force rules or educate kids properly. Introduction I. Good morning everyone‚ Do you guys remember the last time you were hit by any adult? The last time you got in trouble? Do you remember that flying sandal or what I called
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