I would like to take a short bite of your time today and tell you a little about myself, starting with my past, moving forward to my present, and inspiring towards my future.…
12.When entering the public dialogue, we need to recognize that certain speaking styles are superior over others. – False…
Today I would like to explore how memory brings history alive and how successfully it is achieved in Mark Baker’s novel The Fiftieth Gate. Memory brings history alive and helps history to live on. History validates memory however it lacks personal experience and emotions. Memory gives a human face to history and confronts people with a subjective recollection of events. Throughout the book, Mark Baker retells his parents and his grandparent’s ordeal during the Holocaust. The purpose of this book was to remove the blackness from his family’s dark past and redefine his history as well as to remove the burden from his children that he was left with as a child. Mark Baker masterfully created…
It has been assumed from the foundation of our country that churches should remain tax exempt. According to Kentucky State Representative Whittaker summed up the sentiment nicely when he said, “Let an untaxed Gospel be preached, in an untaxed church house, from an untaxed pulpit; let the emblem of a crucified, but risen Christ be administered from an untaxed altar, and, as the spire points heavenward, . . . let it stand forever untaxed.”…
Burns, A., & Joyce, H. (1997). "Focus on speaking." Sydney: National Center for English Language Teaching and Research.…
There are many ways to speak English, ‘Based on how much the English language is used around the world,’ (Barton, 1996:59). In addition, spoken language is dependent on which region in England a person is born and resides as this determines where their accent and dialect originates. Dialect can include new words or words that mean different things. For instance, Mark James uses dialect in the transcript entitled Byker when he states: ‘ Bairn’ instead of baby. Using the term ‘bairn is common dialect in Newcastle, however, people that do not understand the Newcastle dialect may not understand what Mark is saying in his spoken language. People also have different accents. Accents are words that have the same meaning, but have a variation in the pronunciation. One example is when Mark states: ‘Deaing’ for ‘doing’ in the Byker transcript. People tend to use their accent and dialect in their spoken language when talking to family and friends. This is often termed being in a sociolect. In addition, people also have their own idiolect. A person’s idiolect is a person’s own style of spoken language that can include their own use of grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary. In addition, idiolect can include language features, such as false starts and repetition. For example, Mark James states: ‘I met our lass in, I mean I fell, I mean …..’ This quote highlights how Mark has repeated what is spoken and has changed what he was going to say. However, Mark is being interviewed about his personal life and this may affect how confident he is feeling in this…
Child safety officers must communicate with individuals and families in crisis; good communication skills are essential to achieve the best possible outcomes within a range of challenging circumstances. Interpersonal skills of listening, questioning and feedback are crucial when working as a child safety officer as they allow the officer to clarify, gain knowledge and understand. Active listening allows the child safety officer to clarify the child’s needs with empathy; doing this builds a trusting relationship. The interpersonal skill of questioning further allows the child to gain knowledge, make decisions and effectively problem solve. Lastly, feedback allows the child safety officer to clarify understanding and encourage the child with…
Good morning/afternoon members of the board from Penguin. I am here today to convince you why the three texts Dear Mr President by Pink, Magnanimous In Victory by Tim Collins and Nelson Mandela release speech deserve to be in your new book “ Protests that changed the world”.…
Goal: to inform my audience of the meaning of a few the medals awarded to members of the military forces.…
"Speak- Laurie Halse Anderson." Department of English. Arizona State University. 2010. Web. 28 Nov. 2011. .…
There are as many different styles and variations of spoken language as there are people on Earth as language is an abundant…
In everyday human discourse, the significance of oral language is “… carried by the tone, rhythm, and resonance of spoken expressions…” (79), instead of merely the words used. Aside…
After several people I regularly converse with completed a questionnaire bases on my idiolect, I found that people can interpret my speech differently to how I think it sounds. For example, they noticed that I use the words ‘like’ frequently, although this comes naturally to me and is therefore not something I notice. Also, they noticed that my idiolect is explicit and gets straight to the point; therefore the individuals I questioned do not think I use a lot of hedge in my…
President Obama and John F. Kennedy are both effective speakers. I will critique President Obama’s Tucson Memorial Speech and John F. Kennedy’s Moon Speech. However, the speech of Obama was more effective than John F. Kennedy’s speech. An effective speech should have a public speaker who will either, persuade, inform, or entertain their audience. The public speaker should also have good eye contact with his/her audience, be confident, use transition words to evaluate the speech, good body language, include personal experience or stories, and also the tone and speed of your voice should be on point.…
References: Giles, H., & Powesland, P. (1975). Speech style and social evaluation. London: Academic Press.…