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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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 Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: writing speeches for students |
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yes, i am not avid about writing speeches for students. when i was a student studying chinese the thought of the teacher writing a speech for a student would have been absurd. however, such is exactly what i have been tasked to do: write a speech for a student because he is too busy and the contest is coming up soon.
anyway- anywhere on the web where i can just lift a two minute speech from an "open" source? |
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Snowmeow
Joined: 03 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I've written speeches in the past as favours. I came to realize that it's not what I wrote that was important, but how it was spoken by the student. Write whatever! Or don't write at all! |
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HapKi
Joined: 10 Dec 2004
Location: TALL BUILDING-SEOUL
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| I've written speeches in the past as favours. I came to realize that it's not what I wrote that was important, but how it was spoken by the student. Write whatever! Or don't write at all! |
I agree. If you do write something, put in where to pause, when to use extra stress, when to use body language, etc.. This is what the judges will be looking for, and there's a good chance their English level won't be good enough to recognize the 'academic' quality of the speech you write. |
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