Speech of the Week (9)
This week you will prepare and present an
argumentative speech. In fifteen to twenty minutes you are to prepare an argumentative speech on whether all universities should be privatized. Please consider pros and cons of privatization carefully. List them down in the chart.
Pros of Privatization of Universities
Cons of Privatization of Universities
Formulate your thesis statement now. Thesis Statement includes the following: your topic, your claim and your justification.
Example:
All universities should be privatized because it will increase the quality of education and will remove a serious economic burden from the shoulders of the state.
This statement includes the topic (privatization of
university education), your claim (should be privatized) and your justification (because it will increase the
quality of education and will remove a serious economic burden from the shoulders of the state.) Example:
Universities should not be privatized as this will deprive the poor people of quality education and in the long run sentence them to further poverty.
Considering the examples too formulate your thesis statement and argue strongly for your case. The speech will be 5 minutes long.
Now write an outline for your speech. Write your outline here:
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Now present your speech.
How did it go? If you were to make the same speech what would you change?
Now make the same speech again but this time, record it as a video file. Watch it and grade according to the criterion you developed earlier.
Make the necessary changes and present the same speech again. Record, watch and evaluate until you are satisfied.
