Language - as a means of communication - in order to persuade/influence/inform/argueL anguage is power! And those who master it can persuade us all... Or!?
Persuasive language is all around us in our daily lives. In the media; newspapers/magazines, internet, television, radio. In political speeches and commercial. Even songs and literature are ways to influence/persuade.
--------------------------------------------------------------- Persuasion in political speeches
When giving a political speech, which purpose is to convince/influence - communication skills are vital!
Have a look at the this clip about president Obama:
Language techniques - (political) speeches:
Transcendence (the ability to take the listener to another place: using vivid and descriptive language)
Repetition – very common in political speeches.
Gestures and voice (paus – give the listener time to think, gives impact to what you just said)
Appearence
Body language - powerful words can be neutralized by a body language that lacks confidence. If you are nervous, you can still appear confident by standing tall and proud. Hold your head high, speak load and clear. Be prepared, try to stay calm and focused.
How YOU can benefit from being familiar with especially persuasive language techniques: 1. You become more aware! When you are aware of why people communicate in a certain way you can decide whether you agree or not, whether you want to buy something or not. YOU DECIDE - and you do not let anyone else decide for you! * You can learn to write in a convincing and argumentative way. You can write for example essays or letters to the editor in order to change things you do not agree with.
* You can learn to speak in a persuasive way in order to convince people. This might come in handy when giving speeches or talking to people in more formal situations. Or when just trying to persuade or influence people in general!
20 words Going steady Grammar ------------------------------------------- Thursday
Caledonia is a modern Scottish folk ballad written by Dougie Maclean in 1977. The chorus of the song features the lyric "Caledonia" you're calling me, and now I'm going home", the term "Caledonia" itself being a Latin word for Scotland. The song became the most popular of all MacLean's recordings and something of an anthem for Scotland "Caledonia" has been covered by a great number of artists.
MacLean wrote the song in less than 10 minutes on a beach in Brittany, France, feeling homesick for Scotland.
Have a look at these questions and discuss together in groups.
Check your first class account. You should have recieved a mail from Gleerups with a username and password for the web materail to Context 1. Try to log in. If it doesn't work, tell me!You can now listen to the text yourself and you have access to a key and several different tasks.
Since I am not here today because my daughter got a fever you could do your homework already now! Brilliant! You have one for Friday this week (I know we do not have English then, but you're going to send it to me) AND you have one for next Wednesday.
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Before Friday this week:
Remember you were going to pick 40 words from Dashed hopes and learn these words? I would like to know which words you picked.
Either you...
Write by hand first I would like you to pick up a piece of paper and write headlines, similar to this document. If you don't have a computer write by hand now and rewrite on computer when you get home OR borrow computer in Green Room.
OR
Computer... If you have computer open this document and write your first 20 words from the text Dashed hopes Swedish/English) and also put each of the words in a correct English sentence. Practise to use your words in a context.
Like this:
frustrerad frustrated I could see that she was frustrated. Write your first 20 words like this and send me your list on pernilla.enmalm@leksand.sebefore Friday this week. (Skriv Dashedhopes + ditt namn som ämne när du skickar mailet.) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Homework until next Wednesday:
Read the following text about the art of "Reading"
Different types of Reading:
To skim through a text:
Skimming is a quick reading to get:
- to know the general meaning of a passage.
- to know how the passage is organized, that is, the structure of the text
- to get an idea of the intention of the writer ------------------------------------------------------------------- Skim through this text, to get the overall meaning. What teens wants You might want to take notes (keywords-nyckelord) to remember. We will discuss this article together in class on Wednesday next week.
