Personal Response on World Conflicts

Write a Personal Response in reaction to the following stimulus:



Make reference to TOPICAL current affairs and world conflicts such as the Syrian war. You may consult the following sources:
Why is there a war in Syria?
Syria's civil war
Donald Trump´s actions
Donald Trump and Syria

PRACTICE FOR THE ORAL EXAM

Cultural Diversity

Watch the following TED talk:

Why cultural diversity matters

Read the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=13179&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Think of different ways in which your school could promote cultural diversity. Write a leaflet OR set of guidelines suggesting ways to foster cultural diversity at school.

Get prepared for  debating:

The motions are:

1) Globalization is a threat to cultural diversity.

2) Immigration and cultural diversity are a threat to a country's cultural identity.

Quiz

FAT AND GETTING FATTER
What has research by the Trust for America's Health reported?
What are the risks that go hand in hand with obesity?
Why does the article make reference to “A tale of two futures”?
How are obesity and education and income associated?
Which are the most successful tactics to tackle obesity according to Public Health experts?

HOUSE BILL HOPES TO CURB PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE
Which drugs are compared to prescription drugs concerning their effects?
What kind of pharmaceuticals does the Bill prohibit/ban?
Which age group is the one that uses prescription drugs the most? Why?
What are BYOP parties?

Personal response on TCKs

Respond to the following stimulus using any suitable text type that you have studied in class. Write between 150 to 250 words. 

"If provided with the right support and guidance, TCKs are exactly what today and tomorrow’s world requires. They don't just think and act global, they are global."

 Famous Third Culture Kids:

1. Barack Obama: Barack Obama is the 44th, and current president of the United States. Barack had an American mother and a father from Kenya, Africa. Obama's mother divorced his African father and remarried an Indonesian man. After that, Obama lived in Indonesia for a while. He is a Third Culture Kids as well as a political leader

2. Kim Jung Un: Kim Jung Un is  the Supreme Democratic Leader of Korea. It has also been told that he was indoctrinated in Switzerland until the age of 15. This is another third culture kid that is in politics

3. Uma Thurman: This famous Hollywood Actress is also a third culture kid who was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but after nine years, she moved to a Himalayan town in India. Uma's father was a writer and named her Uma, which means light.


4. Freddie Mercury: Did you know that Freddie Mercury, the heroic lead singer of the rock band Queen, is a third culture kid?!! Well, he is. Freddie was born in Tanzania and then moved to Bombay, India when he was only ten years old. After that, Freddie moved to England at the age of seventeen.

5. Kobe Bryant: The legendary 5 time NBA champion, with the name of Kobe Bryant is also another third culture kid! Kobe grew up in Reiti, Italy until the age of fourteen and learnt more about basketball and has some of his skills from his father who was a basketball player too.

Paper 2 (MOCK)

TEXT TYPES REVISION #12: SPEECHES

Writing a Speech

A speech is almost always formal. At the same time, you will have to make your speech engaging so be careful to include anecdotes (stories to personalize your ideas), statements to grab attention (either shocking, jokey or inspiring) and clear structure.

Your structure needs to have clear paragraphs, with a topic sentence in each one, followed by evidence and explanation of your main idea.

You need to use rhetorical devices to show your mastery of this text form.

A good speech should contain the following rhetorical devices:

• Rhetorical questions

• Repetition

• Lists of three

• Contrast

• Emotive language

• Direct address

• Evidence (statistics, quotations, examples)

Here is an example of a speech to a group of students.
See how the speaker uses the language devices above.
“Fellow students, Have you ever felt afraid to walk around the school by yourself? 1  In a recent survey carried out by the school council, 70 percent 2 of us have been bullied at some time in our life at school.
The bullies are vicious, violent and vindictive3 4 . Unfortunately, they are getting away with it. Can this be fair?5 We, the victims, are afraid of wearing the wrong trainers. We are afraid of being too smart or too stupid. We are afraid 6 of anything that might draw attention to ourselves. The time has come for the fear to stop.
The bullies terrify other students, and yet they are cowards 7  themselves. If we pull together we can fight this fear. Join me and fight this fear 8 today.”

1Direct address. The speaker is addressing the audience directly, asking them to think about their own experiences. It is also a rhetorical question.2Evidence. This is an example of evidence to make the argument more convincing.
3Lists of three. A list of three words together sounds really powerful when it is said out loud.
4Emotive Language. Words that inspire strong emotions. These three words are examples of emotive language.
5Rhetorical Questions. The audience aren't expected to give an answer, but the speaker wants them to think about what he is saying.
6Repetition. It is effective to repeat the word 'afraid' in a speech about bullying.
7Contrast. 'Coward' contrasts with 'terrify'.
8Repetition. Another example of repetition! Also direct address in the exhortation “join me”. 

Points to consider

- Opening, which quickly catches the audience’s attention, and at the same time establishes the topic and purpose of speech?

- Ideas and information organized according to purpose of speech

- Included information must follow a logical flow, which will be meaningful to both the speaker and listeners

- Conclusion, which relates to the content and purpose of the speech, it may include, for example, a question, a recommendation, or a warning. For instance, "Why should we learn about the diversity of structures in different text types?" (rhetorical question is used).

Language features:

- Address the audience; for example, “ladies and gentleman”, or “fellow students”, depending on the situation that is applied.

- Repetition and restatement of ideas to help your listeners follow the ideas. (Not too repetitive, this is achieved by stating your ideas differently each time to reinforce the same piece of information/ideas/views in a way that it is interesting)

- Personal language

- SOME colloquial language

- Use of questions to set up a 'conversation' with listeners

Be fluent, and eloquent with how you compose your speech to get your point of view across to the TARGET audience.