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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Speeches: we can learn from the masters



Image above: "I Have A Dream" Speech: Dr. King, addressing the crowd at the March on Washington, delivers his famous I Have a Dream speech. (Photo Credit: Corbis)

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Famous speeches

Here is an amazing selection of famous and not so famous speeches.  You will notice that there is a formulae for great speeches but that formulae has been broken regularly broken by the masters of speech making over time.


* Famous American speeches (some audio)




* Famous short speeches


In preparation for your speech tomorrow you may like to see how you will be assessed and a PowerPoint presentation on oral presentations. Both are on the TSC Moodle under the Social Ethics Forum section.