CLARIFYING YOUR PURPOSE

CLARIFYING YOUR PURPOSE

Task 1

The task is to imagine you were asked to give a speech on the following topics. Consider the Wh-questions mentioned above to clarify the purpose of each speech. Write down your answers to each question. 

Speech 1. 
You are a primary school teacher. You should give a speech to your third graders on the following topic: “Why children should listen to their parents.”
- Why should I want to talk about this?
I want to talk about this because children can learn a lot from their parents. Parents are wise and experienced, so they can teach their children how to behave in different situations.
- Why should anybody want to listen to me?
Most of the children think they are groun-up enough not to listen to their parents'advice. This speech will show the importance of this topic.
- What single message would I want to put across?
"You should understand that your parents want you to become good and happy people. Even if they care of you much, they do this only because of their love. "
- What need in the audience do I want to have satisfied when I have finished speaking?
I hope that my speech will make children think about the topic and they will understand value of listening to their parents.
- When they all walk away what state would I like them to leave in?
I want children to feel support from me and to be inspired to listen to their parents.

Speech 2. 
You are working as a team leader in a summer language camp with high school students from the whole region. On the second day you are noticing that some guys and girls hesitate to meet new people or make friends within the team. You decide to take action and give a talk to your team stating “You will learn most from friends that are different from you.
- Why should I want to talk about this?
I want to talk about this because I am eager to tell studets that they can learn a lot from  people not simalar to them.
- Why should anybody want to listen to me?
I think it is very important for students to make new friends and to be ready to meet new people, so that they should want to listen to me.
- What single message would I want to put across?
"Each person is unique and has his own ideas. When you communicate with people not familiar to you, you may borrow some usefull ideas and learn something new."
- What need in the audience do I want to have satisfied when I have finished speaking?
I want them to understand that if person is not familiar to them they must not avoid them, but try to learn something new from them.
- When they all walk away what state would I like them to leave in?
I wish they would try to find something interesting in his friends and learn something new.

Speech 3. 
You are taking part at 2018 World Champion of Public Speaking “Toastmasters” and you are going to give a speech “Embarrassing moments make you stronger.”
- Why should I want to talk about this?
Everyone may come across embarrassing moments and we should understand that we must not be ashamed of them.
- Why should anybody want to listen to me?
Embarrassing moments make us feel ashamed and uncomfortable and everyone would want to know that they also make us stronger.
- What single message would I want to put across?
"Embarrassing moments may happen to every of us.Of course it is difficult to be in such situations, but when we overcome difficulties we bacome stronger."
- What need in the audience do I want to have satisfied when I have finished speaking?
I want them to understand that embarrassing mooments are a part of our life and we should be ready to find something good in such situations.
- When they all walk away what state would I like them to leave in?
I like them to feel their strengths.

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