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Public speaking causes many people apprehension, but this program helps students conquer their fear of getting in front of the class through discussion of how to create and deliver an effective speech. Topics such as preparation, organization, delivery, posture and body placement, pronunciation, attire, and more are explored throughout the program.
7) Debates
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With an election looming, it’s time for Eve, President of the Entire Earth, to find out if she got this job simply because of her height or whether she’s got the right stuff. What does a debate involve? How can she win it? Who is her mystery opponent? And just how displeasing is wasp pie?
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Language evolves to reflect a changing world, and technology has had an incredible impact on the way we live and communicate. This engaging and informative program compares the way a person might have communicated in 1960 to the way we communicate today by following a young writer on vacation then and now. In the 1960s, she uses postcards and letters to correspond with friends back home, while today it's text messages and emails. Audiences will gain...
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Eve has barely warmed up her Presidential office chair and a crisis is already looming. Watch the lunacy unfold as Eve scrambles to deliver her first big oral presentation with help from her future self. Can she achieve the unthinkable and prevent an unhinged alien from annihilating Earth? And more importantly, how can she get out of wearing ugly Presidential hats and badges?
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Communication is the transferring of information from one person to another and helps us in making new friends. The development of communication skills in children can help build positive interpersonal relationships. Effective communication skills help children to manage their emotions and to solve conflict without violence. Verbal and non-verbal skills are investigated, demonstrating why children need to be aware that there are different communication...
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Language is a crucial part of human identity. It influences the way we think, talk, and write about ourselves and others. In this program, the relationship between language and identity is explored as we follow Detective Quinn's investigation of a bank robbery. Listen to the interviews of four witnesses with very different ways of speaking: Queen's English, Australian ocker, business jargon, and hip-hop. At the end of each witness statement, information...
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Every year, the most brilliant brains of the planet meet in Long Beach, California, at the TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design), an invitation-only event where the world's leading thinkers and doers gather to find inspiration. Internet visionaries, Hollywood stars, and media gurus like Bill Gates, Al Gore, Robin Williams, Bill Clinton, Bono, Peter Gabriel, Richard Branson, Jane Goodall, Norman Foster, or Philippe Starck come and tangle...
14) Social Me!
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To teenagers, social media is more than just a communication tool, it becomes a way of life; a sphere where they can explore and create their own models, often at the expense of face-to-face interactions. As Nya enters adulthood, this young woman takes a critical look at how social media has impacted and continues to influence the shaping of her identity, experiences and values.
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A persuasive speech aims to convince audiences of the speaker's position. Ethos, Pathos and Logos - or appealing to an audience's values, emotions and logic – are commonly used. In 1993 Prime Minister Paul Keating delivered a speech in Redfern that proved to be a watershed moment in Indigenous and Non-indigenous relations in Australia. This program analyses the language, structure and presentation techniques Keating uses to achieve his purpose.
16) Words
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In a generation built on texts, tweets, memes, and irony, what has become of the weight of our words? Words explores how people navigate gender and identity in the open and evolving landscape of New York City.
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An entertaining speech is typically brief, memorable, positive, straightforward and upbeat. Occasionally, humorous and engaging speeches are given in serious circumstances. In 2013 New Zealand MP Maurice Williamson gave an unorthodox parliamentary speech during a debate to include same-sex couples in the legal definition of marriage. It went viral, making news headlines around the world. This program analyses the language, structure and presentation...
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