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I'm Sharona Schwartz from Haifa. In this course, I aim to find ways to motivate my students which is a perennial challenge. My main questions about debate revolve around the idea of "Clash" - how to explain it and how to implement it.
I was recently introduced to this inspirational video which demonstrates the versatility of language and how expectations based on first impressions can often be wildly wrong. I look forward to virtually meeting you.

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Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English | TED

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Hi I'm Shir Katzman and I'm from Kfar Saba . My expectations from this course is to learn new ways of thinking and teaching. I would like to know how I can have a debate in lower ESL classrooms where students aren't that strong or confident in English.

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Sir Ken Robinson tells the story of Gillian Lynne

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I'm Alla Ermoline from Rishon le Zion. I hope that the course will put my scattered knowledge of the subject in order and help me to transfer it to kids. My question is how to teach the kids to be good listeners because I am sure that a good listener makes a good speaker. I have attached here one of the videos with Margaret Thatcher because her speeches are always clear, concise and convincing.

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Margaret Thatcher opens 'Tech2000' - 1985

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I am from Petach Tikva.
My expectations of this course are to enrich my toolbox as for to encourage my students to speak and convey their messages to the world.
My question about public speaking\debate is How - how can I make students overcome their fears.
An interesting or inspiring oration video:
https://youtu.be/w71aDaGAtHs

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Deshauna Barber "GIVING UP IS THE BIRTH PLACE OF REGRETS" | Part 1

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Hi,
I am from Rehovot. I hope to get useful tips on how to encourage students to speak and sustain a monologue. This is also my question.
A great oration movie that I watch repeatedly is A Few Good Men, where Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise's courtroom scenes are spellbinding.

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I am from Tzur Itzchak. I'd like to learn how to conduct a debate and how to teach it to my pupils. I expect to learn from Hohad (pardon the spelling) as well as other teachers who have some experience in the matter, and I hope to gain some practical tools.

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I am from Hod Hashaaron. I'd like to learn  how to motivate my students to use the language in a different context, develop their oral skills. I find that delivering your ideas effectively isa great tool for life.
I wonder how to overcome stage fright.

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How Do You Find the Moments that Define You? | Peter Dinklage | Goalcast

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My name is Laura Richter and I teach junior high and high school in Maagan Michael. I live in Zichron Yaakov. In my high school we were required to take a public speaking course .. but that was 30 years ago. I want to learn some tools to help students feel more confident to speak English and to make persuasive arguments. I want to know more about how to grade students for their participation in debates. One of my all time favorite speeches is MLK's I Have a Dream speech. I could watch it again and again....

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I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr HD (subtitled)

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Hello, my name is Flora Mreeh I am from Dalit el Carmel and I also teach in Darca High school in the same Druze village. My expectations from this course is to learn and enrich my learning methods regarding oral skills which I can use throughout my lessons with my students. My question is what are the most essential aspects to take in consideration when choosing a topic to discuss among the students?

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I'm Zohar, from Herzliya. i teach at Ort Yad-leibowitz Netanya. I expect to learn how teach debate and how to get better at it. i would like to get tool to make my students more comfortable and fluent and confident in English.

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Hi everybody. I am Inbal. I teach junior High and High School. I have very little experience in teaching debate and public speaking and have only once had the experience of public speaking myself.
Being a shy person, I think makes it easier for me to encourage my quieter students to participate. Once upon a time, you would never catch me speaking before an audience and while today it still isn't easy for me, I manage myself better.
Debate is different for me. I am not good with arguments or confrontations. I do not consider myself a quick thinker with clever responses. If this course can coach me how to develop these skills and fine tune them, that would be fantastic.
I chose the final scene from Legally Blonde. It is short and to the point. It is a great movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_FKP-rjhh4

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Hi, my name is John and I teach both Junior High and High School students in Shimon Peres High School of Technology and Arts. My expectation of the debate course is to provide myself with a broader understanding of teaching students how to debate. I would also like to acquire useful tools tips and tricks.

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Hi everyone,
I'm Illy Pasharel from Be'er Ya'cov. I teach at Rishonim Junior High School in Rishon-Letzion. I expect to get some new ideas in order to enrich my teaching methods and bring something different to my English lessons. I would like to ask the following question: How can we provide the students the confidence to speak in public, since most of them feel very embarrassed to do so.

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WATCH THIS EVERYDAY AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE - Denzel Washington Motivational Speech 2021

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Hi, my name is (Marina) Ruthie Perez and I teach at Golda HS in Nes-Ziona. My expectation from this course is to learn how to improve my speaking skillls and help my students feel more confident when they speak in English.
My question is: how can debates be incorporated into my lessons? I think it can be a wonderful tool in English studies but I am not sure how to do that.
I posted a great video that moves me every time I watch it called "What do teachers make?" by Taylor Mali.

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Taylor Mali: What teachers make | TED Talk

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Ever heard the phrase “Those who can’t do, teach”? At the Bowery Poetry Club, slam poet Taylor Mali begs to differ, and delivers a powerful, 3-minute response on behalf of educators everywhere.

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My name is Sara Fried and I teach in Ulpanit Harel Kfar Sava and Ulpenat Nahala in elad. I joined the course because I hope to be able to improve their oral skills. It could also be interesting seeing them do a debate or discuss the merits or faults of something. 

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My name is Sara Fried and I teach in Ulpanit Harel Kfar Sava and Ulpenat Nahala in elad. I joined the course because I hope to be able to improve their oral skills. It could also be interesting seeing them do a debate or discuss the merits or faults of something. 

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Hi everyone! My name is Inessa. I teach at Yeshivat Amit High School Beer Sheva. I have a rather humble experience in debate and public speaking - about three years ago my 10th graders participated in a debate competition. They really enjoyed both the preparations and the competition. Yet, there is still so much to learn. This is why I'm here with a lot of expectations and questions  ...
Here is one of my questions:  if students disagree with the morals of the topic, should they participate in a debate anyway?
You asked me to choose one inspirational speech, and it was rather an easy mission for me as I immediately knew what kind of speech I would like to teach my high school pupils - definitely something written by Shakespeare. However, I deliberately have chosen the modern version of the soliloquy to show them that great words are timeless.

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To Be Or Not To Be - Hamlet (Andrew Scott Full Soliloquy)

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Hi, my name is Merav Shemesh. I teach junior pupils in Chashmonaim school in Ramat Gan. My expectations of this course: to get tools on how to implement debate in junior school classrooms.My question : how to integrate teaching oral proficiencies and especially debate in the EFL lessons.

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Hi, my name is Merav Shemesh. I teach junior pupils in Chashmonaim school in Ramat Gan. My expectations of this course: to get tools on how to implement debate in junior school classrooms.My question : how to integrate teaching oral proficiencies and especially debate in the EFL lessons.

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BEST DEBATE IN THE WORLD! @ University of Oxford. MUST WATCH!!!

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Hi everyone,
I teach at Ort Haklai Pardes Hana.
My first expectation is learning how to get started. I really want to start with debated in my classes, but don't know the basics, so here I am... I want to make it count.
I chose this video because I believe it's not only WHAT you say, it's also HOW you say it. I would like to learn how to get the students engaged and interested, and in this day and age, which relies a lot on visuality, how you present yourself is crucial

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How to sound smart in your TEDx Talk | Will Stephen | TEDxNewYork

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Hello Everyone!
My name is Miram. I live in Haifa and I teach in Ort Motzkin High School. I love debate. In America, debate and public speaking is part of the regular curriculm. Several times in strong 5 point classes I have conducted debates and even graded them as alternative assessments. I want to apply this tool more broadly and in more heterogenous classes.

I posted one of my favorite Oxford debates. I enjoy watching debated and I believe it is a great tool. It opens up ones mind, challeneges assumptions, sharpens critical thinking and is a gold standard of free speech and civic discourse.

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Dennis Prager - Hamas is a Greater Obstacle to Peace Than Israel

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I'm Shirley. I'm from Tel Aviv and I teach in Beit Hinuch Yarkon. This is my 7th year as an English teacher. I'm bi-lingual and have always felt confident speaking in front of an audience in either language. I find that's it an essential skill in life, and would like to help my students gain confidence and become proficient in public speaking and debating. I would like to learn how to build this confidence progressively in my students and also in the weaker ones. Are there on line tools which can help?
I hope this course forms a community which will share ideas.
I love this spoken word piece, written and read by a young African American woman in one of the most important and public special occasions in the US and the world. The content, the spoken word style, the speaker all contribute to a very powerful and meaningful message.

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Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman delivers a poem at Joe Biden's inauguration

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Expectations from the course (by Marina Kozyrev)

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Expectations from the course (by Marina Kozyrev)

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Hi everyone!
My name's Marina. I teach at the elementary school in Ramat Gan. I'm personally interested in the course a lot.
To my mind, in order to speak and convince someone in something you have to think it over and be able to listen to your opponent first.
So not only speaking but listening and thinking should be taught.
The earlier we teach our students to think and listen, the better speakers they will be.
The "eternal" question is how to encourage any  learners  (in my case young )first listen , think and then speak in any language.

As "words can change the world", so "what our verse will be?" (If someone asks me about the best movie of all times, that will be the answer: "Dead Poets Society")

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Dead Poets Society (1989) - What will your verse be?

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Hello, I am Dafna and I am teaching 8th grade in a Waldorf School in Hod Hasharon.  I would like my students to feel comfortable speaking and communicating in English. My expectation of this course is to learn skills that will help me in reaching this goal.
I believe that debate can be an interesting tool in this process.

You all asked so many good questions.
To speak publically, most students need to begin with having a safe environment.

How can I encourage all students to take part in class, not just the strong ones?
What is the balance between correcting their English and having them speak out freely?
One of my favorite speeches is of the late Sir Ken Robinson speech: https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity?language=en

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Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

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Hi, I'm Jana Harel from Kibbutz Dalia (Megidoh region). I teach in Magan Micael. I hope to gain the tools to be able to introduce the art of public speaking and debating into my classes, and give my students the opportunity to express themselves, with confidence in a balanced structured way.

My question is: how easy or difficult it is to introduce these skills in the average Israeli, English classroom?

An inspirational speech that I have chosen is of Emma Watson addressing the UN, and talking about equality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIwU-9ZTTJc

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ENGLISH SPEECH | EMMA WATSON: Gender Equality (English Subtitles)

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Hi! I'm Masha Fooksman from Golda High School, Nes Tziona. Even though public speaking/speaking in general as a skill can be learnt and trained, I tend to believe that great speakers are born rather than made. Don't you agree? During this course  I'd like to get some practical tools to encourage my students to speak in English more. And this is the link for one of my favorite speeches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd10x8LiuBc
Very passionate and powerful in my opinion.

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Scent of a Woman | "I'll Show You Out of Order!"

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My name is Anu Abu Rahal and I live in Turan in the north. This is my first debate course, and I'm looking forward to understand more about the topic and how to use debate and public speaking to empower my students to develop their thinking and speaking skills. The question that I have is really how to do this in an engaging way. The video that I chose is related to success.

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Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.

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My name is Revital and I live in Holon. This is my first course, so I really don't have any expectations, but I am ready to learn. I would like to understand the "secret" of debate and how to use is as a tool, even for myself. I like watching Tedtalk and I chose this one which is very special: Diana Nyad: Never, ever give up | TED Talk

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In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating ... Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that's how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida -- at age 64. Hear her story.

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My name is Milena Dubnikov, I live in Givat Yoav and teach at Hodayot boarding school. I am sure that I can benefit from this course as well as my students. I always try to bring some elements of debating into my classes especially during literature course and give the opportunity to share their own ideas with the rest of the group. I`d like to know how to help my weak students not to be shy and try to speak more in English.

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How great leaders inspire action | Simon Sinek

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Hi. My name is Janna Okorokov.

I teach in Givatayim. My expectations are  to gain tools to

teach my students to engage in the art of public speaking and debating.

to learn practical tools that will help me teach better speaking strategies. I would like to know how to encourage my students  speaking and finding a way to build confidence standing and talking in front of the class. Hope to receive tools to encourage my students to articulate their ideas properly.

As an example of an excellent speech video I chose Arnold Schwarzenegger's 5 Rules for Success | Motivational Speech

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DO THESE 5 Things To Completely CHANGE YOUR LIFE! | Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Hi I am Jane Cohen from

Rishon Le Zion. I teach in Nes Tziona.

I hope to gain tools to inspire my students to  love words and to understand the power of words.

How do I teach my more challenged learners to engage in the art of public speaking and debating.

"If you want to change the world start off by making your bed."

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Admiral McRaven Leaves the Audience SPEECHLESS | One of the Best Motivational Speeches

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My name is Monica Nemirovsky and I'm from Haifa. I've been an English teacher for 30 years. My expectations from this course are to learn practical tools that will help me teach better speaking strategies to my students, teaching them to be more confident while speaking. I wonder how to take the fear out of public speaking in L2, how to build an atmosphere in the classroom where students feel they can speak without being laughed at.
Martin Luther King's speech:
https://youtu.be/vP4iY1TtS3s

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I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr HD (subtitled)

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Hi everyone. I am Sally Rosenberg from Shoham High school. Languages have always been my passion as I grew to speak four languages. Wishing to share my passion with the future generation, I am always looking for ways to motivate my students to speak in class. I believe that in order to prepare them to clearly articulate their ideas, we need to place more emphasis on verbal presentations whether on current events, personal interests or even their future entrepreneurship. I hope to receive tools to encourage my students to articulate their ideas properly and coherently.

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Mabou LOISEAU on Katie COURIC 8-year-old polygot speaks 8 languages & plays 8 musical instruments

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Hi everyone, I'm Amit Gafny from Kiryat Motzkin. I expect this course to provide me useful tools that will enrich my students and myself included because after all, the real power lies within the words we use and how we use them. I hope the tools we get are practical enough to encourage anyone to use, no just pupils  -  but literally everyone because, knowing how to express yourself in a convincing manner is one the best benefits one can ask for. Speaking of "Express Yourself" I have chosen a speech by Madonna. Trust me, she has a lot to say and for all the women out there, I strongly recommend you to watch it. As of now, I guess my questions are pretty much the same questions others have asked before... (how to teach this topic in EFL classrooms) so I don't have other questions, but I do hope the tasks won't be overbearing because in order to keep things fluent and engaging we need to keep it simple yet meaningful :-) Hope to get to know you all through this platform and learn, and be able to pass it on with new tools, and perhaps even laugh at times.

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Madonna Woman of The Year Full Speech | Billboard Women in Music 2016

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Hi everyone, I am Ortal Doron from Kiryat Haim. I expect this course to provide me with practical tools to assess speaking performance better, and to increase students' motivation to engage effectively with each other (considering the "affective filters" which prevent them from speaking in class). I also wish to learn how to construct well-planned debate lessons and to be equipped with reliable sources I can use for class discussions.

I would like to raise the question of fluency vs. accuracy in debate lessons, while aiming at encouraging our students to speak in class.

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Monday Morning Team Motivation | Jack Ma Life Story ( CEO of Alibaba) | Goal Quest

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Hi everyone, I`m Hila Huri from Ashkelon.
I hope that this course will  provide me the tools for opening a debate group with my junior-high school classes.
I wanted to know how can I motivate my students to participate in the depate group.

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Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson | TED

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Hello everyone, I'm Moran Zontag from Azrikam (a tiny Moshav surrounded by Ashdod/Gan Yavne/Kiryat Malachi). It's my first Debate course and I'm in the search for tools that might help me encourage and promote English speaking among my students (who seem to be quite opinionated when it comes to their mother tongue). My question is a rather simple one: Practically, how do I teach debate in the classroom?
Well, maybe I have another question. Are there any existing tools to help them overcome the anxiety resulted from having the need to stand in front of an audience?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEC1C4p0k3E&ab_channel=CBS

I chose this inspirational video not because of its content, but due to the fact that I remember it from my childhood (my father made me watch it - I'm only 36 years old). Hearing JFK saying "ask not what your country can do for you...." still echoes in my ears.

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President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address

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Hi everyone.
I am Natalia Levy and I am from Ramat-Gan.
I took my first debate workshop a year ago  and I even taught my students how to debate last year.  However, I still feel that I need skills. I hope that this workshop will provide me with interesting activities that will work on improving my students' confidence, I hope this course will help me learn how to teach my students to write their speeches properly. I'll be glad to learn more about the debate structure, rebuttals and what a whip speaker's role is.
My question is:
How can I teach my students to write a speech within an allocated time?

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Hi, I'm Rivka Gordon from Mevo Horon (next to Modiin if you wonder where that is!). I hope this course provides me with practical tips and tools to implement debate and public speaking in the junior-high/high school classroom.
I do wonder how to inspire students to debate effectively and with passion, when they struggle with speaking basic English at the best of times...?
I can't put my finger on one particular speech or debate I was amazed by, but I do see Jordan Peterson as an iconic inspirational speaker!

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Hi. I'm Rachelle Borenstein. I'm always looking for new ideas to do with my students, especially challenging students who need something extra. I hope to gain tools to make that happen and implement in class. Like others, I would like to know how to find a balance of encouraging speaking and finding a way to build confidence without students fearing being "attacked" or backed into a corner. 

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Famous oration: https://poets.org/poem/julius-caesar-act-iii-scene-ii-friends-romans-countrymen-lend-me-your-ears

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But, lo! from forth a copse that neighbours by,
A breeding jennet, lusty, young, and proud,
Adonis' trampling courser doth espy,
And forth she rushes, snorts and neighs aloud;
     The strong-neck'd steed, being tied unto a tree,
     Breaketh his rein, and to her straight goes he.

Imperiously he leaps, he neighs, he bounds,
And now his woven girths he breaks asunder;
The bearing earth with his hard hoof he wounds,
Whose hollow womb resounds like heaven's thunder;
     The iron bit he crushes 'tween his teeth
     Controlling what he was controlled with.

His ears up-prick'd; his braided hanging mane
Upon his compass'd crest now stand on end;
His nostrils drink the air, and forth again,
As from a furnace, vapours doth he send:
     His eye, which scornfully glisters like fire,
     Shows his hot courage and his high desire.

Sometime her trots, as if he told the steps,
With gentle majesty and modest pride;
Anon he rears upright, curvets and leaps,
As who should say, 'Lo! thus my strength is tried;
     And this I do to captivate the eye
     Of the fair breeder that is standing by.'

What recketh he his rider's angry stir,
His flattering 'Holla,' or his 'Stand, I say?'
What cares he now for curb of pricking spur?
For rich caparisons or trapping gay?
     He sees his love, and nothing else he sees,
     Nor nothing else with his proud sight agrees.

Look, when a painter would surpass the life,
In limning out a well-proportion'd steed,
His art with nature's workmanship at strife,
As if the dead the living should exceed;
     So did this horse excel a common one,
     In shape, in courage, colour, pace and bone

Round-hoof'd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long,
Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide,
High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong,
Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide:
     Look, what a horse should have he did not lack,
     Save a proud rider on so proud a back.

Sometimes he scuds far off, and there he stares;
Anon he starts at stirring of a feather;
To bid the wind a race he now prepares,
And whe'r he run or fly they know not whether;
     For through his mane and tail the high wind sings,
     Fanning the hairs, who wave like feather'd wings.

He looks upon his love, and neighs unto her;
She answers him as if she knew his mind;
Being proud, as females are, to see him woo her,
She puts on outward strangeness, seems unkind,
     Spurns at his love and scorns the heat he feels,
     Beating his kind embracements with her heels.

Then, like a melancholy malcontent,
He vails his tail that, like a falling plume
Cool shadow to his melting buttock lent:
He stamps, and bites the poor flies in his fume.
     His love, perceiving how he is enrag'd,
     Grew kinder, and his fury was assuag'd.

His testy master goeth about to take him;
When lo! the unback'd breeder, full of fear,
Jealous of catching, swiftly doth forsake him,
With her the horse, and left Adonis there.
     As they were mad, unto the wood they hie them,
     Out-stripping crows that strive to over-fly them.

     I prophesy they death, my living sorrow,
     If thou encounter with the boar to-morrow.

"But if thou needs wilt hunt, be rul'd by me;
Uncouple at the timorous flying hare,
Or at the fox which lives by subtlety,
Or at the roe which no encounter dare:
     Pursue these fearful creatures o'er the downs,
     And on they well-breath'd horse keep with they hounds.

"And when thou hast on food the purblind hare,
Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles
How he outruns with winds, and with what care
He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles:
     The many musits through the which he goes
     Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes.

"Sometime he runs among a flock of sheep,
To make the cunning hounds mistake their smell,
And sometime where earth-delving conies keep,
To stop the loud pursuers in their yell,
     And sometime sorteth with a herd of deer;
     Danger deviseth shifts; wit waits on fear:

"For there his smell with other being mingled,
The hot scent-snuffing hounds are driven to doubt,
Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled
With much ado the cold fault cleanly out;
     Then do they spend their mouths: Echo replies,
     As if another chase were in the skies.

"By this, poor Wat, far off upon a hill,
Stands on his hinder legs with listening ear,
To hearken if his foes pursue him still:
Anon their loud alarums he doth hear;
     And now his grief may be compared well
     To one sore sick that hears the passing-bell.

"Then shalt thou see the dew-bedabbled wretch
Turn, and return, indenting with the way;
Each envious briar his weary legs doth scratch,
Each shadow makes him stop, each murmur stay:
     For misery is trodden on by many,
     And being low never reliev'd by any.

"Lie quietly, and hear a little more;
Nay, do not struggle, for thou shalt not rise:
To make thee hate the hunting of the boar,
Unlike myself thou hear'st me moralize,
     Applying this to that, and so to so;
     For love can comment upon every woe."

Come unto these yellow sands,
   And then take hands:
Court'sied when you have, and kiss'd,--
   The wild waves whist--
Foot it featly here and there;
And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear.
   Hark, hark!
      Bow, wow,
   The watch-dogs bark:
      Bow, wow.
Hark, hark! I hear
The strain of strutting chanticleer
Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow!

                         --fromThe Tempest

Tell me where is Fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourishèd? Reply, reply. It is engender'd in the eyes; With gazing fed; and Fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring Fancy's knell: I'll begin it,--Ding, dong, bell! All. Ding, dong, bell! --from The Merchant of Venice Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. -from The Tempest

Lord Amiens, a musician, sings before Duke Senior's company
  Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
  Thou art not so unkind
      As man's ingratitude;
  Thy tooth is not so keen,
  Because thou art not seen,
      Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
  Then, heigh-ho, the holly!
      This life is most jolly.

  Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
  That does not bite so nigh
      As benefits forgot:
  Though thou the waters warp,
  Thy sting is not so sharp
      As friend remembered not.
Heigh-ho! sing . . .

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Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene II [Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears]

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But, lo! from forth a copse that neighbours by, A breeding jennet, lusty, young, and proud, Adonis' trampling courser doth espy, And forth she rushes, snorts and neighs aloud; The strong-neck'd steed, being tied unto a tree, Breaketh his rein, and to her straight goes he.

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I am Ariel Edery. I live in Hashmonaim, a small yishuv outside of Modiin. I expect this course to help me teach my students to find their inner-power to express their ideas with conviction and determination. I hope this course will help me learn how to teach my students the skills to organize a proper debate topic, and to be able to defend their opinions. My question is: How do we manage to teach ESL students to confidently defend a topic in English?

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Mr. Rogers Greatest Advice EVER - MOST Inspirational Speech

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Hi all, I live in Mazkeret Batya.
Am excited about this course and am mostly looking forward to gaining and learning tools that relate to public speaking that I can bring into class the next day.
I'm trying something new this year (actually, I try new things every year, but anyway...) - whereby my 12th grade students' project will involve speech writing and giving.  I'm counting on this course to direct me a little in a field that I really know nothing about.
As I said, excited about this endeavor.
Have chosen to call my project "I have a dream".  Hopefully not too cliche.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s

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I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr HD (subtitled)

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Hi everone. My name is Anat Abarbanel and I live in Alonei Abba. I expect to get a grasp of rules of debating and public speaking. I would also like to leave this course with debate related tools and speaking proficiencies. My question is: How can these be taught in class? 

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Hi everone. My name is Anat Abarbanel and I live in Alonei Abba. I expect to get a grasp of rules of debating and public speaking. I would also like to leave this course with debate related tools and speaking proficiencies. My question is: How can these be taught in class? 

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Hi everyone, I am Shosh Nahmias and I live in Tivon. I have many expectations from this course mainly because I want to help my struggling students to overcome the shyness and fear barriers they face when they want/ have to speak. I feel that the lack of speaking proficiencies prevents and holds my students back. for this reason, I would like to get to know and utilize public speaking skills. 

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Hi everyone, I am Shosh Nahmias and I live in Tivon. I have many expectations from this course mainly because I want to help my struggling students to overcome the shyness and fear barriers they face when they want/ have to speak. I feel that the lack of speaking proficiencies prevents and holds my students back. for this reason, I would like to get to know and utilize public speaking skills. 

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My question- Can weak learners benefit from this program or is it just aimed at good English speakers?
The video that inspired me most and has to do with public speaking is Ashton Kutcher's talk.

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My expectations of this course are to learn how to teach debate, how to create adequate scaffolding for my students to carry out effective debates and how to structure my lessons accordingly.

My one question is:

How can I best combine teaching public speaking skills with teaching EFL?

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Scent of a Woman | "I'll Show You Out of Order!"

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Hi everyone.  My name is Alina, I'm from Ramat-Gan lately. I expect this course to give me instruments how to help my students talk, feel free to say what they have to say and learn how to listen to their opponents. I hope to teach them be good speakers and attentive listeners. And here's my question: what is the best way to teach them to speak up considering that English is not their native language and they don't feel free finding necessary words, leave alone arguments? 

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Hi everyone.  My name is Alina, I'm from Ramat-Gan lately. I expect this course to give me instruments how to help my students talk, feel free to say what they have to say and learn how to listen to their opponents. I hope to teach them be good speakers and attentive listeners. And here's my question: what is the best way to teach them to speak up considering that English is not their native language and they don't feel free finding necessary words, leave alone arguments? 

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The inspiration video is Oprah Winfrey' about failure.

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Oprah Winfrey's Life Advice Will Change Your Future | One of The Most Eye Opening Speeches Ever

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Modiin
I want to inspire my students to speak freely and listen to one another.
I want to expand their hirizons on many debate topics
My question is whether we can have this in weak classes

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Hi all!  I am hoping to hone my debating skills and how to best teach debate and use debate as a tool in high school to further my pupils' social awareness and awareness of the power of language and discourse.  Of course, I mostly want this to be fun for me and my pupils!
Question about public speaking:
What makes a public speaker compelling?
Steve Jobs' speech:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuw8hxrFBH8

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I am Laura Rudich, I live in Tel - Aviv. I expect this course to enable me to understand debate format so I can imply it in JH as a way to increase my students' ability to use the language and feel confident.
I wonder what is the most useful tool to teach students so they feel comfortable speaking in public.
Lastly as a former diplomacy teacher I would like to share an inspirational speech clip of Robert F. Kennedy announcing the death of Martin Luther King.

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Robert F Kennedy Announcing The Death Of Martin Luther King - RFK's Greatest Speech