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I live In Maale Adumim, I am originaly from Mexico, I Teach in Junior High. Iwould like to learn new tools to empower our students to speak without fear in English I expect to improve my students and my own speaking skills

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CNN Debate: UN Watch's Hillel Neuer vs. Mugabe Regime

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I'm from Netivot. I teach at Yeshivat Darca. I expect to learn how to form good arguments and how to find evidence and reasons to support the arguments. In additiond I expect to learn more about fluency, confidence and perpectives. I hope to deliver the tools to my students.

Attached is a well structured speech.

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Ashton Kutcher Speech - Teen Choice Awards (HQ)

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I'm from Ashkelon, and I teach in Junior High. I want to improve my own speaking skills and to receive interesting and  creative tools to teach my students.

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My name is Yael Golding, I am an English teachr in Amal School Hadera, I teach 10th, 11th and 12 graders 3,4,5 levels. I have come acrsoss debating when one of my classes had an instructor coming into the class and teaching them all about how to be a good debator. Needless to say I was thoroughly impressed with the way it was delivered and even more so by the interest the instructor managed to raise among the students. I knew then that I would lkie to be able to do the same and this is the reason why I wanted to attend this course. I truly believe I will get better tools to deliver to my students as I think speaking is the hardest ability to acquire .

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I live in Moshav Udim (near Netanya) and I teach at the Neve Haddasah Youth Village. I expect to learn how to get an entire class, including the shy students to speak. I expect to learn more about how to teach this subject to those who did not necessarily volunteer to do so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-yZNMWFqvM&ab_channel=technicalmark

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Hi my name is Sivan Edri and I am an English teacher from Dimona. I expect to learn what makes a speech good how to use debate in my classroom and how to imporve my students' self esteem during the process. I hope this course will allow me to be proficient in public speaking in a way it will help my students to be more knowladgeable and more fluent in English.

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I live in a little moshav called Mattah, near Jerusalem. I teach in Ein Karem High School.
My question is how to teach my students Public Speaking and Debating skills to empower them in their lives.

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I live in Peqiin village in the north. I teach at Peqiin High school. I expect to know how to prepare a speech and how to make my arguments clear and convincing.
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to know about body language and facial expressions during the debate. Ultimately,
I hope to pass the helpful methods I learned to my students.

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I'm from Abusinan- north , I expect to know more about debate ( technicalities, stages, how to teach it or how to inspire my students to be good debaters) , I expect to get useful tools to enhance my skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56yRvG17RNs&feature=youtu.be

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I'm from Ashkelon. I expect to know how to talk confidently in front of people.
One question about debating - how can we teach students to debate without fear of speaking?

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Hi, my name is Abeer Ghaben Khader. I live in Wadi Hamam near Tiberias in the north. Regarding my expectations from the course, I expect to dive in the world of debating and to learn new tools of how to choose an argument or to rebute one. 

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Hi, my name is Abeer Ghaben Khader. I live in Wadi Hamam near Tiberias in the north. Regarding my expectations from the course, I expect to dive in the world of debating and to learn new tools of how to choose an argument or to rebute one. 

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My question about debating relates to how we can improve this skill or teach it to our students in this current way of learning, i.e., distance learning! I don't think it is an easy mission!
An inspiring speech that I know of is

Denzel Washington Motivational Speech 2020.

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I live in Yokne'am Illit, but teach at Beit Chinuch Yarkon, which is located near Hod Hasharon. I'm actually on shabbaton this year, but will apply this course next year when I return! I have taught debate through the Diplomacy major, but have never actually taken a full debate course, so I am looking forward to actually doing so. One question I have is how to help students avoid the traps of the other side, such as getting sucked in to the opposing side's argument.

This video was already posted, but it inspires me so I posted it again.

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WATCH: Greta Thunberg's full speech to world leaders at UN Climate Action Summit

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I live in Beersheva presently and teach in the B'nei Akiva Yeshiva Tichonit in the same city. I expect to learn tools in order to facilitate a debating class in the future, as well as learning the art of debate. I have often wondered how non-native speakers manage in an English debating class.How can we instill self confidence and motivation to take such a serious plunge? The most inspiring oration is Winston Churchill's address to the British people after the German invasion in the Second World War.

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I live in Rehovot and teach Diplomacy and English at Katzir High School (in Rehovot). I expect this course to train me in teaching debate to my Diplomacy students and preparing them for competitive debate tournaments. One of my questions about debate is: how exactly do the judges decide who wins a tournament - are they really able to objectively follow the judgment guidlines with enough self-awareness? One of the most inspiring speeches I know of is Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream", and of course, some of the speeches made by former President Obama.

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I live in Sderot, however I teach in Beer Sheva. I would like to learn how to use Debate as a tool to encourage my students to speak iin English. Thus helping them to improve their English language skills.
My question is - how do I help my students  prepare for the debate, both in the research of the topic and the speaking aspects?
One of my favorite speeches is "I Have a Dream". I show this speech every year in tenth grade.

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My name is Asher Schuz. I live in Ma'aleh Chever and teach English in the Yeshiva Tichonit in Kiryat Arba.
My expectations are to learn tools to use debating as an inspiring way to practice speach in regular 5 point English Classes in High School.

My First Question about debates is that I believe in creating an atmosphere of listening to each other. Does debating mean that the student is focusing on persuading everyone that he is right - and not on seeing what he can learn from his opponents.
Another point that disturbs me is that debate-culture seems to emphasize the way we say things and judge them by the method rather than by the content. is there a way to overcome that?

Here's a link to an oration video I like:

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Have you ever felt like you’re talking, but nobody is listening? Here’s Julian Treasure to help. In this useful talk, the sound expert demonstrates the how-to’s of powerful speaking -- from some handy vocal exercises to tips on how to speak with empathy. A talk that might help the world sound more beautiful.

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My name is Suzy Binenbaum and I teach at Shazar Middle School.
My major expectation from this course is to get the needed tools and knowledge to teaching debate to my students in an intelligent and interesting way.
My question is how do I make myself and my students more self -confident and less intimidated by public speaking.

An inspiring teenage-oriented speech that I chose is Ashton Kutcher's

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Ashton Kutcher Speech - Teen Choice Awards (HQ)

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Hi everyone,
My name is Adina Livni. I live in Yad Binyamin and teach in Ulpenat Yavne, in the city of Yavne. In this course I hope to learn the essentials of debate and how to formally organize a debate. I would like my students to learn how to organize and express their thoughts in a persuasive and respectful manner, how to weigh aspects of an issue and keep an open mind, and to increase their general knowledge and research skills.
Two questions I have are:
1. how exactly to structure a good debate or speech?
2. what are helpful phrases to teach my students that will help them in formulating their arguments and thoughts.
I found the vice presidential debate in the US this year to be a good contrast in two different debating styles between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris.

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Hi, my name is Heba, I teach English in Peqiin high school. My expectation from this course is to learn how I can encourage my students to speak English and express their opinions especially shy students. I hope to acquire tools that help me to motivate my students to speak English. So my question is: how can I encourage my students to speak English?

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THE Greatest Speech Ever by Oprah Winfrey [YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS]

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I live in Nazareth. I teach in a middle school in Nazareth (7-9 grades).
First of all, I expect the course to be inspiring, valuable and an eye opener.
Furthermore, as a teacher, I am always looking forward to improving my public speaking skills and thus implementing that in the classroom.
I want my speech/conversation/teaching to be clear , straight to the point , easy to understand and catchy.
I think debating can also encourage my students to think critically - outside the box , to be aware and concious of things that are happening around us. To research and analyze.To speak confidently, be persuasive and develop their own opinion.
So, in debatingmy opinion , I think debating can work on the 4 English skills: reading (researching), listening, writing and speaking.

One question: I would love to know how to achieve all of these things that I have mentioned with my students ?

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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

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Hi to all my fellow colleagues,

My name is Esti Barak. I live in Rehovot and teach Diplomacy at a small school in Bat Yam, called “Tichon Hadash Darca”. I am taking this course with a colleague from my school so that we can work together to teach and train students to speak with confidence. I believe that Debating is an important skill that will not only help students to clearly express themselves when they speak, but it may also empower them to engage themselves in leading future initiatives in their own lives.

My question is: How to I teach students to clearly organize their thoughts and to think critically in a world that is filled with so many viewpoints, social media posts and fake news?

This keynote speech by Sasha Baron Cohen at an ADL International Leadership award ceremony has given me food for thought. How do I teach my students to be critical about the world around them in such a crazy information age? How will my students filter through all this information and still find a way to express themselves without fear?

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ADL's Never Is Now 2019 | ADL International Leadership Award Presented to Sacha Baron Cohen

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Hi all,
My name is Anna Klaiman. I'm from Bat Yam, "Tichon Hadash". I have great expectations of this course. First of all, I have to learn how to teach this course at school. Secondly, I would like to engage as many students as possible to participate in debating on different subjects. In addition, we have the Diplomacy major at school and many junior high graduators don't choose this major because they are not sure of their speaking skills. I would like to help them put their knowledge into practice.
My questions is: how to teach the student to overcome his/ her shyness to speak in front of the audience, to be creative and confident in expressing his/her opinion?

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Hi, my name is Suzanne, I am from Ashkelon and I teach English in Makif Dalet high school. My expectations from this course are how  to create interesting discussions for my students and to teach them how they  can put their knowledge into practice and develop their own views on classroom material.
My question is how in 2020, which has been a year of crisis, will we be communicating and presenting our ideas through a screen more than ever before?

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Hi, my name is Shani and I am from Ramat-Gan. I teach English in Marom high school in Ramat Hasharon, Hakfar Hayarok. My students have a lot of difficulties but one of their strengths is their oral ability. As a result, my expectations from this course is to acquire the tools and skills to elevate their speaking skills and even create a debate team in our school. In addition, we have the Diplomacy major in our school and I felt the need to be more proficient in this subject. My question is: I would like to know how to teach my students to elaborate and be creative on topics that they do not necessarily connect to?

This is a great motivational speech.

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Steve Jobs Motivational Speech at Stanford university

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Hi, my name is Hannah Erez and I am from Ashdod .I teach in Ashkelon.My expetations from this course is to learn about practical tools for classroom use with students. What interests me is how to get shy students to take part in the debate.

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Hi, my name is Hannah Erez and I am from Ashdod .I teach in Ashkelon.My expetations from this course is to learn about practical tools for classroom use with students. What interests me is how to get shy students to take part in the debate.

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The Most Inspiring Speech: THE VIDEO YOU WILL NEED THIS YEAR

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Hi all,
I am Racheli. I live in  Kfar Vradim. I teach English in Manor  Cabri. My expectation from the course is to be able to teach the kids how to stand up in class and debate (not only read from a page the research they conducted). I would like them to speak confidently and freely. I would also like them to be more active listeners and more polite responders. I hope this course will give me the tools to fulfill these goals. My question about debating is how to achieve this without overly stressing the students?
I love many speeches.  I am inspired by Brene Browns speech "Don't be Afraid to Fall"

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Don’t Be Afraid to Fall: Brené Brown Addresses The University of Texas at Austin's 2020 Graduates

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Hi you all
My ecpectations of this course is to find ways to encourage my students to speak up.
As a remedial teacher I used to teach guided writing, and more. However, when I tried guiding how to speak naturally, or give them the feeling that all is possible... I feel I need some new tools.
The following song scene is taken from a movie that I really liked as a child, and still do. This wonderfull and talented actress/singer Julie Andrews (Maria) is on her way to meet the captain with his 7 children, who had made all other nannies quit. In this scene, I'm sure, any new teacher or a teacher in a new position can understand her fears.
I love music and believe that through songs we can learn alot- pronunciation, vocabulary, intonations and more.

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I Have Confidence — The Sound of Music (1965)

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Hi,
I'm from Netivot. I'm going to be a subttetude teacher in Hamer  High School. I hope this course will give me confidennce
for debating.  I 'm sure  that after this course I will be more professional.
In this video , students can learn about judging other people   favorably.
My question?
How can  the teacher motivate the shy pupils?

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Hi, my name is Barbara. I am a teacher at the Gymnasia Realit in Rishon Le Zion. My expectations of this course is to learn how to get my students more engaged in conversations in class but also to get the tools to teach them the skills to present their arguments and ideas the best way.
My question is how can the students overcome their fears when speaking in public and have enough confidence to talk in a language that is foreign to them?

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Independence Day (4/5) Movie CLIP - The President's Speech (1996) HD

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Shalom ALL! I am Carmen. I am now living in Jerusalem, and waiting to move to Motza. I have been an English teacher for 15 years, after working in the incoming tourism industry for 20 years. I taught at Givat Brenner HS, and now I am teaching at Argentina & IASA schools in Jerusalem. I chose this video, since no matter what and whom I watch as a motivational inspiration, I always come back to this one. Worrying too much is our students' no 1 reason to avoid public speaking or debating, both in Hebrew and English. The fear of not being "perfect" causes them to avoid public contact. I surely hope to find some tools to

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Hi, I'm from Metula. I teach English in JH and HS at the Ulpanit in Kiryat Shmona. I have an M.A. in Diplomacy and always found the field facinating. I also participate in the Let's Talk program for 7th graders and would love to use some of the tools I gain from this course in my classes, mainly the tools related to fluency, proper pronounciation and confidence in public speaking.
My question is: Since fluency and the ability to use / produce the correct vocabulary (meaning - to find the right words) in the appropriate time are affected by confidence, how can I use debating in class to help my students become "faster" and better "producers"?

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Bob Roberts (4/10) Movie CLIP - Debate in Pittsburgh (1992) HD

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I am from Jesr Alzarka.
I teach in junior high school.
i want to gain knowledge for myself and my students as well...
what can a teacher do for those students who have no self confidence??

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Oprah Winfrey | 5 Minutes For The NEXT 50 Years of Your LIFE

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My name is Berit Paulen Boker and I live in Raanana. For many years I taught reading comprehension (in English) at The Open University and today I teach in  Alon Junior High School.  Really looking forward to start the  course  and learn how to help the students improve their oral ability.  My question: How can we sharpen students critical reasoning and presentation skills?

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

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I am an English teacher in Hadarim High School in Hod Ha-Sharon. I would like to gain some strategies how engage the students to speak in public because they often think that others judge them for their grammar or pronunciation mistakes.

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I live in Yehud and teach at Shoham High-School. I would like to get ideas on how to help students "break-the ice" and overcome their "fear" of public speaking. In addition, I am looking forward to perhaps creating a pool of ideas which can make public speaking and debating a "fun" experience rather than cause students anxiety.

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UZAIR Best Animated Short Films 2025 - Motivational & Inspirational

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Hi, my name is David, im from kefar saba and i teach at Mosinzon HS. im very thrilled to start the course and leaen more about debating since it's a method i would like to implement in my class as well. 

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Hi, my name is David, im from kefar saba and i teach at Mosinzon HS. im very thrilled to start the course and leaen more about debating since it's a method i would like to implement in my class as well. 

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I hope to learn how to teach my student sot overcome their fear of actually speaking english in front of people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47Y6VHc3Ms&feature=youtu.be

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I am Noa Haya (Karin) Kramer (So many names OMG) from Kiryat Gat, teaching at Aryeh Meir High School. I am very excited to start learning the basics of the art of debate as it's something I've always wanted to know and teach. My question is - Who will LOVE it better, my students or myself? The oration I've chosen to share is Malala's speech for girls' education.
Thank you!

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Malala Yousafzai UN Speech: Girl Shot in Attack by Taliban Gives Address | The New York Times

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I'm Liat! I live in R"H. I teach in Shoham. I'm a relatively new teacher \ retraining program from IP law.  So as, in this aspect I am familiar with the art of debate. I would like to learn how to teach and engage my students to speak publicly \ to defend thier ideas.

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I'm Liat! I live in R"H. I teach in Shoham. I'm a relatively new teacher \ retraining program from IP law.  So as, in this aspect I am familiar with the art of debate. I would like to learn how to teach and engage my students to speak publicly \ to defend thier ideas.

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The Little Frog - Who are you listening too?

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Hello, my name is Samah Eid; I live in Eliaboun village. This is my fifth year of teaching as an English teacher. I teach at comprehensive high school. My expectations from this course are to be able to engage English debate in my classroom, in addition to get beneficial ways and strategies to teach and apply meaningful debates among students. I think I will enjoy learning this course.

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Hello, my name is Samah Eid; I live in Eliaboun village. This is my fifth year of teaching as an English teacher. I teach at comprehensive high school. My expectations from this course are to be able to engage English debate in my classroom, in addition to get beneficial ways and strategies to teach and apply meaningful debates among students. I think I will enjoy learning this course.

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I'm from Shafamer. I work at the Greek Catholic Elementary School. My expectation from this course is to gain more insight on debating. During the summer, I have taught debate lessons for the English Club. I must say that it took an enormous amount of energy to first read articles prior to the summer camp and also for lessons' preperation. I registed for this course to learn how I can offer more to my students.

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The Eagle Attitude (EAGLE MINDSET) Best Motivational Video

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My name is Nora, I live in Kfar Kama and I teach English at Kadoorie high school. I think that in order to debate one has to research a topic, relate to different aspects of it and to present a reflection of the topic in the attempt to convince others of one's acquired knowledge. If we apply this in class, students will read about a topic they are interested in or listen to a relevant video clip, summarize main points that are needed in order to build their arguments, and eventually present them in front of their peers. In terms of using language, students will be reading, listening, writing and talking. I would like to learn more about the process so I would be able to help my students become better speakers. I expect to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to do this by the end of the course.

My question is - what is the difference between public speaking and debating?

One of my favorite movie scenes is the recitation of Marianne Williamson's Our Deepest Fear by one of the students in Coach Carter.

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Coach Carter (6/9) Movie CLIP - Our Deepest Fear (2005) HD

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I live in Tel Aviv, but I work at Hanadiv, an elementary schol in Hertzelyia. Since my students are too young to debate in English, my main expectation from this course is to get some tools that could help me bring my pupils to feel freer to speak in English. Most of them are pretty good, but they're shy and afraid of making mistakes in front of their friends. My question about debate would be about how your personality might affect the way you express yourself when you speak in public. As for a clip that I've always found inspirational and would like to share with you, here goes a scene of The Dead Poet Society, a movie in which Robin Williams was magnificent.

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Hi, I’m Katy Berman. I live in Lod and teach at Darca Maksim Levi here in town. I am a native English speaker and have no problem speaking English in any forum, I’m interested in getting my students to speak with more confidence as even my strong students are embarrassed to speak up in class. I also wonder what is that gives teenagers the ability to speak up in a foreign language, and what stops others. The vocabulary, or lack of? The accent? Just plain self confidence?
https://youtu.be/I47Y6VHc3Ms

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Hi  I am Gila and I am from Netanya. I expect to  get some practical tools on how to encourage students to talk confidently in front of the class and how to make good, solid mind opening arguments. One question that I have is about the best way to teach students to speak publicly so that they will forget their natural shyness.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story | TED

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Hi, I am Lina. I am an English teacher from Ramat-Gan. My expectation from this course is to learn how to debate. Only after I know how to do it, can I teach it to my students. One question about debate that I have is; whether the accuracy of the language that is spoken with affects the quality of the debate. I do not know an example of oration, but I have seen the speech of Greta Thunberg. I think it was very dramatic and inspiring.

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Hi, I am Lina. I am an English teacher from Ramat-Gan. My expectation from this course is to learn how to debate. Only after I know how to do it, can I teach it to my students. One question about debate that I have is; whether the accuracy of the language that is spoken with affects the quality of the debate. I do not know an example of oration, but I have seen the speech of Greta Thunberg. I think it was very dramatic and inspiring.

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Greta Thunberg to world leaders: 'How dare you? You have stolen my dreams and my childhood'

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I'm from Katzrin, the Golan Heights.
I hope to learn from this course how to speak with more confidence in front of people, because for me, it's not easy at all. In addition, I hope to get ideas for things that are good to say and that can pull attention, or to learn what isn't good to say or to do or even how to use the body gestures.
My question is:
Do shy people can really stand with a confidence in front of people and to give a good speech?

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I'm Riham Abumukh. i live in Baqa Algarbiah. this is my 11th year of teaching English in high school. from this course
i expect to gain ways and techniques for making good speeches and building up points of views for debating that are convincing for others.
my question is:
is it something that  can be totally  learnt? or it depends on the personality of a person.

the speech of Steve Jobs is what i wanted to share

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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

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My name is Sima Abutbul. I live in Nahariyya, in yhe North. I'm an English teacher, I teach in elementary school. In this course i hope to learn tools about speaking and debating. Iwould like my pupuils to feel comfortable with the language and use it in the best way. I would like to know how to help the shy students as well.

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" I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the speech was one of the most famous moments of the civil rights movement and among the most iconic speeches in American history.

Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared millions of slaves free in 1863, King said "one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free". Toward the end of the speech, King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised peroration on the theme "I have a dream", prompted by Mahalia Jackson's cry: "Tell them about the dream, Martin!" In this part of the speech, which most excited the listeners and has now become its most famous, King described his dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred.

Jon Meacham writes that, "With a single phrase, King joined Jefferson and Lincoln in the ranks of men who've shaped modern America". The speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century in a 1999 poll of scholars of public address. The speech has also been described as having "a strong claim to be the greatest in the English language of all time".

Background

The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was partly intended to demonstrate mass support for the civil rights legislation proposed by President John F. Kennedy in June. Martin Luther King and other leaders, therefore, agreed to keep their speeches calm, also, to avoid provoking the civil disobedience which had become the hallmark of the Civil Rights Movement. King originally designed his speech as a homage to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, timed to correspond with the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Speech title and the writing process

King had been preaching about dreams since 1960, when he gave a speech to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) called "The Negro and the American Dream". This speech discusses the gap between the American dream and reality, saying that overt white supremacists have violated the dream, and that "our federal government has also scarred the dream through its apathy and hypocrisy, its betrayal of the cause of justice". King suggests that "It may well be that the Negro is God's instrument to save the soul of America." In 1961, he spoke of the Civil Rights Movement and student activists' "dream" of equality-"the American Dream ... a dream as yet unfulfilled"-in several national speeches and statements and took "the dream" as the centerpiece for these speeches.

On November 27, 1962, King gave a speech at Booker T. Washington High School in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. That speech was longer than the version which he would eventually deliver from the Lincoln Memorial. And while parts of the text had been moved around, large portions were identical, including the "I have a dream" refrain. After being rediscovered in 2015, the restored and digitized recording of the 1962 speech was presented to the public by the English department of North Carolina State University.

King had also delivered a speech with the "I have a dream" refrain in Detroit, in June 1963, before 25,000 people in Detroit's Cobo Hall immediately after the 125,000-strong Great Walk to Freedom on June 23, 1963. Reuther had given King an office at Solidarity House, the United Auto Workers headquarters in Detroit, where King worked on his "I Have a Dream" speech in anticipation of the March on Washington. Mahalia Jackson, who sang " How I Got Over", just before the speech in Washington, knew about King's Detroit speech. After the Washington, D.C. March, a recording of King's Cobo Hall speech was released by Detroit's Gordy Records as an LP entitled The Great March To Freedom.

The March on Washington Speech, known as "I Have a Dream Speech", has been shown to have had several versions, written at several different times. It has no single version draft, but is an amalgamation of several drafts, and was originally called "Normalcy, Never Again". Little of this, and another "Normalcy Speech", ended up in the final draft. A draft of "Normalcy, Never Again" is housed in the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center and Morehouse College. The focus on "I have a dream" comes through the speech's delivery. Toward the end of its delivery, noted African-American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson shouted to King from the crowd, "Tell them about the dream, Martin." King departed from his prepared remarks and started "preaching" improvisationally, punctuating his points with "I have a dream."

The speech was drafted with the assistance of Stanley Levison and Clarence Benjamin Jones in Riverdale, New York City. Jones has said that "the logistical preparations for the march were so burdensome that the speech was not a priority for us" and that, "on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 27, [12 hours before the march] Martin still didn't know what he was going to say".

Widely hailed as a masterpiece of rhetoric, King's speech invokes pivotal documents in American history, including the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the United States Constitution. Early in his speech, King alludes to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by saying "Five score years ago ..." In reference to the abolition of slavery articulated in the Emancipation Proclamation, King says: "It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity." Anaphora (i.e., the repetition of a phrase at the beginning of sentences) is employed throughout the speech. Early in his speech, King urges his audience to seize the moment; "Now is the time" is repeated three times in the sixth paragraph. The most widely cited example of anaphora is found in the often quoted phrase "I have a dream", which is repeated eight times as King paints a picture of an integrated and unified America for his audience. Other occasions include "One hundred years later", "We can never be satisfied", "With this faith", "Let freedom ring", and "free at last". King was the sixteenth out of eighteen people to speak that day, according to the official program.

I still have a dream, a dream deeply rooted in the American dream - one day this nation will rise up and live up to its creed, "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream ...

Among the most quoted lines of the speech are "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!"

According to US Representative John Lewis, who also spoke that day as the president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, "Dr. King had the power, the ability, and the capacity to transform those steps on the Lincoln Memorial into a monumental area that will forever be recognized. By speaking the way he did, he educated, he inspired, he informed not just the people there, but people throughout America and unborn generations."

The ideas in the speech reflect King's social experiences of ethnocentric abuse, mistreatment, and exploitation of black people. The speech draws upon appeals to America's myths as a nation founded to provide freedom and justice to all people, and then reinforces and transcends those secular mythologies by placing them within a spiritual context by arguing that racial justice is also in accord with God's will. Thus, the rhetoric of the speech provides redemption to America for its racial sins. King describes the promises made by America as a " promissory note" on which America has defaulted. He says that "America has given the Negro people a bad check", but that "we've come to cash this check" by marching in Washington, D.C.

Similarities and allusions

King's speech used words and ideas from his own speeches and other texts. For years, he had spoken about dreams, quoted from Samuel Francis Smith's popular patriotic hymn " America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)", and referred extensively to the Bible. The idea of constitutional rights as an "unfulfilled promise" was suggested by Clarence Jones.

The final passage from King's speech closely resembles Archibald Carey Jr.'s address to the 1952 Republican National Convention: both speeches end with a recitation of the first verse of "America", and the speeches share the name of one of several mountains from which both exhort "let freedom ring".

King is said to have used portions of SNCC activist Prathia Hall's speech at the site of Mount Olive Baptist, a burned-down African-American church in Terrell County, Georgia, in September 1962, in which she used the repeated phrase "I have a dream". The church burned down after it was used for voter registration meetings.

The speech in the cadences of a sermon is infused with allusions to biblical verses, including Isaiah 40:4-5 ("I have a dream that every valley shall be exalted ...") and Amos 5:24 ("But let justice roll down like water ..."). The end of the speech alludes to Galatians 3:28: "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus". He also alludes to the opening lines of Shakespeare's Richard III ("Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer ...") when he remarks that "this sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn ..."

The "I Have a Dream" speech can be dissected by using three rhetorical lenses: voice merging, prophetic voice, and dynamic spectacle. Voice merging is the combining of one's own voice with religious predecessors. Prophetic voice is using rhetoric to speak for a population. A dynamic spectacle has origins from the Aristotelian definition as "a weak hybrid form of drama, a theatrical concoction that relied upon external factors (shock, sensation, and passionate release) such as televised rituals of conflict and social control."

The rhetoric of King's speech can be compared to the rhetoric of Old Testament prophets. During his speech, King speaks with urgency and crisis, giving him a prophetic voice. The prophetic voice must "restore a sense of duty and virtue amidst the decay of venality." An evident example is when King declares that "now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children."

Voice merging is a technique often used by African-American preachers. It combines the voices of previous preachers, excerpts from scriptures, and the speaker's own thoughts to create a unique voice. King uses voice merging in his peroration when he references the secular hymn "America".[citation needed ]

A dynamic spectacle is dependent on the situation in which it is used. King's speech can be classified as a dynamic spectacle, given "the context of drama and tension in which it was situated" (during the Civil Rights Movement and the March on Washington).

Why King's speech was powerful is debated. Executive speechwriter Anthony Trendl writes, "The right man delivered the right words to the right people in the right place at the right time."

You could feel "the passion of the people flowing up to him," James Baldwin, a skeptic of that day's March on Washington, later wrote, and in that moment, "it almost seemed that we stood on a height, and could see our inheritance; perhaps we could make the kingdom real."

The speech was lauded in the days after the event and was widely considered the high point of the March by contemporary observers. James Reston, writing for The New York Times, said that "Dr. King touched all the themes of the day, only better than anybody else. He was full of the symbolism of Lincoln and Gandhi, and the cadences of the Bible. He was both militant and sad, and he sent the crowd away feeling that the long journey had been worthwhile." Reston also noted that the event "was better covered by television and the press than any event here since President Kennedy's inauguration", and opined that "it will be a long time before [Washington] forgets the melodious and melancholy voice of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. crying out his dreams to the multitude."

An article in The Boston Globe by Mary McGrory reported that King's speech "caught the mood" and "moved the crowd" of the day "as no other" speaker in the event. Marquis Childs of The Washington Post wrote that King's speech "rose above mere oratory". An article in the Los Angeles Times commented that the "matchless eloquence" displayed by King-"a supreme orator" of "a type so rare as almost to be forgotten in our age"-put to shame the advocates of segregation by inspiring the "conscience of America" with the justice of the civil-rights cause.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which viewed King and his allies for racial justice as subversive, also noticed the speech. This provoked the organization to expand their COINTELPRO operation against the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and to target King specifically as a major enemy of the United States. Two days after King delivered "I Have a Dream", Agent William C. Sullivan, the head of COINTELPRO, wrote a memo about King's growing influence:

Personally, I believe in the light of King's powerful demagogic speech yesterday he stands head and shoulders above all other Negro leaders put together when it comes to influencing great masses of Negroes. We must mark him now, if we have not done so before, as the most dangerous Negro of the future in this Nation from the standpoint of communism, the Negro and national security.

The speech was a success for the Kennedy administration and for the liberal civil rights coalition that had planned it. It was considered a "triumph of managed protest", and not one arrest relating to the demonstration occurred. Kennedy had watched King's speech on television and been very impressed. Afterward, March leaders accepted an invitation to the White House to meet with President Kennedy. Kennedy felt the March bolstered the chances for his civil rights bill.

Some Black leaders later criticized the speech (along with the rest of the march) as too compromising. Malcolm X later wrote in his autobiography: "Who ever heard of angry revolutionaries swinging their bare feet together with their oppressor in lily pad pools, with gospels and guitars and 'I have a dream' speeches?"

The March on Washington put pressure on the Kennedy administration to advance its civil rights legislation in Congress. The diaries of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., published posthumously in 2007, suggest that President Kennedy was concerned that if the march failed to attract large numbers of demonstrators, it might undermine his civil rights efforts.[citation needed ]

In the wake of the speech and march, King was named Man of the Year by TIME magazine for 1963, and in 1964 he was the youngest man ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The full speech did not appear in writing until August 1983, some 15 years after King's death, when a transcript was published in The Washington Post.

In 1990, the Australian alternative comedy rock band Doug Anthony All Stars released an album called . One song from Icon, "Shang-a-lang", sampled the end of the speech.[citation needed ]

In 1992, the band Moodswings, incorporated excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in their song "Spiritual High, Part III" on the album .

In 2002, the Library of Congress honored the speech by adding it to the United States National Recording Registry. In 2003, the National Park Service dedicated an inscribed marble pedestal to commemorate the location of King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial.

Near the Potomac Basin in Washington, D.C., the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was dedicated in 2011. The centerpiece for the memorial is based on a line from King's "I Have A Dream" speech: "Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope." A 30 feet (9.1 m)-high relief sculpture of King named the Stone of Hope stands past two other large pieces of granite that symbolize the "mountain of despair" split in half.

On August 26, 2013, UK's BBC Radio 4 broadcast "God's Trombone", in which Gary Younge looked behind the scenes of the speech and explored "what made it both timely and timeless".

On August 28, 2013, thousands gathered on the mall in Washington, D.C. where King made his historic speech to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the occasion. In attendance were former US Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, and incumbent President Barack Obama, who addressed the crowd and spoke on the significance of the event. Many of King's family were in attendance.

On October 11, 2015, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an exclusive report about Stone Mountain officials considering the installation of a new "Freedom Bell" honoring King and citing the speech's reference to the mountain "Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia." Design details and a timeline for its installation remain to be determined. The article mentioned the inspiration for the proposed monument came from a bell-ringing ceremony held in 2013 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of King's speech.[citation needed ]

On April 20, 2016, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced that the US $5 bill, which has featured the Lincoln Memorial on its back, would undergo a redesign prior to 2020. Lew said that a portrait of Lincoln would remain on the front of the bill, but the back would be redesigned to depict various historical events that have occurred at the memorial, including an image from King's speech.

Ava DuVernay was commissioned by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture to create a film that debuted at the museum's opening on September 24, 2016. This film, August 28: A Day in the Life of a People (2016), tells of six significant events in African-American history that happened on the same date, August 28. Events depicted include (among others) the speech.

In October 2016, Science Friday in a segment on its crowd sourced update to the Voyager Golden Record included the speech.

In 2017, the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol was unveiled on the 54th anniversary of the speech.

partnered with Epic Games to create an interactive exhibit dedicated to the speech within Epic's game Fortnite Creative on the 58th anniversary of the speech.

Because King's speech was broadcast to a large radio and television audience, there was controversy about its copyright status. If the performance of the speech constituted "general publication", it would have entered the public domain due to King's failure to register the speech with the Register of Copyrights. But if the performance constituted only "limited publication", King retained common law copyright. This led to a lawsuit, Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc., which established that the King estate did hold copyright over the speech and had standing to sue; the parties then settled. Unlicensed use of the speech or a part of it can still be lawful in some circumstances, especially in jurisdictions under doctrines such as fair use or fair dealing. Under the applicable copyright laws, the speech will remain under copyright in the United States until 70 years after King's death, through 2038.

Original copy of the speech

As King waved goodbye to the audience, George Raveling, volunteering as a security guard at the event, asked King if he could have the original typewritten manuscript of the speech. Raveling, a star college basketball player for the Villanova Wildcats, was on the podium with King at that moment. King gave it to him. Raveling kept custody of the original copy, for which he has been offered $3 million, but he has said he does not intend to sell it. In 2021, he gave it to Villanova University. It is intended to be used in a "long-term 'on loan' arrangement."

Chart performance

In the wake of King's death, the speech was issued as a single under Gordy Records and managed to crack onto the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 88.

References

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" I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

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Hello, My name is Nardeen. I live in Atlit. This is my second year as an English teacher.  I teach at Convent of Nazareth School-Haifa. My expectations are to learn, gain new knowledge and to acquire tools that can help me teach my students how to argue and express their thoughts properly.

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Hi, I'm Yunona. I live in Jerusalem and this is my second year as an English teacher at Havat Hanoar HaTsioni. I haven't taught debate before, therefore I'm here to learn how to conduct one. Public speaking is not my strong side, so I would like to learn this art of building arguments and defending  opinion with confidence. I haven't yet got any specific question, rather I would like to know the basics. My expectations of this course are to get ideas, topics and tools for conducting a classroom debate. 

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my name is Sigal i live in Ma'ale Adumim. i expect to get more ideas, tools and topics to help  me get the students talking in class.
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump's fiery first debate—Here are the highlights

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Hi, I'm Wendy Weiss Simon.  I live in Jerusalem and teach English and Diplomacy at Havat HaNoar HaTzioni.   I'm taking this course to add to my "tool box".   I don't really have any questions.   The last part of this "expectations" padlet was hard. I thought about the clip we saw here and about the speeches we use in diplomacy but then I did like I teach my kids - "Google it!" So I did! And found this under the heading "15 Best Public Speaking Videos... " -  I loved it. And have already been thinking of ways to use it in my classes!  

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Hi, I'm Wendy Weiss Simon.  I live in Jerusalem and teach English and Diplomacy at Havat HaNoar HaTzioni.   I'm taking this course to add to my "tool box".   I don't really have any questions.   The last part of this "expectations" padlet was hard. I thought about the clip we saw here and about the speeches we use in diplomacy but then I did like I teach my kids - "Google it!" So I did! And found this under the heading "15 Best Public Speaking Videos... " -  I loved it. And have already been thinking of ways to use it in my classes!  

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In the Maasai community where Richard Turere lives with his family, cattle are all-important. But lion attacks were growing more frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares the solar-powered solution he designed to safely scare the lions away.

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I'm an English teacher in Junior High School. I live in Kfar Yona. I decided to take this course because I want to know how can I help my students to improve their debating skills. I want to learn what are the  necessary skills  in order to become a skilled debater and to learn about different tools and techniques that I can implement in my class in order to achieve this goal.
I want to share with you a quote by Desmond Tutu which emphsizes the significance of a good argument " Don't raise your voice improve your argrument".

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HI , I am Galit Gross. I live in Even Yehuda and teach in Ramot Yam, Michmoret.            I expect this course to provide me with tools of conducting fruitful discourses in class And promoting higher order thinking skills such as making an argument ,supporting one's claim ,finding pros and cons, and also promoting creativity ,speaking skills in front of an audience , etc.                                            My question is related to the speech of  the amazing Greta Thunberg :What are the qualities of a good public speaker ?is it  a talent  or rather a proficiency that everyone can acquire and therefore  should be taught  at a young age ? 

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HI , I am Galit Gross. I live in Even Yehuda and teach in Ramot Yam, Michmoret.            I expect this course to provide me with tools of conducting fruitful discourses in class And promoting higher order thinking skills such as making an argument ,supporting one's claim ,finding pros and cons, and also promoting creativity ,speaking skills in front of an audience , etc.                                            My question is related to the speech of  the amazing Greta Thunberg :What are the qualities of a good public speaker ?is it  a talent  or rather a proficiency that everyone can acquire and therefore  should be taught  at a young age ? 

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Hello all,
I  teach at Ort Shlomi JHS.
My expectations of this course are to learn the basics for conductiong a classroom debate. I have never conducted it myself.
I am curious to know how the "ping-pong" of the debate is carried out so that everyone gets a chance to speak in the same session, and also address the ideas of the people proceded them expressed.

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Hi, I am Bernice Cohen and I am an English teacher from Modiin. I teach mainly English speakers in Amit Boys school.I have previously worked with the debate team in school. 

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Hi, I am Bernice Cohen and I am an English teacher from Modiin. I teach mainly English speakers in Amit Boys school.I have previously worked with the debate team in school. 

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"I am looking for new tools and ideas to complement the ones I learnt on a previous course some years ago. I am also hoping to learn how to teach and use debate through distance learning rather than face to face.
A speech I was most impressed with is "I sued the school system" as it gave many reasons for us to rethink what and how we teach.

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I expect this course to enable application and performance of acquired knowledge. Also, I'd be happy to receive teaching tools particularly in relation to engagement of weak students in speaking activities.
An issue I always wondered about is: how does debaters always have a "ready-made" answer to everything they are being asked?
It just seems to me like a skill I would really love to transmit forward to my students.
The most inspirational oration video I know is Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: "Achieving your childhood dreams". Abit long (an hour and a half), but worth every minute :)

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Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

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My name is Hayley, I live in Hod Hasharon, and this is my second year as an English teacher at Herzog high school in Kfar Saba. This year I am preparing my 12th graders for the COBE exam and part of our discussions are very interesting and fascinating, full of different opinions, therefore I would love to be able to conduct discussions as these the best way possible to enable my students to listen, respect, express and respond to one another in the correct manner, these are my expectations from this course. The question I have is how to get them to actually listen to one another and respond to what has been said and not just share another opinion. One inspiring program I saw was on Bat El Papura, she is an Israeli actress/comedian, I find her story amazing, the confidence she has to enable her to reach her goals despite her being different.

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My name is Yael Golding , I live in Emek Herfer and I teach at " Amal" high school in Hadera. I have come across 'debating'  in the past , as my 10th graders used to learn it externally. I was impressed with the way it was taught and I feel it is a skill I should acquire being an English teacher. I hope to get more tools which will enable me to encourage my students to express themselves in English more easily since I believe it to be the hardest skill to acquire . My question is: " what can you do with students who refuse to talk?
I was profoundly impressed with a tallk by Bill Gates- Fighting an epidemic".

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I am an English high school teacher teaching special ED pupils in a high school in Carmiel.
Regarding distant learning (something I have an urge to share here) I feel so distant and find it very difficult (could be an age factor - I'm over 50).
I'm doing this course for myself, I always felt like I don't now how to "argue" well, how to state my opinions in a coherent manner so I'm hoping to get some useful tools in thia course.

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My name is Laani Shneor. I am an English teacher at Ostrovsky High school, Raanana. I have not yet taught diplonacy.
After observing a few debates  throughout the years I think the most important and first thing  I wish to learn is how to conduct one.
My expectations from this course are to aquire  the tools in order to teach and learn how a debate is supposed to be held and what is its purpose. Whether it is to influence an audience or just present a position. inspirational orations for me are
Emma Watson's HeforShe speech at a the UN about gender equality in 2014.
Or any speech or monologue by  the famous animal liberation activist Gary Yerovsky.

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Hi everyone,
I'm Hila Zilberman from Kibbutz Eilon in the north. I am the English coordinator at Manor Cabri JHS.
This course is a great opportunity for me to learn the truth behind the world of debate. I am looking forward to opening a debate pilot group in my school. My students are used to speak out in front of audiences in Hebrew mainly because they study in PBL programs. I hope that this course will give me teaching ideas and tools which I will later use with my students.
I would like to know what would be the best way to break out the fear behind speaking in English among students. What would help them enhance their self confidence and push them to argue in a polite and confident way.

One speech that I like to show my 9th graders is Simon Sinek's. I think both the topic and his  charisma can be a great influence.

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Hi everyone,
Iam an English and Diplomacy teacher. I am originaly from France and have emigrated to Israel 6 years ago but I feel like it was yesterday!
I was an English in France and am happy to be able to continue teaching here since it really is what I like to do.
This course is very important for me since it will be a great addition not only to my diplomacy classes but to my lessons in general.. Moreover my colleague and I plan to implement a debating club in our school.
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Your body language may shape who you are | Amy Cuddy

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My name is Yusra Ghadeer. I live in Bir al-Mksour, and I am an English high school teacher.
I hope this course will help me acquire tools to participate in debate and discourse in the way I can teach my students how to hold successful debate.
My question: What are the requirementsfor producing a successful debate?
An inspiring oration video:
Martin Luther King " I Have a Dream"

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My name is Tal Dahan. I live in Yeruham and I teach in Darca Sapir School. My expectations from this course are to learn and later to be able to teach how to express themselves better in English. Also, I would like to learn how to build and guide a debate lesson.
My question is how to encourage pupils who feel insecure about speaking in English to participate in the debates?
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Learn English | Meghan Markle's Fight Speech For Feminism

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In this Padlet, please add a sticky-note (comment) with:
a. Your name
b. Where you're from (in the country)
c. Your expectations of this course
d. One question about public speaking\debate that you have
e. An interesting or inspiring oration video that you know of

Browse the posts from other teachers and comment on those ones that you like or have meaning to you (make sure to write your name on the comments as well!) Keep it positive!

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hello everyone! i'm an English and diplomacy teacher  at the French Israeli school in  Mikve israel  but i live in Netanya.
i have a lot of expectations about this course. First , i'd like to learn how to implement  well organised and enriching debates in my classes. i'm convinced this is a tool that can help develop a lot of differnt skills. Second, i'd like to be able to join other schools here and abroad to open new gates to my students.
My question about debate is first how to assign roles and assess performances.
the intersting video that i like is the one with Denzel Washington: think outside the box. it's a nice motivation speech.

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

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My name is Michelle Stoch. I live and teach (JH/HS) on a Kibbutz right up in the north of the country.
I once attended an amazing debate course with the British Council. The tools I learnt there, continue to aid me while teaching speaking and writing until today.
I hope that this course will expand on that knowledge and add more tools to my kit.
My question is: How are we able to effectively implement debate online?

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My name is Aya Ruppin and I teach English at a Waldorf Steiner School in the Kfar Hayarok, near Ramat Hasharon.
I have been teaching Debate in my 9th class as part of persuasive writing unit. I always use the movie the Great Debaters as it also ties in to the Harlem Renaissance poetry that we learn.  My expectations for this course are to fine tune my skills as a teacher, in order to simplify the process for the students of creating a clear and logical set of claims. In addition, supps are: 1. How can one implement debate via zoom while we are distance learning. 2.  How to enable all the students to take part and not just the strong ones. Any Games or Speaking exercises that scaf
fold the art of public speaking.
I use this wonderful Monty Python sketch to introduce the difference between an argument and contradictions. :)

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My name is Elizabeth Sosland. I live in Oshrat (North, not far from Nahariyya). I teach both JH and HS. This is my third year teaching (Hasava is the best thing I have done for my self).
In this course I hope to learn tools and the framework. I would like to start teaching my students how to speak and express their opinions.

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Priyanka Chopra Remembers Inequality Women Faced During Her Upbringing in India | Power of Women

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My name is Rinat Singer Ezer, I live in Pardesiya. I teach JH and HS students. I think that by learning how to debate, students will be able to express their thoughts and beliefes in a proper and coherent manner and will learn to anticipate and listen to an oponent's opinion. that is what I feel that our society lacks.
Moreover, I think that learning English through debate will improve students' reading, writing and speaking skills on top of it facilitating social interaction, which is almost absent in zoom lesons.
I have very little knowledge of how to conduct it properly or how to find a good deating topic, I have tried using youtube tutorials but found that it mostly confused me.
my expectations and questions are the same:
HOW DO i DO IT?
HOW DO I FIND A GOOD TOPIC?
IS A TOPIC OR A QUESTION?

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Debate in the movie : the\life\of\david\gale

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Hello, my name is Rivka Tubul and Iam an English high school teacher from Ashdod.
My expectation from this course is to acquire tools that will enable me to run effective and enjoyable discussions in class, both online and physically, and on all levels.
One question I have is how to integrate oral discussions into me lessons in a fun way that will involve most if not all students?
An inspirational video I'd like to share is with lawyer Brian Stevenson who has been fighting for years to acquit death raw prisoners (mostly African-American) and is a great speaker and protestor against racial inequality

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Bryan Stevenson ’85 | "We can't recover from this history until we deal with it."

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My name is Gali Barel
I  live in Eilat ; teaching both High school and college students.
I  have taught Debate classes before ( Kdam Atidim students ) but i have always followed my insticts to teach , using different materials
In this course i hope to  learn tools which will help me  foreground my intiuations .
When i taught my students to debate i have used the link attach to give them inspiration on this specific topic