Aristotle's Ethos Based on Analyses of English Speeches

Aristotle's traditional rhetoric theory is of great value to the study of language. This paper analyses English speeches from the perspective of ethos and sees how speakers apply ethos to reach the purpose of persuading.

Probing Personal Pronouns in English Speeches to Actuate

Professor Cheryl Hamilton of American Tarrant County divided speeches into two types： One is informative speeches, and the other is persuasive speeches. It is obvious that the speech to actuate should be more inspired and motive than the speech to convince. So the language of the speech to actuate should have some special features. Personal pronoun is one of the basic elements of language. It is widely used in our daily speaking, and for a speaker, it is also an effective way to control the emotion of listeners. Different personal pronouns have different effects in a speech, and this thesis has analyzed the effects of personal pronouns in the speech to actuate respectively with the examples of “I Have a Dream” made by Martin Luther King and “My Education, My Future” made by Barack Hussein Obama Jr., the president of America. From the analysis, we can see the concrete role every pronoun played in the speeches of different styles, and how it impacts the success of a speech. Such an analysis and probe leads to a better understanding on the art of English speaking, which can help the learners of English make these skills in their charge.

Research on the Application of Second Language Acquisition Theory in College English Speech Teaching

The teaching of English speeches in universities aims to enhance oral communication ability,improve English communication skills,and expand English knowledge,occupying a core position in English teaching in universities.This article takes the theory of second language acquisition as the background,analyzes the important role and value of this theory in English speech teaching in universities,and explores how to apply the theory of second language acquisition in English speech teaching in universities.It aims to strengthen the cultivation of English skilled talents and provide a brief reference for improving English speech teaching in universities.

Research on the Chinese Translation of English Inspirational Speeches on Campus in USA:A Skopos Approach

A great inspirational speech has power.Too often,people abandon their dreams due to various setbacks.After some time,their beliefs in themselves vanish and remain dormant until something can get them going again.Inspirational speeches have the power to do just that,waking up their beliefs and getting them motivated again.This paper is a study of the Chinese translation of English inspirational speeches on campus in USA under the framework of Skopos Theory and also can be a guide for those who are devoted to translating English inspirational speeches into Chinese.It is helpful for them to achieve an accurate,influent and felicitous translation by applying appropriate translation strategies.Before starting the research,eighteen English inspirational speeches in Inspirational Speeches on Campus in USA by Wang Ruize are selected as ST.

Skills of Cultivating Critical Thinking in English Speech

English speech is an important way for international cultural exchange in the context of globalization.Meanwhile,the cultivation of critical thinking has been universally recognized as one of the goals of higher education.However,critical thinking,as a top-level cognitive ability,is extremely abstract and complex,so how to put it into English speech is a challenge.Therefore,in order to simplify the issue,inspired by the interdependent relatiomhip between critical thinking and creativity,this article helps to explore some skills of cultivation.

Comparison of culture in English (Learning) Speech Communication

This paper mainly talks about the differences of speech communication betweenChina and Britain- In comparison of status, Conditions and actions of speech with culture, we getto know that culture is different in China and Britain- lf Chinese learners want to learn Englishwelt they must know some thing about its culture. otherwise, we cannt say that thcy haveleamed English well. As to how culture is learned and tapht, it needs us English teachers to havefurther research on culture in the comng days.

Rhetorical Analysis of English Speech from the Perspective of Pathos--Case Study on Michelle Obama's Final Speech at the White House in 2017

Aristotle’s famous theory on rhetoric(Logos,Pathos,Ethos,)is a cornerstone in public speech.The paper would focus on Ethos and its implement in rhetoric devices in public speech.It would make an analysis on Michelle Obama’s farewell speech at the White House on its rhetorical applications in lexis,syntax,phonetics and gestures.From the paper,the readers can obtain some experiences for appreciating public speeches and the teachers can find more effective ways in composition teaching of public speech.

Survey of High School English Teachers＇ Pragmatic Failure

According to the principals of the Course Standard of English for Ordinary Senior Schools, published by China Education Ministry in 2001, the general goal of English curriculum on the basic education stage is to foster the students＇ cross-cultural awareness, which is to develop their cross-cultural communicative competence. To achieve this goal, most of all, teachers of English at high school must have a good command of cross-cultural pragmatic competence. By looking through papers in various periodicals and the Internet, the writer finds that most of the studies have coped with pragmatic failures of ESL students but few of ESL teachers＇. Therefore, this thesis studies the present situation --- how much do schoolteachers of English know about pragmatics？ What about their cross-cultural communicative competence？ Can they communicate with the native speakers fluently and appropriately？ What are the most serious problems among them in pragmatics？ What can be done to solve the problems？ With all the questions, this research has collected considerable firsthand data and information. Only after the basic situations are known overall, can actions be taken to solve the problems existing in everyday ESL teaching. So this research is necessary and urgent for the present basic English pedagogy. However, since the present writer＇s ability and research conditions are limited, it is not possible to make a wider investigation in many places. Therefore, the district --- Bameng League, Inner Mongolia, China, is selected as the basic range of the survey, the situation of which is believed to be able to represent the basic educational ones in the poor and remote districts in the north and the west of China where education is more backward. The questionnaire consists of two parts： a table of individual information and a test paper. The former investigates informants＇ basic information, including the items of name, age, sex, teaching age, title of the technical post, degree, academic career, college or university that they graduated from, working unit, grades for teaching and the others. The latter is the test paper cited from He Ziran and Yan Zhuang （1986）, that is, Chinese Students＇Pragmatic Failure in English Communication --- Survey of the Pragmatic Difference between Chinese and English. And it contains 48 items, with items of pragmalinguistic and socio-pragmatic competence mixedly arranged. 120 of the questionnaire copies were handed out and 86 are collected, but only 64 are collected. The survey covers over 10 high schools in all the 7 banners of Bameng League, including two autonomous region-class key schools and five other league-class key schools. After the investigation, the present writer carefully corrects, marks, arranges, summarizes and analyzes the questionnaire, and obtains plenty of firsthand data and information. Then some conclusions have been drawn based on the data analysis. The result of the survey shows that linguistic competence is not equal to pragmatic competence, that ESL high school English teachers may use English rather fluently, without many mistakes in vocabulary and grammar,but it does not necessarily mean that they can use the target language appropriately to communicate with native speakers without pragmatic failures, and that the informants＇ knowledge of pragmatics and their pragmatic competence are rather poor. As a result, improving their knowledge and competence in pragmatics becomes a very necessary and urgent task to develop the quality of ELT in basic educational stages. In order to solve the above problems, the writer makes some suggestions as follows： （1） Pragmatics should be required as an essential course for the English majors in colleges and universities, especially in normal colleges and universities; （2） In-service high school English teachers must study courses of pragmatics and cross-cultural communication; （3） In some poor and remote districts, if educational conditions don＇t permit, textbooks of pragmatics and cross-cultural communication must be handed out to the high school English teachers who can study by themselves, then tests are regularly held for them and certificates will be given to those who have passed the tests; （4） In some developed districts, if conditions permit, English teachers can be sent abroad to English-speaking countries for further education in order to have a good command of the English language in the authentic contexts; （5） Modern multiple medias, such as VCD or DVD videos, TV or radio programs, the Internet, should be widely and frequently applied to training teachers; （6） More native language teachers and experts from English-speaking countries must be invited to high schools to train teachers of English.

An Examination on the Problems Existing in the Teaching and Learning of Oral English

The published studies on the issues in the teaching and leaming of ESL （English as a Second Language）/EFL （English as a Foreign Language） oral English shed lights on many of the unresolved problems in ESL/EFL teaching and learning. The writer＇s findings through literature review of the issues in the teaching and learning of ESL/EFL oral English indicate that further studies in this area may provide more valuable experiences to aid ESL/EFL speakers in producing fluent and accurate speech.

Critical Thinking Process in English Speech

With the development of mass media,English speech has become an important way for international cultural exchange in the context of globalization.Whether it is a political speech,a motivational speech,or an ordinary public speech,the wisdom and charm of critical thinking are always given into full play.This study analyzes the cultivation of critical thinking in English speech with the aid of representative examples,which is significant for cultivating college students’critical thinking as well as developing their critical thinking skills in English speech.