Choose one topic of your liking and give an argumentative speech that follows the structure of an argumentative essay. These topics have been adapted from the Matura exam. At this level, you should be able to discuss all of them despite your personal opinions and interests. Alternatively, you can hold a presentation on the below-mentioned topics.
In your argumentative speech, use these expressions: STATING YOUR ARGUMENTS: · first of all, to start with, to begin with, firstly, secondly, thirdly, in addition, furthermore, moreover, besides, last but not least CONTRAST (show two things are different): · on the other hand, however, despite this, in contrast, although, while, though, in comparison with, whereas, but, instead of, in spite of, still, nevertheless, regardless SEQUENCE: · first, second (etc.), to begin with, initially, at first, then, next, from there, and then, following this, finally, lastly ADDITION: · also, again, in addition, additionally, furthermore, further, moreover, as well as, what’s more, besides this/that, EXAMPLES: · for example, for instance, a good example of this is/would be, such as, to illustrate, in particular, particularly, namely, specifically COMPARE (show two things are similar/alike): · likewise, similarly, also, in the same way, in comparison to CONCLUSION: · in conclusion, to sum up, all things considered, on balance, I am inclined to believe, It is my belief/ opinion LIST OF TOPICS:
January Environmental art February (beginning of February) Specialty museums (Different kinds of museums around the world that exhibit unusual artefacts) Vandalism of art (examples and reasons; Why do artworks incite such violence in people?) (late February) Genetics in Fiction (meddling with human or animal genome in literature and film – the underlying message, E.g. Jurassic Park, Brave New World) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_in_fiction April Influences on the English language (from literature, over other languages, to the Internet – new words introduced and coined from various sources, E.g. robot, frankenfood, ninja, latte, chillaxing, twerking) https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/grammar-vocabulary/story/words-invented-by-authors-970565-2017-04-10 https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2016/02/11/invented-words/ https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/dictionary-words-from-internet/ https://mentalfloss.com/article/31363/35-modern-words-recently-added-dictionary https://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/changlang/activities/lang/twentieth/loanwords.html May Presentations on books you’ve read in English (by English speaking authors) (late May) Topics and issues covered in The Great Gatsby
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