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Speeches and speech-making
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This free course, Speeches and speech-making, explores an aspect of language use where 'voices' and 'texts' converge: the art of speech-making.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of some fundamental aspects of rhetoric
- demonstrate skills of textual analysis
- appreciate the importance of audience in relation to speech-making.
First Published: 09/08/2012
Updated: 07/05/2019
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