English for International relations and economics (Δ26008, Δ16008-1)
Exam structure
- Questions on the comprehension and the speech techniques of a given speech (5 items)
- Questions on the theory on oral presentations & doing research, and the core ideas of speeches taught (6 items)
- Vocabulary matching exercise (15 items)
- Exercise on derivatives (14 items)
Material to study for the exam
Speeches taught (vocabulary and main argument)
"A tale of two political systems" Eric Li (book)
"Why democracy matters" Rory Steward (book)
"Global power shift" Paddy Ashdown (book)
"Who controls the world" James Glattfelder (book)
"The way we think about work is broken" Barry Schwartz
"What explains the rise of humans" Yaval Harrari
"Four worldviews on environmental change" reading passage
"The economics of enough" Dan O'Neill (book)
"Why fascism is so tempting" Yuval Harrari
"How technology can fight terrorism and online harassment" Yasmin Green
"Duty of care"
"Address to the Radio-Television News Directors Association and foundation" (book)
The vocabulary of the speeches that are in the book should be studied from the book. The vocabulary of the speeches that are not the book should be studied from the relevant eclass ppt files (i.e only the vocabulary exercises that are in these ppt files). If a ppt file on a speech does not have vocabulary exercises, then you won't have to study the vocabulary of that speech.
Theory of doing research:
Appropriate topic, rationale (book unit 2), use of APA in in-text citations and use of APA in journal references (relevant eclass ppt file), criteria for evaluation of sources (relevant eclass ppt file).
Public speaking theory:
units 1, 4, 5
Rhetorical strategies of speeches
unit 3 sections D, E, F
Good luck to all!
