Frontiers in Educational Research, 2023, 6(15); doi: 10.25236/FER.2023.061506.
Qian Yang
Department of Foreign Languages, Sichuan University of Media and Communications, 611745, Chengdu, China
English speech has become a new hot subject in college English teaching. It is imperative to introduce English rhetoric into English speech teaching. Taking Martin Luther King’s famous speech “I Have a Dream” as an example, this paper illustrates the significance and effect of applying three elements of Aristotle’s persuasion (logic appeal, emotion appeal and personality appeal) into speeches. It is suggested to apply English rhetoric into college English teaching and carry out specialized English rhetoric teaching and persuasive writing training based on English rhetoric. Persuasive speech teaching and evaluation are supposed to be conducted, aiming to help college students improve their critical thinking in English speeches and expand college English teaching sections.
Three elements of Aristotle’s persuasion, English speech, English rhetoric
Qian Yang. Enlightenment of Three Elements of Aristotle’s Persuasion on College English Speech Teaching—Taking a Famous Speech “I Have a Dream” as an Example. Frontiers in Educational Research (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 15: 34-38. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2023.061506.
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