Speech...

Today, the speech by Martin Luther King. Jr. really powerful and inspiring. I read it before but have not got the chance to really analyze the text. The uses of rhetoric in his speech brought a kind of 'realization' to me because one thing, I do like to read about politics and the issue like discrimination, equality and sacrifice interest me to read more of his works. In Malaysia, there are not much of speeches being produced by our prominent icons that can be use in analyzing in the classroom. Although the speech is in a form of writing product, this can also be used in speaking lesson because teacher can actually adapt this speech to be analyzed in the English Literature classroom in terms of the sentences structures, theme, personality traits and imageries. Also, it is a good example of using authentic text in helping students to get the idea of the issues more clearly. See, just by using a speech, I can actually develop a teaching lesson on Literature.... Wonderful... Isn't it???