Speech/Talk

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Key Elements in Speech Writing Exam Question: Talk on an Issue you feel Strongly About Sample Speech: The Internet has done more harm than good Speech: The Value of Education Debate: We are a Self-Obsessed Generation Speech: Addressing Government Ministers on the Importance of Sport

Speech on the Value of Education

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Benjamin Franklin once said, ‘Investment in education pays the greatest interest.’  Good afternoon, my name is John Dowling and I am here today to talk to you about the importance of education in today’s world. As a student who has spent the last fourteen years of his life in the corridors of the Irish education Read More …

Elements of Speech Writing

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Use these eight points to help you write your own speech or to analyse a speech, for either Junior or Leaving Cert English. Engage your audience by addressing them in the introduction. Say who you are and explain what you are going to talk about. Structure: Speeches must have a beginning, a middle and a Read More …

2018 Exam Question

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Choose a novel you have studied. To what extent has your understanding of people and human behaviour been shaped by reading this novel? Explain your answer with reference to your chosen text. Text: Of Mice and Men Author: John Steinbeck From reading this novel, I have learned a lot about people and human behaviour. My Read More …