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Task 10. Write a 3 minute persuasive speech on any topic concerning the national security of Russia. Before you read it to your group describe the situation where it could be made and your audience. The other students assess your speech by filling in the following table

Task 4. Some common ways to start a persuasive speech include 1) asking a rhetorical question, 2) boldly announcing a strong thought or position, 3) quoting a well-known person or 4) creating an image in listeners' minds by telling a story. Below find the beginning of a speech on struggle against proliferation of weapons. Think of different ways to start this speech.

Task 3. You have to make a speech on security issues at one of the following events. What will be the objective in each case? What are the audience's expectations in terms of technical detail, expertise, etc.? What is the audience's probable level of special knowledge? What will your tone and point of view be? What kind of information will you select? How long will your talk be?

a) Global Security Forum (international conference of leading American politicians);

b) Asian Geo-economics and Strategy conference (an international conference on global balance of military spending);

c) meeting of the Security Council of the RF;

d) Seliger Youth Forum;

e) press-conference (opening statement on the performance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RF).

The proliferation of small arms and light weapons is one of the biggest security challenges currently facing Kenya and the East African sub-region (Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya). The trafficking and wide availability of these weapons fuel instability, conflict and pose a threat, not only to security, but also to sustainable development. The widespread proliferation of small arms is contributing to alarming levels of armed crime, in both rural and urban areas, which exacerbates armed cattle rustling and conflicts in pastoralist areas.

Task 5. Demonstrate the use of different ways to start a speech on the following topics:

a) Re-equipment of Russian armed forces is a guarantee of national security.

b) The end of the unipolar world.

c) The development of the Far East and East Siberia as one of the priorities of the Russian Federation.

Task 6. Think of a possible conclusion of a speech on national security which has the following plan:

A strategy to secure national interests in an increasingly complex world

Challenges of the 21st century

Nuclear dangers and the prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons

Counterterrorism

Cyber threats

Task 7. Demonstrate different ways to conclude a speech on the following topics:

a) Re-equipment of Russian armed forces is a guarantee of national security.

b) The end of the unipolar world.

c) The development of the Far East and East Siberia as one of the priorities of the Russian Federation.

Task 8. You are to make an informative speech at an International Conference of representatives of youth political organisations “Cooperation of Russia and Latin America”. Choose a rhetorical strategy and suggest a plan of the body for each of the following topics:

a) Cooperation of Russia with the countries of Latin America at the political level is quickly developing.

b) Countries of Latin America are priority partners of Russia in the economic sphere.

c) Cooperation of Russia with the countries of Latin America in the cultural sphere has achieved a new level.

Task 9. You are to make a persuasive speech at a Seliger Youth Forum. Choose a rhetorical strategy and suggest a plan of the body for each of the following topics:

a) Souverenity and territorial integrity are fundamental values.

b) Sanctions cannot help to resolve regional conflicts.

c) De-offshorisation of Russian economy is an inevitable measure.