Tuesday 28 April 2009

Public speaking for state schools

Debating skills raise children's confidence and self-esteem, and it pays to start early, says Diane Hofkins

Diane Hofkins

On BBC2's The Speaker, spinmeister supreme Alastair Campbell was hammering home his point: be absolutely clear about the objective of your speech. "Tony Blair was obsessed," he revealed, always asking: "What is the central argument?"


http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/apr/28/schools-debating-skills

 


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