Name: LOH CHAI HONG MATRIC NO: A17KT0115

Answer the questions below

1. How many debaters are in the group?

2. Determine the timing of each speaker for first speech

a. Speaker 1 first (construction) speech : from 0 min to 3.50 min
b. Speaker 2 first (construction) speech: from 3.50 min to 7.30 min
c. Speaker 3 first (construction) speech: from 7.30 min to 11.30 min
d. Speaker 4 first (construction) speech: from 11.30 min to 15.30 min

3. Determine the timing of each speaker for second speech

a. Speaker 1 second (refutation) speech : from 15.30 min to 18.00 min
b. Speaker 2 second (refutation) speech: from 18.00 min to 21.40 min
c. Speaker 3 second (refutation) speech: from 21.40 min to 25.00 min
d. Speaker 4 second (refutation) speech: from 25.00 min to 28.35min

4. Determine the timing of each speaker for third speech

a. Speaker 1 third (rebuttal) speech : from 28.38 min to 31.44 min
b. Speaker 2 third (rebuttal) speech: from 31.44 min to 35.00 min
c. Speaker 3 third (rebuttal) speech: from 35.00 min to 36.40 min
d. Speaker 4 third (rebuttal) speech: from 36.40 min to 38.47min

5. Pick one speaker from the group. Summarise (in point form) all her 3 speeches.
a. Speaker No: 2

b. Speech 1 summary
- Helen Keller is an author as well as a lecturer
- make great contribution in authoring world perception about capabilities of
handicapped and giving encouragement through speeches
- ‘Story of My Life’ - encounter obstacles during childhood because cannot speak and
understand well. Show good example to others by being the first deaf-blind person to
earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
- ‘The World I Live In’- perception of the world from the view of a deaf-blind person
- ‘Out of the Dark’- a series of essays on socialism
- defend woman rights to vote
 c. Speech 2 summary
-Refutation to speaker 1: Diary is not suitable for students because talk more on
sexuality
- Refutation to speaker 3: Cannot handle depression well. Charity work done because
of the money
- Refutation to speaker 4: Only give fantasy to children. No other contribution to the
world.

d. Speech 3 summary
- Rebuttal to speaker 1: Women has the rights to decide their pregnancy. Giving the
option of abortion is because of considering the women’s financial problem.
- Rebuttal to speaker 3: Admitted as a hot tempered person and the action of torturing
the animal because of the reason to attract attention from others.
- Rebuttal to speaker 4: Blind person can do the same thing as normal person.

6. Give your comments on what do you like about her speech and what you don’t like, and what is
good in her speeches and what needs to be improved.

I like her speech because she narrated in a confident, funny and fluent. However, she should not
point a finger to the debater. She should control the emotion during the debate.