Well It Is Important because in order to convince someone about a certain thing you have to be good at reasoning you have to have a good explanatiorn It is not enough to tell your listeners how they should think and act.
It Is also very essential to be able to Justify your standpoint. What is an argument? An argument Is d claim supported by a reason or an explanation For example: People should start using hydrogen cars because It does not pollute nature unlike ormal petroleum cars.In this context people should start using hydrogen cars Is the claim, wherein because it does not pollute nature unlike normal petroleum car Is the reason. what Is rhetoric? Rhetoric is one of the arts of using language as a means to persuade Now as I said before argumentation is about justifying your claims right, however to argue rhetorically is more than that.When you argue rhetorically it is simply just not enough to justify your claims The explanations you choose to use in your presentation should also be very onvincing in order to persuade your listeners to believe in your words To every claim there can be numbers of reasons that you can choose from, however if you want to argue convincingly it is important for the speaker to determine which reason Is essential to d given situation.
So the main challenge is to basically find the right reason(s) to support your claim and thereby convince your listeners.Let's take the example used before: People should start using hydrogen cars. This claim can have numbers of reasons as to why people should buy these cars. It can be because it benefits the environment, it is cheaper in the long run and so on. Now if you are talking with environmentally oriented audience it would be a good idea to talk about the environmental benefits of buying a hydrogen car.
However if you are talking with people who might want to save money because ot the current financial crisis then it would be better to talk about why hydrogen car would be cheaper.Topoi are traditional theme or formula in literature. It is a method to find different kinds of arguments. There are 3 different kinds of topoi.
The first one is thematic topoi which consist of economy, environment, health, work, well-being, and time. The second one is contradiction topoi this topoi consists of individual vs. society, change vs. tradition and quantity vs.
quality. The last topoi is evidence topoi which mainly consist of study, experience and general assumptions. Let's take the last topoi for an example.The estimated number of hydrogen-powered cars in the United States was 200 as of October 2009, mostly in California. this evidence is based on a study, as it has numbers and facts. Hydrogen fuel cells use zero gasoline and produce zero emissions other than water vapor.
Therefore scientists believe that they're a sustainable technology for a better environment. And they will ultimately reduce our dependence on petroleum in the future - As you can see this evidence is general assumptions from a group of people which in this case are the scientists.Buyers experience that driving a hydrogen car is the same as driving an ordinary gasoline car. Its performance is on par with a similar size-car powered by a petroleum engine. - This evidence is based on personal experience Fillers and Gambits Other than argumentation and rhetoric I have also decided to focus on communication strategies such as Fillers and Gambits during the course, because I have heard that some employees find it difficult to communicate fluently in English.So what exactly are Fillers and Gambits? Let's start with Fillers: Fillers are phrases or words used to stall.
They usually take the form of clarifiers. Clarifiers are used to stress a point as you are going along. Examples of clarifiers are: Like I said before...
As I Just said... If you can remember when I was explaining about Rhetoric before I said (look PP) as ou can see I am stressing a very important point which is the purpose of clarifiers.Gambits are phrases or words that are often void in meaning. There are different kinds of gambit one of them are signposts.
You can use signposts when you want to give an outline of something like an outline of a presentation. A number of frequently used signposts are: (look PP) agenda. Fillers and Gambits can be a big help especially to the users of second language, because it allows them to stall time and rethink the things they want to say. Furthermore, it also makes a presentation a lot more natural.
