Traditional Teaching Speech

Speech Outline

INTRODUCTION

i. Attention-Getter/Hook

I’m sure many, if not all have been frustrated at some point in school because you don’t understand the lesson. It’s like reading a novel but not being able to recall anything after. Many students feel this way, and the number one culprit is the way teachers have been teaching to students this whole time.

ii. Introduce your Issue

Traditional teaching, as It is called, is when the teacher stands at the front of the room, dictating a lesson to students and passing out worksheets for them to do. Students don’t think it’s enough though, they deserve a more adapted solution, suited for them.

iii. State your Position

Currently, although the lessons at school are made to adapt to the needs of the students in the Bellevue School District,

Argument #1

a. Claim: Traditional teaching deprives some students of what they should be learning in school.

b. Evidence:

According to Joshua Aromin, a Content Marketing Coordinator for Whitby school, “Only verbal learners are well-served by the traditional style of education where the teacher stands at the front of the classroom and explains concepts to students. This leaves out the overwhelming majority of learners who do best with hands-on learning, group work, or learning through images and sound”

Reasoning:

A teacher standing at the front of the room, dictating words that go from one ear out the other is the most common type of education. People are different, this is why the world goes round. The most common difference people have is the way they learn. We all have our own ways in which we can effectively take in information from what teachers teach us. Many students here like the hands-on teaching the school provides, or completing worksheets alone. Taking this in mind, it now become obvious that teaching as many as 500 students the same thing, the same way, is not effective enough for their learning.