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Here is a great video of an interview with my favorite public speaker Charlie Harary. I definitely recommend watching this entire interview a few times. It has so much in it!!!!! There is just one part of this interview that I would like to expound on. Charlie has this way of presenting a new idea…
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As great of a Dikduk master you become, you will never pick up the language until you are forced to speak it. To think of the words on your own, to build your own sentences. That is the only way you will be able to converse with Israelis. Until then, you will only be able…
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The greatest nemesis of public speaking is the fear of it. The fear comes from a negative prediction of something that might happen. You might get a negative comment. No one will laugh at your humor. People will not follow your flow of ideas. You might forget a part of your speech in the middle.…
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There are some questions you need to ask yourself once you decide that you want to speak. Only by answering these questions, and questions of this sort, will you be able to force yourself to focus in the direction that will be most effective in gathering content. What type of speeches does this specific audience,…
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There is no word in Hebrew for “it”. Instead, the word used is either He or She, הוא or היא. This can be annoying for someone who is an American Israeli. They can say, “I love learning Torah. She is so much fun to learn. ” In other words, since the Hebrew word of תורה…
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