TEXT 1:

An extract from Martin Luther Kings speech - I have a dream:

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

TEXT 2:

You tube clip for Educating Yorkshire:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emB9MxevBAs  

TEXT 3:

 Will Smith interview with Jonathan Ross extract:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX5c6IofR10

TEXT 4:

Outnumbered clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs52F49JiIE

TEXT 5:

The Power of Language
By Sandra Ford Walston, The Courage Expert 

During my 14 years of interviewing employees for my work , oncourageous leadership, conducting ,interpersonal skills training, and coaching people on how to use courage, I became aware of the importance of language and how we use it to describe our domain.  Our words create our reality.

According to Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership by Joseph Jaworski, “It is through language that we create the world, because it’s nothing until we describe it.  And when we describe it, we create distinctions that govern our actions.  To put it another way, we do not describe the world we see, but we see the world we describe.”

When you speak, you are “acting.”  Linguists technically call the process “performative acts.”  A word or words, sentences, or utterances are performances—meaning they make something happen.  Promises, requests, offers, or words to persuade are performances that provoke action.