Queen Rania’s English Speech as a Practical Argument on Educating Women
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1403.10Keywords:
education, girls of Middle East, Queen Rania Speech, Toulmin’s argument layout (2003)Abstract
The recent study throws light on Queen Rania’s Speech, which emphasizes the value of education for the Middle Eastern girls. The current study seeks to identify the Queen’s rhetorical strategies in order to address the research question; “why is Queen Rania’s speech reasonable, justified, and persuasive?” To answer this question the researchers examine the speech’s discourse using Toulmin’s (2003) model of argument which comprises six layouts: ground, claim, qualifier, warrant, backing, and Rebuttal. It is discovered that Queen Rania employs Toulmin’s model although with slight modification in the order of these layouts. She intends for her speech to be a massive appeal to the entire globe to raise their voices and help the unfortunate girls get better life. Her speech is composed of introduction part that sets time and place, four justified claims within the same theme beginning with showing the importance of education for girls, moving on to mention a number of sample stories of poor girls around the world and how they become successful when given the opportunity to be educated, and finally inviting the entire world to prioritize the education of girls.
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