1. Most of you prepared your speeches on the 2004 tsunami, not on the international agencies assistance.
2.Your task was to prepare a THANKSGIVING SPEECH not a speech on the tsunami.
3. The beginnings of most of the speeches were not designed for a speech in a public forum. For example, "Today I would;d like to talk about the tsunami..that hit.." is not a good beginning of a thanksgiving speech.
4. Very less research was done to find information on the international organisation's works.
But the aim of the task was to:
1. To make you aware of the international agencies that are working for bringing life back.
2. To be able to prepare a thanksgiving speech for a public forum.
3. To involve you in finding information using the internet.
4. To do a task as asked for.
5. To read and listen other thanksgiving speeches.
So, we would like to request you all to accept the challenge to improve your speeches and we will listen to you all again on next Monday, 15th of February, 2016. This time without notes.