DRAFT

Name : Nurlina Syahiirah Binti Md Tahir

Matrix No : 2017632214
ELC Group : EH2203J
Lecturer : Fauziah Saadah Abdul Halim

ELC590
Persuasive Speech Preparation Outline
Speech Topic : Anime has educational value
Speech Type : Question in policy
General Purpose Statement : To persuade
Specific Purpose Statement : To persuade my audience to start watching anime as another way
of life learning.
Central Idea : Anime have educational value for the audience such as exposing
the audience to Japanese culture and language, and enhance the
critical thinking of the audience.

Step 1 – Attention
Malaysians have this perception that anime are just for children whereas in Japan, the United
States and other developed countries, animation is another branch of art and culture that are liked
by people regardless of age. (Digest, 2015)

Figure 1 - Diferences Between Cartoon and Anime

Anime has been a wave to younger generation nowadays and that includes me. The wave hits me
quite early since I have been watching anime since primary school. Anime is the term used in
Japan. The word anime is taken from the English word ‘animation’. But some Japanese could not
pronounce it accurately hence they shorten it to ‘anime.’ (Digest, 2015)

Step 2 – Need
Although nowadays, younger generation have been exposed to animation since babies, there are
some who believe anime did not bring any benefit other than just a source of entertainment. The
anime that keeps on popping out on Malaysia TV Channel is one that do not holds beneficial
value to the audience such as Crayon Shin Chan which teaches the audience bad things like
pulling down his pants on public.

The media randomly airing the anime that is popular without filtering the bad side of anime
which leaves audience to bad perception in anime. As for the audience, they overlook the
positive traits that the anime is trying to portray and instead only focusing on the negative traits
like violence.

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Step 3 – Satisfaction
Anime actually is much more than just entertainment. It bring positive values to the audience.
1) Anime could be a good material for studying Japanese. Anime contains various dialogues
and involve nearly every aspect of conversations. The dialogues of Anime are usually spoken
with standard and clear pronunciations. Besides, the scenes of Anime is so attractive and
interesting so the learners can continue to practice their conversation abilities. (Shan Junjie,
2017)

2) Anime helps students to study in a way that they love. Professor Yuichi Higuchi, a professor
from Tama University in Japan said that anime helps in raising a child’s reading
comprehension and broaden their vocabulary. (Tackett, 2013) Anime is an excellent teaching
tool since it attracts students’ attention and creates a fun environment. (Furo)

3) Anime increase the ability of the audience in critical thinking. For example Detective Conan
which revolved about criminal investigation. Children can also learn from characters and
people that appeared in the mass media, especially in the television. (Iza Sharina Binti
Sallehuddin, 2011)

Step 4 – Visualization
Imagine an anime that could teach you literature. For example, Chihayafuru is an anime revolved
around this one girl that love Japanese poems, she enthusiastically started and promotes Karuta
club and later on succeed in making the club well-known and acknowledged by the whole
school. How? The poems being taught to the viewer? Through the card competition in the anime
which called Karuta. This game use real poem exist in Japanese culture and the game itself do
exist in Japan not just a fiction.

Figure 2 - Karuta Competition in Chihayafuru Anime

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Step 5 – Action
In conclusion, other than a source of entertainment , Anime do have educational value for the
audience such as exposing the audience to Japanese culture and language, and enhance the
critical thinking of the audience. So, I urge all of you to start watching anime from now on. Here,
I bring my anime collections which is more than 100 anime for you to start having a lesson with
anime. With that, I thank you.

References

Digest, M. (2015, March 18). The Positive And Negative Of Anime: Artistic Storytelling Or Lewd
Voyeurism? Retrieved November 19, 2017, from Malaysian Digest:
http://www.malaysiandigest.com/opinion/546059-the-positive-and-negative-of-anime-
artistic-storytelling-or-lewd-voyeurism.html

Furo, H. (n.d.). Using Anime as a Teaching Tool in US Undergraduate Courses. Retrieved

November 18, 2017, from The Japan Association for Language Education and
Tecnology: www.j-let.org/~wcf/proceedings/d-104.pdf

Iza Sharina Binti Sallehuddin, F. I. (2011, October 19). THE PERCEIVED IMPACT OF ANIME
ON SCHOOL. Retrieved November 19, 2017, from Academia:
https://www.academia.edu/6448924/THE_PERCEIVED_IMPACT_OF_ANIME_ON_S
CHOOL_CHILDREN_S_AGGRESSIVE_BEHAVIOUR

Shan Junjie, Y. N. (2017). Analysis of Dialogues Difficulty in Anime Comparing with JLPT
Listening Tests. Procedia Computer Science 112, 1345 - 1352.

Tackett, R. (2013, July 10). Manga And Naime Declared Good Study Tools For Kids. Retrieved
November 2, 2017, from Japan Today:
https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/manga-and-anime-declared-good-
study-tools-for-kids

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FINAL REPORT
 Name : Nurlina Syahiirah Binti Md Tahir
Matrix No : 2017632214
ELC Group : EH2203J
Lecturer : Teoh Chee Yong

ELC590
Persuasive Speech Preparation Outline
Speech Topic : Anime has educational value
Speech Type : Question in policy
General Purpose Statement : To persuade
Specific Purpose Statement : To persuade my audience to start watching anime as another
way of life learning and not just for entertainment.
Central Idea : Anime have educational value for the audience such as
exposing the audience to Japanese culture and language, and
enhance the critical thinking of the audience.

I. Introduction
1) Malaysians have this perception that anime are just for children whereas in Japan, the
United States and other developed countries, animation is another branch of art and
culture that are liked by people regardless of age. (Digest, 2015) Anime is the term
used in Japan. The word anime is taken from the English word ‘animation’. But some
Japanese could not pronounce it accurately hence they shorten it to ‘anime.’ (Digest,
2015)
2) Anime has been a wave to younger generation nowadays and that includes me. The
wave hits me quite early since I have been watching anime since primary school and
even now, I still watch anime even though I am already in university.

Figure 1 - Differences Between Cartoon and Anime

II. Need Step (Problem)

Although nowadays, younger generation have been exposed to animation since babies,
1) There are some who believe anime did not bring any benefit other than just a source
of entertainment. Based on the poll that I have made, even most of you of about 61%
of the class believe anime is just a source of entertainment.

Figure 2 - Polls On Whether Anime is Just A Source Of Entertainment To The Audience

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 2) The media randomly airing the anime that is popular without filtering the bad side of
anime which leaves audience to bad perception in anime. The anime that keeps on
popping out on Malaysia TV Channel is one that do not holds beneficial value to the
audience. As for the audience, they overlook the positive traits that the anime is trying
to portray and instead only focusing on the negative traits like violence.
3) Anime actually is much more than just entertainment. Anime have educational value
for the audience such as exposing the audience to Japanese culture and language, and
enhance the critical thinking of the audience.

Transition 1: Okay now let see how anime exposed the audience to Japanese culture and
language.

III. Satisfaction Step

Main Idea 1: Anime expose the audience to Japanese culture and language.
1) Anime could be a good material for studying Japanese language. Anime contains
various dialogues and involve nearly every aspect of conversations. The dialogues in
Anime are usually spoken with standard and clear pronunciations. Besides, the scenes
of Anime is so attractive and interesting so the learners can continue to practice their
conversation abilities. (Shan Junjie, 2017)
2) Anime helps students to study in a way that they love. Professor Yuichi Higuchi, a
professor from Tama University in Japan said that anime helps in raising a child’s
reading comprehension and broaden their vocabulary. (Tackett, 2013) Anime is an
excellent teaching tool since it attracts students’ attention and creates a fun
environment. (Furo)

Transition 2: Okay, now let see how anime enhance the critical thinking of the audience.

Main Idea 2 : Anime enhance the critical thinking of the audience.

1) Children can also learn from characters and people that appeared in the mass media,
especially in the television. (Iza Sharina Binti Sallehuddin, 2011) Anime increase the
ability of the audience in critical thinking.
2) Let me give you an example, that is very closed to everyone which is Detective
Conan. This anime revolved around criminal investigation where each episode there
will be a person die and the detective need to find out who the killer is, and how and
why he conduct the crime. As the audience watch the anime, subconsciously they
think together with Detective Conan and solved the mystery of the crime. That is how,
anime enhance the critical thinking of the audience.

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 Transition 3: Lets imagine an anime that could teach you literature.

IV. Visualization Step

1) Chihayafuru is an anime revolved around this one girl that love Japanese poems, she
enthusiastically started and promotes Karuta club and later on succeed in making the
club well-known and acknowledged by the whole school.

Figure 3 - Karuta Competition in Chihayafuru Anime

How? The poems being taught to the viewer? Through the card competition in the anime
which called Karuta. This game use real poem exist in Japanese culture and the game
itself do exist in Japan not just a fiction.

Transition 4: By now you must have been enlighten that Anime is not just an entertainment.

V. Action Step
1) In conclusion, other than a source of entertainment , Anime do have educational value
for the audience such as exposing the audience to Japanese culture and language, and
enhance the critical thinking of the audience.
2) So, I urge all of you to start watching anime from now on and those who believe
anime just a source of entertainment to get that thought out of their mind.
3) Today, I bring my anime collections which is more than 100 anime in my hard disk
for those of you who want to copy and start changing your opinion about anime. With
that, I thank you.

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References

Digest, M. (2015, March 18). The Positive And Negative Of Anime: Artistic Storytelling Or
Lewd Voyeurism? Retrieved November 19, 2017, from Malaysian Digest:
http://www.malaysiandigest.com/opinion/546059-the-positive-and-negative-of-
anime-artistic-storytelling-or-lewd-voyeurism.html

Furo, H. (n.d.). Using Anime as a Teaching Tool in US Undergraduate Courses. Retrieved

November 18, 2017, from The Japan Association for Language Education and
Tecnology: www.j-let.org/~wcf/proceedings/d-104.pdf

Iza Sharina Binti Sallehuddin, F. I. (2011, October 19). THE PERCEIVED IMPACT OF
ANIME ON SCHOOL. Retrieved November 19, 2017, from Academia:
https://www.academia.edu/6448924/THE_PERCEIVED_IMPACT_OF_ANIME_ON
_SCHOOL_CHILDREN_S_AGGRESSIVE_BEHAVIOUR

Shan Junjie, Y. N. (2017). Analysis of Dialogues Difficulty in Anime Comparing with JLPT
Listening Tests. Procedia Computer Science 112, 1345 - 1352.

Tackett, R. (2013, July 10). Manga And Naime Declared Good Study Tools For Kids.
Retrieved November 2, 2017, from Japan Today:
https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/manga-and-anime-declared-good-
study-tools-for-kids

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Question & Answer :

1) You said that the anime that keeps on popping out on Malaysia TV Channel is the
one that do not holds beneficial value to the audience, can you give an example?
There is this one anime, I believe most you have watch it. Crayon Shin Chan. Shin Chan
is actually a rude character, he always pulling down his pants on public. Besides, he also
kind of like a pervert and even talk back to adult although he is only just five years old
kid. The joke use in this anime is rather in appropriate.

2) Other than Chihayafuru, What other anime that beneficial to the audience?
There is this one anime called The Grave of The Fireflies. A very sad anime. The settings
is during the Japanese war. It shows how the Japanese survive during the war and the
struggle that they face. If you want to watch the anime, I do have it with me.

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VISUAL AIDS
ELC590 – English For Oral Presentation
(Persuasive Speech)

Present by
NURLINA SYAHIIRAH BINTI MD TAHIR
2017632214