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Orly Kayam
Dr. Orly Kayam, an expert in the field of language and rhetoric, director of the Pre-Academic Preparatory Programs in Wingate Academic College, under the auspices of the Israeli Ministry of Education, founder and director of the Learning Disabilities Center and the Literacy Center in the Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Science at the Wingate Institute.
My primary research focuses on the rhetoric of contemporary political world leaders, in order to identify the effective rhetorical strategies which lead to changes in the world, such as Barack Obama, Donald J. Trump and the Iranian leaders Rouhani and Ahmadinejad. Simultaneously, I explore the ways by which academic institutions can assist and encourage physically disabled students to complete their studies.
Phone: (+972) 054-6699816
Address: Kedem 34, Shoham, Israel 6082634
My primary research focuses on the rhetoric of contemporary political world leaders, in order to identify the effective rhetorical strategies which lead to changes in the world, such as Barack Obama, Donald J. Trump and the Iranian leaders Rouhani and Ahmadinejad. Simultaneously, I explore the ways by which academic institutions can assist and encourage physically disabled students to complete their studies.
Phone: (+972) 054-6699816
Address: Kedem 34, Shoham, Israel 6082634
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Barack Obama’s political rhetoric has been the subject of much discussion. In 2004, the nation was introduced to the formidable rhetorical skills of the then Senator Obama with his delivery of the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. The skills on display then only grew and developed throughout the years leading to his successful presidential campaign of 2008. This book presents an examination of the political rhetoric of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Rhetorical devices from some of his most memorable speeches of that campaign are presented and discussed. This book addresses the various rhetorical devices that Obama uses so expertly: The use of personal narrative, stories, repetition, metaphors, clichés, questions and humor. It is the various combinations of these devices that make reading or hearing an Obama speech such a rhetorical pleasure.
A sociolinguistic look into the experiences of bilingual/multilingual individuals and families in navigating language related experiences in Israel, where the language of Hebrew was revived and is now living alongside many other languages. Family language policies, language experiences, maintenance efforts, and language acquisition experiences are investigated through various methodologies including quantitative analyses of data gathered via the Internet, qualitative in depth interviews, as well as ethnographic approaches. We put together this collection of already published academic articles in order to provide a glimpse into the diverse experiences of Israel's linguistic realities, from English speaking immigrants in possession of linguistic capital that lingua franca brings, to Israeli Arabs who speak one of two national languages of Israel as a mother tongue but whose experiences within Israel are complex, to the experiences of Ethiopian immigrants and speakers of arguably low-status language of Amharic.