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Great speakers of the world delivered influential speeches/lectures and mesmerised a great number of listeners around the globe. The research is aimed to focus on the written version of those influential historic speeches. Do they have the same impact on present day individuals who have access only to the written version of these inspiring epitomes of verbal excellence.

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Ms. Shehla Maaz is an expert and researcher in the field of Applied Linguistics, with a special focus on ESL, TEFL and TESOL. She is an academician and a recipient of ´Best Essay Writer Award´ at the national forum of Youth Parliament of Pakistan.

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