Legal Research Moot Court - Vida Verzosa, Rebuttal Speaker

[nerveending]

I know the person in the video. I can't say if she's a native English speaker, because we Filipinos like to think that we are, even if it isn't true.

At the time, the mooter was a 1L and wasn't grounded in mooting yet. There was no competition here, just a class project. Their strange, fast-speaking style is a speech pattern drilled into undergrad debaters (because it works and brings home trophies). Unfortunately, students so trained seem to carry this mentality into a moot court setting.

[16december]

that is now how i will present my case..i will not sound like a debater and will not smile to the court if not necessary...but she her english is clear enough...i assume she is not native??

[djdanellec]

Not horrible, but the pace was too quick, eye contact was poor and her nervous movements (with her legs and arms) were very distracting.

[juncapon]

The speaker is boring. She lacks the spank for public speaking. It looks as though she can't wait to finish her speech. But nonetheless, excellent for a law student.

[libertadore]

Apologies are in order. I agree, the speaker isn't really a mooter to begin with, hence, it's really amateurish. It's one of those moot court competitions where the trainors compel the speakers to observe time limits and speak in a modulated manner (unlike British Parliament or Oxford Oregon where one can be as animated and obnoxious as one wishes). Maybe that's the Ateneo style, I don't know.