classroom debate for esl

8/18/2019 Classroom Debate for ESL

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PRO CON

Learning How to Have a ClassDebate

--T. Kathy


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Choose a Controversial Issue有爭議的問題

1. Taiwan shoul re!ove all "un #at-"en statues$ro! s%hools an govern!ent builings.

&. Pro-Ine'enen%e or "tatus (uo)

*. Death Penalty +Ca'ital Punish!ent,

. "a!e se !arriage +/arriage 0uality,2. 3ive health insuran%e to Chinese wor4ers

5. Nu%lear 0nergy

6ieos about ebates7 18 &8 *

To'i%7 Pro'osal建議；計劃 8 Resolution決議；正式決定

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T9K0 9 "T9ND:ho;s pro an who;s con) 0very

ebate has two sies8 theafrmative side an the negative

side. The a


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ROLES 位

/OD0R9TOR主持人；仲裁人"'o4es'erson發言人

(uestioner?Cross-0a!iner盤問Rebutter反駁

"u!!ari@er 總結


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Pro !的"#持的 Con

Pro'osers$議人；$%&

O''ose 反'；反(

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MODERATOR主持人；仲裁人

9 stuent !oerator shoul be able tos'ea4 %learly an 4ee' everyone on

tas4 in a res'e%t$ul !anner. The!oerator introu%es the ebate to'i%

an re%ogni@es stuents to s'ea4alternating between 'ro an %on.

The !oerator %alls the ebate toorer8 'oses the ebatable

'oint?uestion8 an introu%es theebaters an their roles.


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Aa%t gathering shoul su''ort the stuent;s 'oint

o$ view.*-2 sour%es

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are re%o!!ene

0a!'le7 I believe corporal punishment is wrong.

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RFL0"Be polite.

Listen!Be respectl and spportive#持 .

"o inappropriate012的noises.

Spea# onl$ %&en recogni'ed ($ t&emoderator.

Allo% ot&ers to e)press t&eiropinions* do not monopoli'e t&e

de(ate.Spea# clearl$+ slo%l$+ and lodenog& to (e &eard ($ t&e adience.

Spea# %it& passion and e)citement.


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Let;s "tartG


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/oerator7 "tate the 'ro'osal.

07 =Taiwan shoul invest innu%lear 'ower .>

3et Reay7 Lea Pro Debater --'resents the !ain 'oints?argu!ents

$or his or her tea!s stan on theto'i% o$ the ebate.


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The Jrst a


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The %ross ea!ination an 're'arationti!e

The negative tea! will as4uestions. The negative tea!

shoul be allotte - mintes to

prep $or uestions.


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The Jrst negative s'ea4er

9t the en o$ the * !inutes o$ 're'arationti!e8 the negative s'o4es'erson shoulgive a s&ort speec& deending %&$

t&e$ are against t&e topic.

The s'o4es'erson shoul be allotted vemintes to s'ea4.

+:hile this 'erson is s'ea4ing8 the 'ro tea!shoul be uiet8 but 're'aring $or their net

s'ee%h. The 'ro tea! shoul be thin4ingabout how to res'on to this s'ee%h.,


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The %ross ea!ination an 're'aration ti!e.(uestioner?Cross-0a!iner盤問

9$ter the s'o4es'erson $or the negative tea!

Jnishes their s'ee%h8 the !eiator shoul

have the a


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Rebutter反駁

res'ons on behal$ o$ his orher tea! to as !any o$ the

uestions raise in the %ross-ea!ination as 'ossible.


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"u!!ari@er 總結

I'll just summarize the !ain 'oints o$ the argu!ent in a

few words if I may. 3456的7"89:;的?點@ABCD

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0ND OA ROFND 1

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