WHATS IN A DEBATE TEACHING DEBATE TO REINFORCE
WHAT’S IN A DEBATE? ! TEACHING DEBATE TO REINFORCE ACADEMIC LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY PART 2 OF A 3 PART SERIES ON SPEAKING STRATEGIES Elizabeth Smith English Language Fellow
AGENDA: What is a Debate? Theory of Debate in the Language Classroom Debate Small Language and Structure Group Practice Debrief and Reflection
DO NOW: QUICK WRITE AND TURN AND TALK What is your own definition of a “debate”? What does it involve? What is the purpose? Do you use debate in your class? Predict some reasons why teaching debate may be beneficial for English Language Learners?
WHY DEBATE? engages students in a variety of cognitive and linguistic ways provides meaningful listening, speaking and writing practice highly effective for developing argumentation skills for persuasive speech and writing A debate study showed "before the debates only 30. 8% of the students were not afraid of expressing their opinions when they were not the same as others'. After the debate this figure rose to 56. 7%. “ � the debates led the students to become more accustomed to expressing opinions. " This suggests that, although debate is quite challenging, non-native speakers can fully develop debating skills. Fukuda (2003).
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