[Archive] Learning English through Debating (Secondary 4-6) A Resource Package

• Focus 1: Understanding the Fundamental Idea of Debating

• Focus 2: Eliciting, Confirming and Establishing Knowledge about Debating

• Focus 3: Identifying and Using Underlying Principles

• Focus 4: Language of Persuasion

• Focus 5: Supporting Arguments (Logical Appeal)

• Focus 6: Researching

• Focus 7: Speech Writing

• Focus 8: Using Questions in Debating

• Focus 9: Summary Speeches

• Summary Speech (Opposition Team)

• Summary Speech (Affirmative Team)

• Focus 10: Teamwork

• Focus 11: Presentation Skills

• Sample Speech 1

• Sample Speech 2

• Sample Speech 3

• Focus 12: Final Debates

• Assignment Checklist and Reflection Log

Supplementary Materials

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 1: Listening for Main Ideas

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 2: Noting down the Main Ideas of a debate

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 3: Developing a Basic Argument

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 5: Mystery Game – “Murder in the Classroom”

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 5: Types of Supporting Details

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 6: Identifying the Stance of Sources

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 8: Revision of Question Forms

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 8: Formulating Questions

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 8: Interrogative Debating Session

• Supplementary Activity for Focus 9: Writing a Summary Speech

• Suggested Assessment Criteria for Portfolio Assignment 1 - 6

• Mark Sheets for the Final Debates