Type of Credit: Elective
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Brief Introduction
Welcome to the world of debating!
This course will introduce you to the activity of debating. We will make the assumption that you have no prior experience with debate, but you will need to have STRONG English communication ability.
This course will focus on the parliamentary style of debating. You will be briefly introduced to some aspects of policy debate, when it is useful for supporting your knowledge of debating, but all our debates will be run in the Asian Parliamentary style (3 member teams, 7 minute constructive speeches, and one 4 minute reply speech).
We will have debate practice drills every week to improve your fluency at the beginning of the semester and full debates every week by the end of the semester.
Instead of a final exam, it is most likely that you will participate in a novice debate tournament. Other schools will participate and compete in that tournament.
能力項目說明
Learn what debating is and what the benefits of being able to debate are.
Improve the skills that you need for debating through practice and training.
Be able to prepare and participate in debates.
After taking this course you should be better able to:
Argue your position clearly and effectively
See the flaws in another person's argument
Analyze policy positions
Convince people to accept your position
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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English Debate Spring 2024 Syllabus
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1 |
Feb 21 |
Debate Introduction |
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2 |
Feb 28 |
Holiday |
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3 |
March 6 |
Debate Walkthrough |
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4 |
March 13 |
Practice Debates |
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5 |
March 20 |
Practice Debates |
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6 |
March 27 |
Practice Debates |
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7 |
April 3 |
No Class |
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8 |
April 10 |
Impromptu Debates |
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9 |
April 17 |
Impromptu Debates |
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April 20-21 |
Flex – Chingshin English Debate Open |
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10 |
April 24 |
Class Debates |
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11 |
May 1 |
Class Debates |
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12 |
May 8 |
Class Debates |
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(Potential Tournament) |
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13 |
May 15 |
Class Debates |
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14 |
May 22 |
Class Debates |
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15 |
May 29 |
Class Debates |
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16 |
June 5 |
Review and Debrief |
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June 12 |
Flex – No class, join tournaments |
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June 19 |
Flex – No class, join tournaments |
You will be required to:
Come to class prepared to participate in the day's activities. This will mean reading the relevant articles for the day or preparing your case and being ready to compete.
On many days during the course we will have formal debates that you will need to prepare for.
You will be graded on your performance in the debates and general improvement throughout the semester.
Monash Association Debate Training Guide (Available on the Moodle)
Other References
Chang, Shau-Ju. (2016). English Debate and Argumentation Made Easy for Chinese EFL Learners, 2nd Ed.
Find the course on Moodle!