Debate in English презентация

What is Debate?
Debate is the science and art of argumentation
Why Debate?
helps develop your critical thinking skills
Improves all your language and communication skills
is a learning process
fosters issue awareness
develops tolerant and open-minded future leaders
Debate is fun!

Topics
Abortion: pro-life or pro-choice
Marriage- for better or for worse
Telling lies is sometimes for the better
AIDS Should the people be treated differently if they have HIV?
Women will never be equal to men in the workplace
Military service should be obligatory
Euthanasia should be legalized

Karl Popper debate format
Number of people in the debate: 6
Number of people in a team: 3
Number of teams in the debate: 2
Duration of the speeches: 5 minutes
Questions format: Cross examination
prep time: 8 minutes

Karl Popper debate participants
affirmation (aff)team opposition (opp) team
3 speakers 3 speakers

Introductory speech
Usually given by first speaker of the affirmation team
What is the topic of the case?
What is the controversy about?
Topic: The problem (issue)of _____________ is widely discussed nowadays.
Controversy: Some people believe that ____________________.
However others are sure that ____________.
Abortion: pro-life or pro-choice
Marriage- for better or for worse
Telling lies is sometimes for the better
AIDS Should the people be treated differently if they have HIV?
Women will never be equal to men in the workplace
Military service should be obligatory
Euthanasia should be legalized
“As the affirmative team we reserve the right to clarify any definitions throughout this round.”

Affirmative case
“As the affirmative team we reserve the right to clarify any definitions throughout this round.”
1. Research and find evidence
Two strategies
1.Consider the actual problem the case will resolve
First, you will start with HARMS. Harms are what is wrong. Most cases have no less then three harms.
First, you will start with advantages. Most cases have no less then three advantages.
2. Make up a topical sentence
It should introduce your team’s point of view and summarize (generalize) all your evidences
2. Make up a topical sentence
It should list the harms which can be caused by the wrong choice. Introduce your team’s point of view which will resolve those harms listed above.
3. Organize your arguments :
Evaluate your arguments, which is the strongest, weakest, etc.
Introduce them in the following order: 1 strong argument
2. the weakest argument
3. the strongest argument

Foetus ['fiːtəs]
A foetus is an animal or human being in its later stages of development before it is born.
full-term foetus —
overmature foetus —
premature foetus
unborn foetus
viable foetus
to abort a foetus

Pregnancy ['pregnənsɪ]
the condition or period of being pregnant
consecutive pregnancy
defective pregnancy
false pregnancy
normal pregnancy
multiple pregnancy
contraception of pregnancy
interruption of pregnancy — abortion
pregnancy test
ectopic pregnancy
early pregnancy
late pregnancy
term pregnancy
incomplete pregnancy
interrupted pregnancy
2) great pregnancy of thought \ speech
Earth pregnancy
womb [wuːm] - the organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the uterus ['juːt(ə)rəs]
Conception (to conceive) the very beginning of pregnancy

Reading

Arguments
Adolescence is a wrong stage of life for bearing a baby.
To be ready to all the responsibilities of motherhood
To be able to give a baby all the love and care it needed
It isn’t fair to a baby if the mother isn’t there for it.
Unstable relationship of adolescents could lead to breakup, leaving a child without the father.
It isn't fair on young mother’s parents who will have to help bring the child up.
Getting education and gaining work experience is virtually impossible with a baby.
The decision should be made after lots and lots of soul-searching