SECTION 2: «Let’s debate!»

Welcome to Section 2 «Let’s debate!»

Debates are the very foundation of the society we live in today. Debates are generally understood as a formal discourse among people with contrasting arguments by presenting facts, logic, evidence, and emotions often conducted in the presence of audiences and a debating framework. Debates in general are a part of our everyday life whenever we are faced with conflicting ideas and debating is an indispensable character of a person.

Materials of this Section will inform you about:

successful way to organize own debate club with students of different levels;
how to create warming ups for debate clubs, how to make opening remarks by the chairman of the debate, announcing the topic and presenting the positions «for» and «against»;
pre-speaking activities with opponents (speakers – the participants of debate club), different ways to express opinions in English (confirmation, proof, refutation);
work with the audience of the debate club (the ways to ask the questions, giving comments on the speech of the debater);

INTRODUCTION TO SECTION 2