Debate training 23/09/2017
Debate training 23/09/2017
9:30-12:30 and 13:30-16:30or17:00
OBJECTIVES:
- introduce the basic building blocks of debate (like: ARE, TBBT, debate the idea not the person)
- move from unstructured discussion to formal debate
- prepare teachers and students to begin organizing their own debating societies for the network
General shape of the workshop:
MORNING 9:30-12:30
- a silly game-debate to loosen up, get to know each other, activate English.
- Getting a little more serious: What is civil discourse/formal debate?
- What makes a good debater?
- Building blocks/bricks: ARE, SPEECH
- Refutation & rebuttal: TBBT
AFTERNOON 13:30-16:30 or 14:00-17:00
- A full loosely-structured open debate (40-60 minutes) as an interim move towards respectful formal debate [our format for debates Oct-Nov-Dec]
- WSD: what is the format? [Our format for debates Jan-Feb-Mar-Apr]
- Practice approaching a WSD debate (brainstorming; research; establishing Theme & Split)
- Where to go for more info, possible calendar of interschool debates. Wrap-up.
G/J | slides | Topic/task | aim | time |
G/J | Welcome, introduction,
Today’s objectives |
10 | ||
J | 1 | Lifeboat – How good are you at persuading people to save your life? | Warmer: get them loosened up, speaking English, laughing. | 20 |
J | 2 | What is debate?
· Civil discourse, public · Get to the truth so we can make choices /act · debate ideas, not people · engage fully (prepare, listen, think, and respond respectfully) Who are you trying to convince? · The judge(s), not your opponent.
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Segue between lifeboat and formal debate
Public: not private, not technical
Establish basic tenets of formal debate
Basic etiquette: TYFTF, respectful engagement means LISTENING, not just waiting to speak. |
5 |
G | 3-10 | Why debate?
What to debate? What makes a good debater? Video clip of bad debate + elicit
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Critical thinking, tolerance, respect, etc.
Introduce concepts like: persuasion, argument, reasoning, evidence, eloquence, content, style, strategy, respect, etc. |
15 |
J | 11 | Alley debate: dogs vs cats | listening carefully and responding | 10 |
G | 12-19 | How to debate:
ARE: The structure of the argument; Constructive Arguments |
Introduce basic structure of an effective argument | 10-15 |
COFFEE BREAK | 10 | |||
AFTER COFFEE BREAK | — | |||
J | 20-21 | Practice ARE
(with expander/contractor) Winter vs Summer Book vs Film
b’storm 3 AREs – choose best one opposing team: listen and take notes for next step
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Style:
objective, clear + concise, logical + passionate
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30 |
J | Elicit responses to arguments | Basic listening & responding… set-up for TBBT | 5 | |
G | 22-23 | Formal Refutation & Rebuttal | refute an argument = produce evidence (facts or figures) to prove it untrue.
rebut an argument = to discredit it by offering a completely different pov. |
15 |
J | 24 | Which parts of an argument can you attack? | The A/R/E/inherent assumptions | 5 |
G | 25-30 | TBBT & examples | 10 | |
J | 31 | Practice: “I disagree” | 10 | |
J | 32-34 | Some logical fallacies to avoid:
· Ad Hominem · Strawman · Hasty generalization
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10 | |
J | ? | Spotting Fallacies game | 15 | |
G | 35 |
ONE HOUR LUNCH BREAK
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