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ACTIVITY TITTLE: DEBATING Justification: 1) To develop and improve speaking and listening skills and to build self-esteem. 2) To learn to see one statement or idea from various perspectives, through critical thinking, critical listening and critical speaking. 3) To turn facts and statistics into a strong argument and a well-reasoned response 4) To know how to structure your speaking 5) To speak with the right pace, tone, language and body language to engage the audience. Competences: oral communication (to plan and prepare talks and to learn strategies to interact to start, keep and finish speeches), reading comprehension, writing skills.
Materials needed: Computers Subjects involved: Language, sciences, history Procedure: Step 1: Teachers create 6 teams for a mini debate league. Step 2: They have to prepare the pros and cons for the following questions and look for information to argue about them: 1. Do you think that religious food restrictions have anything to do with health? 2. Do you think that countries with a higher life expectancy have a healthier diet? 3. Do you think new fashionable fad diets have to do with health or with commercial interests? 4. Do you think people with a higher economic status have a healthier diet? Step 3: Students can prepare documents for the debate performance. Step 4: During the mini debate league students will debate about a question designated by lot drawn and they will have to argue for or against also by lot drawn.
Timing: 4 sessions of 60 minutes Other relevant information: Video of the finalist in the last day of debate: https://youtu.be/AJLSdxxYyRc
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