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Year 12 Debating in French
In February 2022, two Year 12 pupils travelled up to Marlborough College with Mr Gamble to take part in the Independent Schools Modern Languages French debating competition. We took part in two debates, both entirely in French, on topics from the place of biometric identification in modern society to the use of technology in language learning. It was very stimulating to not only research these topics but also to present our ideas and then respond to the other teams’ questions, thinking on our feet to present watertight arguments, all in French. We both really enjoyed the afternoon and, despite narrowly missing out on the final on points difference, we both got a lot out of the day - our language skills and confidence speaking publicly definitely got a boost from it! Although we were a little nervous to begin with, it certainly was something we’d strongly encourage any future students to get involved with and it proved to be a challenging experience, but all the more rewarding for it.
