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Period 4 Debating & Writing

Ⅰ. Teaching aims: 1. Enable the Ss to use they information they’ve acquired to carry out a debate

2. Enable Ss to offer their advice and opinions on a certain problems others come across 3. Enable the Ss to reply an E-mail to give advice on whether staying in Sydney or camping in National Park Ⅱ. Teaching important points:

Enable the Ss master some basic knowledge of debating

Enable the Ss to reply an E-mail offering advice to a friend who is confronted with difficulty in making decisions Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points:

Enable the Ss to apply the basic knowledge of debating to real debating occasion

Enable the Ss to master how to give a reply and offer advice to solve others problems Ⅳ. Teaching methods: Task-based learning and cooperative learning Ⅴ. Teaching aids:

A computer, a blackboard, a recorder Ⅵ. Teaching procedures:

StepⅠIntroduction T: Last period I assigned you to get prepared for the debate. So have you made full preparation? Ok, before we carry out the debate, let’s go over the rules of debate.

You can refer to the Supplement materials of debate.

StepⅡ

Debate 1. Divide the whole class into two large groups (A & B), and then ask every three Ss to form a team and have a discussion on how to argue. 2. Choose two teams with different ideas to be seated face to face. 3. Then chair the debate, and ask the Ss to carry it out according to the procedure which was previously mentioned.

4. Summary: to make a summary of the debate and present awards to the excellent debaters.

Step Ⅲ

Writing 1.

Ask the Ss to read the E-mail and to make out why does Li Haidi write this E-mail? 2.

Then go over the tips of a reply together to make it clear that these elements should be included in their reply. 3.

If time not allowed, ask the Ss to finish the reply E-mail after class as their assignment.

Step Ⅳ

Homework 1.

Ask the Ss to finish the reply in the writing part. 2.

Team work: Ask each team to work out “A week traveling to Australia”. That is, they are working for travel agencies and are assigned to design a route “A week traveling to Australia” To do the work, they should first look up for information, names of tourist destinations, their features, location, means of transportation, accommodation, etc. And then they have a discussion to get the job done. Then next time choose the best designed routes. Supplement materials of debate

Introduction

A debate round has two teams with two debaters each and a Speaker. The Speaker serves as both the judge and arbiter of the rules during the round. Note here that "Speaker" always refers to the judge from this point forward. One team represents the Government, while the other represents the Opposition. The Government team is composed of a Prime Minister, who speaks twice, and a Member of Government, who speaks once. The Opposition team is composed of a Leader of the Opposition, who speaks twice, and a Member of the Opposition, who speaks once. The Government proposes a specific case statement, which the government team must demonstrate to be correct. The Opposition does not have to propose anything, but must demonstrate that the case statement is not correct. The Speaker decides at the end of the round, based on the arguments made in the round, whether the Government has proved its case or whether the Opposition has disproved it. The team which met its burden more convincingly wins.

Rules of Debate Rules of Debate

(condensed from Competitive Debate: Rules and Techniques, by George McCoy Musgrave. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1957) 1. There are two teams, each consisting of two or three speakers. 2. Each team has two or three constructive speeches, and two to three rebuttal speeches. The affirmative gives the first constructive speech, and the rebuttals alternate: negative, affirmative, negative, affirmative. The affirmative has both the first and last speeches of the debate. 3. When worded as a proposition of policy, the topic requires the affirmative to

support some specified action by some particular individual or group. The affirmative has the right to make any reasonable definition of each of the terms of the proposition. If the negative challenges the reasonableness of a definition by the affirmative, the judge must accept the definition of the team that shows better grounds for its interpretation of the term. 4. The affirmative must advocate everything required by the topic itself. No revision of position of a team is permitted during the debate. 5. He who asserts must prove. In order to establish an assertion, the team must support it with enough evidence and logic to convince an intelligent but previously uninformed person that it is more reasonable to believe the assertion than to disbelieve it. Facts must be accurate. Visual materials are permissible, and once introduced, they become available for the opponents' use if desired. 6. In the questioning period, the questioner may ask any fair, clear question that has a direct bearing on the debate. The questioner may use the period to build up any part of his own case, to tear down any part of his opposition's case, or to ascertain facts, such as the opposition's position on a certain issue, that can be used later in the debate. The questioner must confine himself to questions and not make statements, comments, or ask rhetorical questions.

7. Each speaker is questioned as soon as he concludes his constructive speech. The witness must answer the questions without consulting his colleagues.

8. No new constructive arguments may be introduced in the rebuttal period. The affirmative must, if possible, reply to the major negative arguments before the last rebuttal.

9. The judge must base his decision entirely on the material presented, without regard for other material which he may happen to possess. 10. Any gains made outside of the established procedure are disallowed.