debates
Debates are a great way for students to learn about the perspective of their classmates. Debates give us different ways of thinking about important ideas, which helps to challenge our biases and assumptions and to interact with course content.
For more on arguments, check out the video: Argument a field guide. For practice, students can improve their debate skills by creating an argument or opposing one politely in seminar discussions.
The Classroom debate
For more resources...
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Teaching Debate to ESL Students: A Six-Class Unit - This link is a resource for teaching ESL students debate skills in multiple classes.
SEDA: Debate Unit - This link offers a resource to teach debates skills as well as worksheets and templates.
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Sample Debate video: This video introduces students to a simple debate.
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Internet Debate - This pdf offers a lesson for a student debate.
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