Debate and Thinking Skills

By Jurgen Depicker

Welcome to the universe of school discussing and public talking, the best preparing ground for creating confidence and figuring out how to check out large issues. Talking great develops certainty and opens a universe of chance, in instruction, authority, vocations, and local area and political commitment. In an inexorably serious world, being a persuading, enthusiastic, and powerful speaker is crucial for standing apart from the group.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jurgen Depicker
• Release date: Jan 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201482800

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Boost Your Brainpower

Jurgen Depicker

STAGE 1: APPROACHING THE TOPIC.

Introduction to the topic

1. GOOD ORGANIZER.

2. THINK / DISCUSS / SHARE (THINK / PAIR / SHARE).

3. IMPROVED LECTURE.

An approach to terms, a search for contradictory points.

A. TERM THREE.

B. DEFINITION.

C. T-CHART: ASSOCIATIONS TO TERMS.

D. M-DIAGRAM: POSITIVE, NEGATIVE AND NEUTRAL ASSOCIATIONS.

E. VENNA DIAGRAM: POLARIZATION OF OPINIONS.

F. SEMANTIC MAP.

G. INTERVIEW.

Stage 2: Researching the topic.

1. We read to find out.

A. I KNOW / WANT TO LEARN / LEARN.

B. READING IN PAIR / QUESTIONS IN PAIR.

2. We read in the search for arguments.

A. DIARY OF DOUBLE ENTRIES.

B. EXPLANATIONS ON CARDS.

C. ARGUMENT ANALYSIS: ARGUMENT STRUCTURING AND EVALUATION OF ALIEN ARGUMENTS.

Stage 3: Immediately before the debate.

1. Building arguments.

A. DISCUSSION WEB.

B. ACADEMIC CONTRADICTION.

C. CONSTRUCTION OF ARGUMENTS FROM EXPLANATIONS.

D. FRAMING OF OPPONENT ARGUMENTS.

E. INITIAL STRUCTURING METHOD.

Stage 4: After the debate: reflection and evaluation.

4. WRITING THE ESSAY.

5. OFFERING NEW TOPICS FOR DEBATES.

6. SUGGESTING NECESSARY ACTIONS.

STAGE 1: APPROACHING THE TOPIC.

The purpose of this first stage is to inspire students to find connections between their own world and the declared topic: ask themselves what the topic means from the point of view of their personal experience, consider the terminology, wonder what is contradictory in it. The purpose of the exercises at this stage is to raise students' interest and curiosity about the topic, to build a connection between the problems raised in the topic and what the students already know, to prepare them for research work on the