Topic outline

  • Week 8 Debate topics&roles, refutations and sample

    The link to our Zoom room:

    https://aalto.zoom.us/j/68396713315

    Meeting ID: 683 9671 3315


    Tuesday Nov 2nd:

    S12 Debate teams & topics

    Sharing of debate topics & division into teams

    Finalization of debate topics, debate roles and dates for the final debates

    After lunch: S13 Debate preparations

    Argue to stay in & Refutations & counter-arguments, analysis of a sample debate

    Homework this week: (Watch and analyse the first round of the sample debate if we did not have time to do that during our session). Start working with debate partner(s) on debate content and strategy. Divide the logical fallacies evenly with your debate team & study these in preparation for a pub quiz next week.

    Our final debates will take place on Tuesday Nov 16th & Nov 23rd: We aim to have 2 debates/day.

    The teams and topics are as follows (as decided on Tue Nov 2nd):

    Yellow:
    PM (Gov1), Eero 2nd Gov Mael
    Opp 1 Mark Opp 2: Hiep
    Chairperson: Pranav
    Blue:
    PM (Gov1) Behram, 2nd Gov Kerkko
    Opp 1 Khanh Ha, Opp 2 Pranav
    Chairperson:  Mark
    Green:
    PM (Gov1) Egor, 2nd Gov Meri,
    Opp 1 Nghi, Opp 2 Son,
    Chairperson: Khanh Ha


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      S12 Warm-up discussion: debate expectations URL
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      S12 Instructions for breakout rooms: Appoint a chair & topic selection File
      PDF document
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      Work together in the breakout rooms with your own debate team. First decide who can act as Chair for another team - Heli will visit each breakout room to get a volunteer from each team! Then work on the topics as instructed in this slide-set & access the correct Flingaboard link for your team (=your colour) below.
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      S12: The Speakers' Corner method! URL
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      Watch just the first couple of minutes to get inspiration ;-)

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      S12 Flingaboard for the YELLOW team (nr 1) URL
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      S12 Flingaboard for the BLUE team (nr 2) URL
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      S12 Flingaboard for the GREEN team (nr 3) URL
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      S13 Activity: Argue to stay in-game Page
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      S13 Pair work of practicing refuting: instructions File
      PDF document
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      S13 Activity: Refutations worksheet File
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      S13 Activity: Debate in action sample Page
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      • You are a(n) Student
      • It is before 23 November 2021, 11:55 PM
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      S13 Activity: Assessing a sample debate - worksheet File
      Word 2007 document
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    • Homework
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      Debate team outline File
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      HW Task: Learn about logical fallacies Assignment
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