H5 - week 41 - debate & vocab

• Burgerschapsonderwijs
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Today's class

Debate chamber

Presenting with confidence

Vocabulary

Debate chamber

Only one person speaks

Raise your hand if you want to speak

Each turn lasts max. 30 sec.

Speak to the chair person 

To Counter & defend arguments

1) To counter your opponents' argument

"I would like to reply to your argument......" "Although  you say that ..., the point is that ..."

2) To defend your teammate's argument

"The argument that has jsut been countered is ... However, it is still a valid argument, because ...."

3) To raise a new argument

"I would like to raise a new argument, namely ...."

Plastic surgery for ugly adolescents needs to be free of charge 

Smart people should be subsidized to procreate 

early and often 

Smart & beautiful people should be cloned

Every annoying teacher must be fired

Parents should replace short-living pets by similar-looking pets

At the age of 6, every child should have the right to divorce its parents

Present with confidence

Posture - straight & use of hands

Eye contact 

Voice  - volume, intonation, speed, 

speech intervals

Vocabulary Unit 5 

E-N

1. Plain (It is quite plain that ...)
2. Thorough
3. Extensive
4. To encompass
5. Incoherent
6. The odds are

N-E

1. Meerderheid
2. Minderheid
3. Vrijwel (bv. vrijwel doof)
4. Steeds meer (bijv. geirriteerd)

Vocabulary Unit 6

E-N

1. Preservation
2. Fragrance
3. Paw
4. Vermin
5. To gather (people gathered on the square)
6. Hardship

N-E

1. Geslacht (g....)
2. Bewust (a.....)
3. Schadelijk
4. Ongevaarlijk
5. Verbouwen (bv. gewassen verbouwen)