Let's debate, mate!

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Let's debate, mate!

Instructions

• A statement will be given each round.
• Two people will start a debate. One agrees with the statement and the other disagrees.
• The debate will end after 3 minutes. You will get a new statement and opponent.
• Each round will be reviewed by the teacher and students.

Rules

• You must speak English during the debate.
• Be respectful to each other.
• Let each other finish their arguments. You will be given time to respond to each other.
• Don't forget to use body language to strengthen your argument.

Examples

School should start at 10 A.M. instead of 8:40 A.M.

Student 1: Agrees

Student 2: Disagrees

Table

What will be our debate topic?!

Education

1. Schools must stop giving homework to students. 

Education

2. Schools should start at 10 A.M.  

Education

3. Every school should have a uniform.  

Culture and media

1. Videogames cause more harm than good to young people.

Culture and media

2. Social Media Platforms should limit the amount of time you can spend on them each day.

Culture and media

3. YouTube should add unskipable adds to the website in order to give more money to content creators.

Health and well-being

1. Energy drinks should be banned for teenages under 16.

Health and well-being

2. Every child must play a team sport at least once in his/her life.

Health and well-being

3. The age limit to buy alcohol should increase to 21 instead of 18.

Technology and science

1. Mobile phones shouldn't be banned in schools.

Technology and science

2. Primary schools should start teaching 'coding' to students.

Technology and science

3. Social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok should have stricter rules to stop cyberbullying

Duinzigt

1. Every student should be allowed to choose his/her own mentor.

Duinzigt

2. School parties should be more expensive in order to make it more cool.

Duinzigt

3. Duinzigt should have more and longer breaks during classes.