4H3 - Presentation: discussion

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome 4H3!

Please sanitize your hands and table, take out your earphones, and put your phone to the side!

Lesson programme

Goal​

At the end of today's lesson, you know how to structure the discussion during your presentation, and you know what language to use during your discussion.​

Plan​

• Instruction on discussion​
• Exercises with discussion phrases​
• Come up with arguments for statements

First

Secondly

Thirdly

Finally

Fourthly

Introduce yourself and your topic

Summarize your article

Explain the relevance of the topic today

Give your opinion on your topic

Introduce your statements

What five question (words) should you answer in your summary of the article?

Presentation, part II: Discussion

After your presentation, you will discuss one of your statements with your partner for five minutes.

Structure: 

• Introduce your side + explain your main argument. 
• React to other side with counterargument
• Ask each other questions, react to responses
• Conclude by summarizing arguments + final statement
• Class decides winner of the debate

Presentation, part II: Discussion

Each part of the debate is characterized by specific language. There are specific phrases to help structure what you want to say.

• Introducing an argument
• Summing up points
• Giving / asking for an opinion
• Giving an explanation
• Presenting a counterargument
• Expressing agreement / disagreement
• Concluding your arguments

Exercise

• Sort the debate expressions into categories
• Write the letter of the category behind the expression
• Work with a partner
• 7 minutes

Categories

Introducing an argument [I]

Summing up points [S]

Giving an opinion [O]

Asking for an explanation/opinion [A-EO]

Giving an explanation [Ex]

Presenting a counterargument [C]

Expressing agreement [A]

Expressing disagreement [D]

Concluding your arguments [Co]

Exercise

Rebuttal tennis

1. Work in pairs

2. Pick a topic

3. Student A starts with an argument, Student B refutes it using one of the expressions from the worksheet and gives a counterargument, Student A then disagree with this and gives another counterargument, and so forth. 

4. Winner is the students who can keep going the longest.

Debate topics

• Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
  
• Swimming in the ocean is better than swimming in a public pool. 
• Alcohol should be illegal.
• Dogs make better companions than cats.
  
• A parent shouldn't pierce a baby's ears.
  
• Summer is better than winter.

Statements for debate

1. Massive environmental destruction will continue until a global law is in place.
   
2. Corporations schould be prosecuted under international criminal law for committing ecocide.
3. An ecocide law will mean the end of corporate immunity.

1. Illegal fireworks will increase because consumer fireworks will be banned.
   
2. It is good that fireworks are banned because the hospital cannot cope with the accidents.
   
3. It is good to be critical of traditions.

How should you structure your debate?