From the Experience of Using Debates for Developing Speaking Skill
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/ijllal.v2i4.1569Keywords:
meaningful speaking, debate technique, teams, pre-debate, during-debate, post-debate, speech, rebuttal, clash, stance, opposition sideAbstract
The presented article deals with the issues of developing speaking skills of learners through debates. There given the scholars’ points on the importance of developing speaking skills in a foreign language classroom, as well as the value of debating technique. The author shares her experience of using debate and her students’ impressions of its results. She comes to the conclusion that classroom debate is an active method to teaching and learning which increases learning in various domains.
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