Academic Speaking: debates in English

  • Bloque temático: Docencia en otras lenguas y habilidades de comunicación
  • Asignatura TEMDU: Metodologías activas
  • 1 ECTS
  • 9 horas presenciales
  • 17 horas no presenciales

Objetivos del curso

This short course aims to...
• provide participants with a rationale for using debates in the classroom
• enable participants to structure formal and informal classroom debates
• raise awareness of the main elements of successful debating in English
• provide participants with English language for debating
• provide an opportunity for participants to practise English for debating
• enable participants to assess the success of debates
• provide participants with feedback on debating skills and English language use

Contenidos del curso

• Rationale for using debates in the classroom
• Structuring formal and informal classroom debates
• Elements of successful debating
• English language for debating
• Practise debating in small groups
• Assessing the success of debates
• English language practice and feedback on debating skills and language use

Sesiones

13/09/2024 de 14:15 a 17:15 en Aula de Formación Docente, Centro de Estudios de Posgrado

20/09/2024 de 14:15 a 17:15 en Aula de Formación Docente, Centro de Estudios de Posgrado

27/09/2024 de 14:15 a 17:15 en Aula de Formación Docente, Centro de Estudios de Posgrado

Competencias que adquirirás

By the end of the course you will be able to
• evaluate the utility of classroom debating in your teaching context
• participate in structured and informal debates in English
• set up a structured debate in English
• feel more confident in your use of English for debating

Ponentes

Matthew Banks Berry

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Metodología Docente

Collaborative, communicative, learner-centred, experiential
Participants will learn by working with the course content in small groups
A high degree of participation is required

Evaluación

Attend the three workshop sessions and participate in the activities
Demonstrate your understanding of effective debating in English by setting up a short small class debate and judging its success in session 3
Demonstrate your understanding of effective debating in English by planning a teaching episode in which a debate is incorporated. A rationale and a lesson plan sequence should be submitted to the workshop tutor

Más información

American Debate Association

https://americandebateassociation.com/

Oxford Union

https://oxford-union.org/

World Univesity Debating Council

https://www.worlddebating.org/

Intelligence Squared 

https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/

The workshops will be undertaken in English
In order to follow the material and fully participate in the workshop activities an English level of B2 - C1 (CEFR) is required

La asistencia presencial de al menos un 80% del curso es un requisito imprescindible para la obtención del certificado del curso, independientemente del motivo que lo provoque, ya sea justificado o injustificado. El control de presencia será realizado por parte del equipo docente del curso.

La anulación anticipada de la participación en un curso no supone nunca una penalización para poder ser seleccionado en otro.

Powerpoint presentation and group work facilitation by workshop tutor
A range of pair, small group and whole group tasks involving participants playing different roles so as to both model and provide an opportunity to experience a number of short informal and longer structured classroom debates in English
Discussion of value and utility of activities presented by tutor and peers for participants´own teaching contexts

Study English language for debating to consolidate and extend course input

Reflect on using debates in particular teaching/learning contexts
Design a short small group debate and judge its success
Design a short teaching sequence in which a debate is incorportaded to be submitted to the workshop tutor.