Description and Objectives
Fall Semester 2020
The Debate course (Phase 2) reinforces students' specific experience, general observation, and reading inputs into optimizing communicative skills to cause a natural flow of critical thinking and strategies with other communicators. Students will be trained to elaborate ideas, opinions, and feelings in various levels of communicative demands such as debate and presentation. With the thought-provoking topics, each student will seek argument and justification on his/her views to formulate conclusions, suggestions, or recommendations. Thus, students will become highly competent, opinionated, and interactive towards leadership and management in a communicative environment.
By the end of the course, students will have:
1.compared and contrasted opinions presented in the learning materials and by students;
2.examined their capacity to accommodate and assimilate language inputs and other experiences and views into debate;
3. asserted self-expression to obtain prestige and network; and,
4.displayed interest and enthusiasm for personal growth and maturity.
The Debate course (Phase 2) reinforces students' specific experience, general observation, and reading inputs into optimizing communicative skills to cause a natural flow of critical thinking and strategies with other communicators. Students will be trained to elaborate ideas, opinions, and feelings in various levels of communicative demands such as debate and presentation. With the thought-provoking topics, each student will seek argument and justification on his/her views to formulate conclusions, suggestions, or recommendations. Thus, students will become highly competent, opinionated, and interactive towards leadership and management in a communicative environment.
By the end of the course, students will have:
1.compared and contrasted opinions presented in the learning materials and by students;
2.examined their capacity to accommodate and assimilate language inputs and other experiences and views into debate;
3. asserted self-expression to obtain prestige and network; and,
4.displayed interest and enthusiasm for personal growth and maturity.
Topics
Unit 11. Naomi’s Dilemma (pp. 50-53)
Unit 12. No Place Like Home? (pp. 54-57)
Unit 13. Career Choice (pp. 58-61)
Unit 14. Save Our Country (pp.62-65)
Unit 15. High-tech Toys (pp. 66-69)
Unit 16. A Woman’s Place (pp. 70-73)
Unit 17. The Art of Compromise (pp. 74-77)
Unit 18. Can War Make Peace? (pp. 78-81)
Unit 19. One-Sided Love (pp. 82-85)
Unit 20. My Split Family (pp. 86-89)
Book: IMPACT ISSUES 3 by Richard R. Day, et al. (2012)
Note: Purchase it at the University bookstore
Note: Topics are only displayed when the course is being taught during a semester.
Unit 12. No Place Like Home? (pp. 54-57)
Unit 13. Career Choice (pp. 58-61)
Unit 14. Save Our Country (pp.62-65)
Unit 15. High-tech Toys (pp. 66-69)
Unit 16. A Woman’s Place (pp. 70-73)
Unit 17. The Art of Compromise (pp. 74-77)
Unit 18. Can War Make Peace? (pp. 78-81)
Unit 19. One-Sided Love (pp. 82-85)
Unit 20. My Split Family (pp. 86-89)
Book: IMPACT ISSUES 3 by Richard R. Day, et al. (2012)
Note: Purchase it at the University bookstore
Note: Topics are only displayed when the course is being taught during a semester.
References
Note: References are found in each material below.
Grading
Grading is done on a curve. It means only the very top 30% of students can get an A/A+ grade, the next 40% only can get B/B+, and the lowest 30% will be awarded C grade or lower. You are competing against each other. Grade distribution: 30% - midterm exam; 30% - final exam; 15% - class standing which includes tests and class behavior; and 25% - attendance.
Requirements
1. Attendance
2. Class rules
3. Midterm examination and final examination (opinions thru speaking)
4. Role play and individual oral communication
5. Level of critical thinking
6. Active and dynamic class participation
2. Class rules
3. Midterm examination and final examination (opinions thru speaking)
4. Role play and individual oral communication
5. Level of critical thinking
6. Active and dynamic class participation
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