To develop debating skills requires a passion for finding the truth
The Debate Challenge is a debate competition jointly organized by VnExpress and Swinburne Vietnam for high school students aged 16-19 across the country. The second season opens registration for contestants from May 14 to June 8, 2022 here.
Debate has received a lot of attention in developed countries but has only been noticed in Vietnam in the last few years. In your opinion, is this too late?
It is never too late for us to learn new things or practice new learning methods, new ways of working to bring about progress and efficiency.
In Vietnam, although we are behind, there have been very practical activities to join the world trend, as evidenced by today’s debate has become an area of interest at all levels. learn.
Mr. Nguyen Duy Truong – Acting Director of Swinburne Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City shared about the debate ahead of The Debate Challenge season two.
Some schools like Swinburne Vietnam have made debate an official subject. What are the values that debate can bring to students?
Broadly understand debate is not just an argument between two parties but a place where two sides can offer different perspectives on the same issue. We need to give arguments, arguments, arguments and explanations to help listeners have more understanding about that issue.
Debating is a subject that brings many benefits to students
It’s important to understand debate correctly, not as a discipline to learn how to “argument”, but how we respect and listen to the opinions of others, using reliable arguments and evidence to form opinions as well. convince people. This is a skill that students in Vietnam still lack, but it is a trait of future leaders.
In the debate program at Swinburne Vietnam, we don’t teach children to say what others want to hear, but rather focus on what they want to say. You need to speak up for yourself with evidence so people can see what you’re saying is true.
At The Debate Challenge, we are talking about the concept of “Academic Debate”. What is the difference between academic debate and ordinary open debate?
These days, there are some contests about debate but the reality is more like a “controversy”. In it, the debaters give personal opinions but without research or scientific evidence, but mainly aim at the weaknesses of others to create criticism. This can be considered as a normal open debate.
With academic debate, debaters need to clarify their own ideas or those of others with specific arguments and evidence from reliable sources of information.
Academic debate also needs to be structured in terms of presentation with rules of who speaks first, who speaks later, and what. In the debate program at Swinburne Vietnam, we clearly define the first person to present the problem, the second person to ask the problem, the third person to argue against the other side’s problem and the fourth person to sum up. end problem.
Through The Debate Challenge, we hope to give Vietnamese students a correct understanding of debating, thereby practicing practice to become persuasive and engaging debaters.
What elements do young Vietnamese people need to develop debating skills?
In order to develop debating skills, at any age, one needs to have a spirit of learning and a passion for learning about truth, science, logic, etc. Especially the desire to impart and spread knowledge to others. with everyone. Not everyone can naturally become great debaters. It is a regular, long-term practice and needs to start from the very beginning.
Students need many factors to develop debating skills
How do you assess the development trend of debate in Vietnam in the coming time?
Currently, schools, universities or even English centers are very interested in training debate skills for students. However, before organizing teaching, we need to have a thorough study of controversial knowledge and materials.
The trend of debate in Vietnam is not outside the general trend of the world. Vietnam is an open economy, so it is always ready to update new education trends to join the world.
In the shortest time, we aim to be able to send students to debate competition with students in Singapore, Thailand, Korea, Japan… even native English speaking countries. Because the quality of student training is recognized by society as the final goal that we aim for.
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