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6.9. Debate lesson

The aim of a debate lesson is owing to the use of convincing, striking and vivid arguments to persuade the opponents and spectators to change their minds and accept the position the opponents insist on.

The difference between a discussion lesson and a debate lesson is that at a discussion lesson the interlocutors only exchange their views and opinions and only make an attempt to arrive at a common point of view while at a debate lesson everything is done to make the opponents change their opinion.

One can see that at a TV-debate it is quite normal to resort to unofficial forms of behaviour, because it makes the debate hot. Nevertheless a teacher conducting a debate lesson should strictly warn the students that it is necessary that the par­ticipants be polite. The following rules of behaviour are to be strictly observed: In no case you can agree with your opponent, even if the statements s(he) protects are clear and obvious, you should try to prove the opposite, e. g.:

Sport is health. You see it all depends on the way one sees it. My brother was a Master of Sports and though he seemed to be a sturdy fellow he had got an infarction attack during a competition and died. In addition I must say there have been a lot of cases when during a competition sportsmen got injured for the rest of their lives. So, I can't stick to the idea sport is health.

  1. Be polite to your opponents, don't violate the norms of behaviour, don't behave like a boor.

  2. If somebody is impolite or extremely hot or rude. s(he) is to be sent off and the team looses 10points.

The teacher advises the learners to persuade their opponents only with the help of quick speech reaction, deep knowledge of the problem, keen fine mind and quick wits.

A group of students is divided into three teams. Two of them are debate teams defending some contradictory points of view, the third one is a team of the panel of judges.

Preparation for a debate lesson starts in advance. While the learners study the language material of a corresponding unit of the textbook the teacher clears out with the members of each team which of the ideas they are to defend at the debate lesson. Having got the data the teacher divides the group into two teams. Certain books or articles can be recommended for picking up necessary informa­tion. The learners are asked to think over and find out some possible counter­arguments which can be used during the debate lesson.

The Master of Ceremony at a debate lesson must always be the teacher.

After the debate is over the team of judges speak about merits and shortcom­ings of the both teams and announce the winner.

6.10. INTERVIEW- LESSON

When conducting an interview — lesson the circle of students is divided into two teams: 1. that of interviewees and 2. that of interviewers.

The process of interviewing is prepared in advance. Suppose, the theme of the lesson is "What music do you enjoy?" The teacher should discuss with the learn­ers who is to take part in the interview, what is the social and professional status of the people taking part in it etc.

Among the interviewees there can be celebrities, a music programme editor, a disc jockey, a composer, parents of teenagers, school teachers, a businessman, a teacher of music, actors, singers, physicians, sportsmen etc. The group of interviewers can consist of mass-media representatives, TV-journalists, radio journalists etc.

The team of interviewers are asked to prepare questionnaires and think over the problems to be discussed during the interview. It is very important to prepare in advance highly specific, and at the same time, rather unexpected questions on the problem. The more specific and interesting the questions are, the more interesting the lesson can be. The other team is asked to find and read as much information on the problem as they can.

6.11. SIMULATION-LESSON

By simulation in methodology they understand speech interaction of learners who perform certain parts imposed on them within the limits of an open-ended close-to-life communicative situation. The situation suggested to learners has no end and it is to be found out by learners, so in other words they have to solve the the situation.

At a simulation-lesson the situation suggested to learners is always open-ended. Settling the situation depends upon the learners, there is no ready-made decision. It is the learners who are to find it performing the roles imposed on them. [48,239] For example, the topic of a simulation-lesson is "Eating out.." The task to the learners is as follows: "You and your school mates are going to celebrate St. Valentine's Day in one of the fast-food places of the neighbourhood. Role-play your visit to it. Start with discussing which fast-food place is the best for the occasion ".

While simulating students can role-play people of different social and profes­sional status, e.g.: " You are invited to a school meeting. The question to be solved at it is in what way a sum of school money is to be spent: to buy a special water filter which can give 10 litres of purified water a day or to buy some musical appli­ance with a set of discs with modern music, including symphony music and pop-music to be broadcasted during the intervals and used to arrange school parties. Choose your social and professional status and role-play the situation. Among the participants of the school meeting are: a music programme editor, a composer, teenagers' parents, school teachers, a businessman, a teacher of music, actors, singers, physicians, sportsmen, and Principal of the school."

Trying to persuade each other, the participants of the meeting give their argu -mentsfor and against. Due to the fact that the exact topic of a simulation-lesson is not given to students in advance they have to produce their arguments on the spot, thus finding out a way out of the situation suggested.

From all given above it can be easily seen that at simulation-lessons ready-made texts and dialogues are not used. Students are given only a starting situa­tion to be developed by them. It is the students' community that, trying to find a decision, controls the development of the situation and produces new situations spontaneously.