FortbildungsveranstaltungDebating: Sprachpraxis, Methoden,

Internationalität3. September 2012, Paul-Natorp-Schule, Berlin

Christopher Sanchez sanchez@schoolsdebate.de

1. Vorstellung 2. Debating Society Germany e.V.3. WSDC-Format4. Praktische Anwendung von Debating in AG-Form

oder im Unterricht5. WSDC 2016 in Berlin

Debating Society Germany e.V.Schirmorganisation für Debating an Schulen in Deutschland

Vereinssitz: Stuttgart

• Vorstand:• David Whitehead (1. Vorsitzender)• Christopher Sanchez (2. Vorsitzender)

• Tanja Ferraro-Wolf (Kassiererin, Konstanz)• Amelie Schreier (Schriftführerin, Tübingen)

• Schirmherr:• Britische Botschaft in Berlin (Simon McDonald)

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• Debating:

• zwei Teams à drei Personen• Proposition vs Opposition

•„This house would ban beauty contests“

• Prepared oder Impromptu Debate

• Sprechzeit: 8 Minuten pro Sprecher, Dauer der Debatte: 1h 15

• Bewertungskriterien („World Schools Standard“):

• Stil, Inhalt, Strategie• drei bis neun Juroren

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• Streitthemen („Motions“)

• Bereiche: Politik, Soziales, Kultur, Umwelt, Wirtschaft, Recht, Ethik

• Beispiele:

• TH would lower the voting age in Germany to 14

• THBT free trade is good for the developing world

• THBT autocracy is doomed in the age of Facebook

Wettbewerbe zwischen Schulen

• Junior League (Klassen 8/9)• ganzjährig• Regionen:

• BaWü• Sachsen

• 20/6 Teams

• Senior League (ab Klasse 10)• ganzjährig• Regionen:

• BaWü/Hessen/Bayern• Sachsen• Berlin

• 34/10/12 Teams

• Ziel: fünf bis sechs Schulen je Bundesland

Debating Society Germany e.V.

• German Schools Debating Championships• alternierend in Stuttgart/Dresden/

Berlin• alle deutschen Teams• Dauer: vier Tage

• EurOpen (internationales Turnier)• in Stuttgart• seit 1996• 40 Teams (davon 25 international)• Dauer: eine Woche

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Internationale Teilnahmen

• WSDC (World Schools Debating Championships)

• Heart of Europe (CZE)• Slovenian Debating Weekend• EurAsians (TUR)• NorAms (North Americans) (CAN)• PanAms (Pan Americans)• Minsk Open Spring Tournament (BEL)• Macedonian Open (MAC)• Slovakian Debating Championship (SLV)• IDEA Youth Forum (alternierend)• …• …

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2009 Athen, Griechenland 2010 Doha, Katar 2011 Dundee, Schottland

2012 Kapstadt, Südafrika

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Warum Debating fördern?

Methodische Kompetenzen Interkulturelle Kompetenzen

Recherchieren Reduzieren Strukturieren Präsentieren Rhetorik verbessern Selbstvertrauen durch freie Rede

entwickeln Teamarbeit kommunikative Kompetenzen

Förderung der Völkerverständigung in Europa und in der Welt

Toleranz und freier Meinungsaustausch

Diplomatisches Geschick ansprechendes Auftreten Rhetorische Etikette

Schlüsselkompetenzen in Studium und Beruf

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Debating Society Germany e.V.

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Practice 1

IF I RULED THE WORLD

„My name is X, and if I ruled the world, I‘d…“

Practice 2

The WHY game

One person is standing in fromt of the audience and makes his first statement, for example: „I believe we should close all zoos“. The audience asks „WHY?“. The speaker has to answer the question, until this answer is faced with the next question: „WHY?“. There are as many questions as the speaker can answer.

Debating Society Germany e.V.Practice 3

MAD DISCUSSION

Pairs of speakers receive a random word each. To determine a winner of the following debate between the two, one must be more convincing than the other on why his word has had a more important impact on the world.

Practice 4

REBUTTAL PRACTICE

One person gives a 2-3 minute speech on

- re-introducing the death penalty as a deterrent. - introducing school uniforms

- making debating compulsory in schoolsAfter the speech, 4 members are asked to give one line of attack per person. The

fifth person sums up all the points as part of a rebuttal speech.

Get into four groups of approx. 6 people.

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Practice 5

ALLEY DEBATE

Group 1: You have found a purse full of money. Side PROP would like to give it to the police, whereas side OPP wants to keep it. Exchange one argument per person.

Group 2: Your child wants more allowance. Side PROP supports the idea, whereas side OPP has to contradict. Exchange one argument per person.

Practice 6

FOUR-STEP REFUTAIONUse the following phrases:

They say...We disagree...

because... (insert refutation)therefore…

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Judging

•Did the speaker have a convincing and persuasive appearance? •Did the debater make appropriate use of the palm cards or sheets (did they present the argument or read out the argument?) •Did I like to listen to him/her? •Was I able to follow? •Did the speaker make it easy to follow (with sign-posting, clear voice, gestures and facial expressions, adequate speed and use of vocabulary)? •Did the speaker deal with POIs in a polite but persuasive manner?