CLICK here for the FINAL DEBATE ZOOM MEETING
ID Meeting 827 0182 18xx
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The final debate will take place on Tuesday, 25th May from 11:10 until 13:00 via zoom meeting.
When joining the online debate you declare that you:
- will not offend other eTwinners as individuals
- will not attack or incite violence against people based on their race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation or gender, and/or as a member of a country, group or minority
- will be inclusive. Everyone’s opinions and views are always welcomed and allowed.
Hopefully, all participants (students and teachers) will be able to join in either actively as debaters or audience to the final debates.
As you can see from the overview below, there will be seven debating topics with either two or three debaters for propositions and opposition.
Here is a link to Useful expressions for debating which might help you in your preparation.
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blue button proposition
red button opposition
| Topic/Issue | Proposition/Opposition | Volunteer debaters |
| Healthcare | should be free | Sila K. TUR Lasse P. GER |
| shouldn't be free | Bjarne H. GER Pietro V. IT/G |
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| Freedom of speech | maintained | Alessia BR. IT/G Leonardo F. IT/G |
| limited | Alessandro B. IT/G Melike Y. TUR |
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| Disinformation - Net | problem | Mauro F. IT/G Ben K. GER |
| not a problem | Jannes S. GER Eli G. GER |
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| Death penalty | allowed | Gaia G. IT/G Hena M. IT/M |
| abolished | Paul B GER Vincent M GER |
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| Adoption same-sex couples | allowed | Ibrahim G. TUR Jessica M GER Sanja S IT/M |
| not allowed | Roxana N. RO Maria A. IT/M Sokhna M. IT/M |
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| Rich countries | assist developing countries | Sergen G. TUR Alex P. RO Lennard K. GER |
| not assist developing countries | Emma G. GER Domenik GER |
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| War | always unjustified | Rebecca P. IT/M Louise G. GER |
| justified in some cases | Alice N. IT/G Matei C. RO |
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| 1. Each debate lasts 12 minutes at most. 2. The resolution: there is a topic chosen for each debate. 3. There are 2 teams of 2/3 speakers: - the affirmative team supports the proposition - the negative team supports the opposition 4. Each speaker presents for a set amount of time. 5. Speakers alternate between the teams. 6. The students in the audience are not involved in the debate. 7. The audience can vote for the most persuative proposition/opposition team (not for the speakers). Examples: |
| Healthcare | should be free | Sila K. TUR Lasse P. GER | 3 minutes 3 minutes |
| shouldn't be free | Bjarne H. GER Pietro V. IT/G | 3 minutes 3 minutes |
| 1st debater Sila : Introduction (contextualisation) + argument for proposition (max 3’) 1st debater Bjarne: Introduction (re-contextualisation) + argument for opposition (max 3’) 2nd debater Lasse P. : argument + conclusion (max 3’) 2nd debater: Pietro: argument + conclusion (max 3’) |
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| Adoption same-sex couples | allowed | Ibrahim G. TUR Jessica M GER Sanja S IT/M | 2 minutes 2 minutes 2 minutes |
| not allowed | Roxana N. RO Maria A. IT/M Sokhna M. IT/M | 2 minutes 2 minutes 2 minutes |
| 1st debater Ibrahim : Introduction (contextualisation)+ argument for proposition (max 2’) 1st debater Roxana: Introduction (re-contextualisation) + argument for opposition (max 2’) 2nd debater Jessica. : argument/s (max 2’) 2nd debater: Maria: argument/s (max 2’) 3rd debater Sanja. : (argument) + conclusion (max 2’) 3rd debater: Sokhna (argument) + conclusion (max 2’) |