Throughout this term which is term
3, I have learnt various knowledge that I got about the topic Debate. Not only
did I learnt about debate, I have also learnt about persuasive speaking
(Ethos/Pathos/Logos) the origin of debate (Aristotle) and doing debates in
general. Before I started the debate, I had to learn about the origin of debate
and also the correct way of speaking it. Aristotle was the one who originated
the idea of debate. He created 3 concepts for debating which are Ethos Pathos
and Logos and they are used to persuade people.
Ethos is a moral and ethical
persuasion, like knowledge and fairness. Logos is a logical persuasion, making
people thing logically and Pathos is an emotional persuasion trying to make
people think the same way. We also learnt on how to speak during the debate and
what you need to do like what does the first speaker do and what does the
rebuttal need to do. We also learnt about PEEL. PEEL stands for Point Evidence
Explanation and Link. Those are the things that are needed when you present
your statement.
We started to do 2 different
debates, which are an informal debate and a formal debate. My first informal
debate topic was Apple is better than
Samsung. My group members were Albern, Aca and Jason. We agree that Apple
than Samsung because of various reasons such as product designs and its system.
For this group I think that we were well organized because we were able to
divide our topic that we are trying to talk. Although we were well organized, I
don’t really thing that my info was structured correctly because I didn’t
really know what to put in my PEEL. On my first debate, I think that the
information needed wasn’t enough to support my point. I think that we did great
as an overall but I could improve personally. I would grade my first team a
20/21 and I think that we won the debate.
Second, it was the real debate, the
formal debate. Our topic was “Should the
world have 1 currency?” This is a challenging because my group and I had to
research about financial issues that has been happening in the world. My group
consists of Jason, Radi and Nadya and we disagree that the world would have 1
currency. We started good; we were able to divide the jobs in a day. We all
have things sorted but the real challenge started because we all have to
research about financial problems throughout the world but mainly the Euro. I
was way more effective when finding evidence than the last time and I was able
to structure the PEEL correctly and with no rush. I felt confident more than
the last time. Personally, I think that I did way better than the last time and
during my turn to speak, I was way more confident with my words and I was able
to speak clearly and make my point. I think that we did a fabulous job and I would
give my group a 21/21 because we had very strong points to support us and that I
think that we definitely won the debate.
During this term, I think that I did
a great job with debates because I was able to understand the concepts of
debate and show my understanding throughout debates, both formal and informal.
