NEWSPAPER CONTRIBUTION 5

ABOUT DEBATES

Dear GOES Members:

I want to thank to the teacher and you, the organization of the debates. This activity was really interesting, definitely it was a way of speaking English a lot, and we could express our ideas in English and in front of an audience and a jury too. I guess this debate made us face the fear that a lot of students have to speak in English. Some of them feel shame or nervous. Many schools teach you grammar, speaking skills but they do not offer you to do this kind of exercise where you can make a review of your performance and gives you experience to face real situations in life, at job, at school and wherever we need it. For me, that was a great idea, debates are part of our entire life, and not all think the same with every topic, we have to learn to defend our point of view, our arguments, that make us investigate and study more.
Political debates for example, can make the difference to choose the best candidate because in a debate, the candidates show what they know, show what their position is and sometimes how smart they are.
Debates were nice, maybe we can improve them next time and would be nice if we can do it in the classroom made for this.

Thanks again.

Have a good day.