PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DEBATE
FOUNDATION LEVEL
Learn the art of presenting and advocating for yourself
COURSE OBJECTIVES
GOALS FOR THE STUDENTS
PURPOSE
CK STEM believes in providing a well-balanced, holistic, and fun learning environment where students not only develop their intellect, problem-solving, math, or programming skills but also gain confidence and empower themselves. Public Speaking and Debate is an intrinsic part of our life and successful society, hence, it is essential that students from an early age are given the opportunities and coaching to develop these skills.
WHY JOIN?
The Public Speaking & Debate Program at CK STEM aims at offering a structured and safe learning environment over the course of the school year where students have all the abilities to develop their oracy, leadership, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills. Through this program, students will learn to master the art of presenting and communicating in a convincing, credible, and persuasive manner. It also helps students become more informed about political and global affairs, socio-economic and environmental issues as well as provide a venue for students to train for debate competitions.
Who Should Join
32 online Sessions (Training + Practice)
Public speaking
Effective public speaking and practice speaking in different scenarios
Debate Basics
Basics of debating and getting familiar with it: what is debating, key points in a debate
Argument Construction & Deconstruction
How to create an argument and how to refute an argument
Rebuttal Speeches
What are rebuttal speeches, preparing and presenting effective rebuttals
Practice & Competition
Students will engage in several activities throughout the sessions that will help them train for internal and external competitions
Assignments
Students will be regularly assigned work to research and prepare before the next class.
LOGISTICS
Number of sessions
32 Online Sessions
Length of sessions
75 minutes
Dates TBD for 2023-2024 Session
Weekly Class on Zoom
Time
6:30 PM ET
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