Pair work - debate - presenting a topic from two different perspectives

You´ll be working in pairs and one team of three students:

 Ehyglin +  Arthur

 Lizette + Denisse

 Zoé + Park + Mariusz

 Weronika + Ashley

Information about who/what/when is to be found in the shared spreadsheet.

Each student in the team will have a different role: student 1 - proponent of the idea/concept, student 2 - opponent of the idea/concept. In the team of three students, one will act as a moderator of the debate/discussion.

Each team has chosen a topic that is rather complex (see shared spreadsheet) and in the presentation you should aim to present the topic in its complexity by pointing out the advantages/positives (the proponent) as well as the disadvantages/negatives (the opponent).

Speakers need to do some research before they start working on the presentation.

The topic should be covered in a logical, rational way, in which both speakers have equal time limit to speak. The speakers (moderator) need to introduce and conclude the topic strongly, outline the main ideas, react to the points made by the second speaker. At the end, they will open discussion by inviting questions.

Make sure you find time to get together to prepare for the presentation - teamwork and thorough understanding of the content of the whole presentation is expected. Look up relevant sources to prepare your arguments to make your claims credible. Your work should not result in two separate presentations. Frequent turn-taking is welcome.

The role of the moderator is to introduce the topic and the speakers, to invite them to express their ideas and react to them, to conclude and deal with the Q&A session.

The length of the presentation should be 10 minutes + 5 minutes for Q&A.

Please, prepare a visually appealing, not descriptive ppt presentation. 

The last slide will contain sources used in preparation for the presentation. We will be evaluating the visual side of the presentation too.

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