Things that you liked about debate Before attending debate contest in academic English class, personally, I have not had any idea about this problem and I still wonder why people want to
Trang 1Name : Vu Hoang Dung
Student ID : 17110077
Program : Master of Public Policy
ACADEMIC ENGLISH REPORT Question:
1 Things that you liked about debate
Before attending debate contest in academic English class, personally, I have not had any idea about this problem and I still wonder why people want to argue unclear matters Most of the time I work with financial figures, calculating data so I think arguing about vague issues seems to be unnecessary Nevertheless, after serious thinking and passing some final exams at VJU, I realized
debate provides experiences which are conducive to teamwork cognitive, and presentational skills
The first thing I enjoyed is that I had a chance to work and discuss with another classmate In the near future, I believe teamwork skills will become one of the most important ability I have to practice Secondly, I can gain broad, multi-faceted knowledge beside the normal academic subjects, spend time collecting information, structure and organize thoughts, solve problems and get the result Thirdly, debate not only make me improve my ability to form balanced, use reasoning and evidence but can also increasing my confidence and develop effective speech composition
Because of many benefits, I will apply debate format in my own class to help my students study more actively and become more confident when they explain their opinions
2 Things that you did not like about debate
Firstly, I think the topic need to be more detailed When we were preparing for the debate, we have some confusions about the concept of questions If I could change them, I would find the specific case in the past or in some country This makes me curious and interested in finding and researching Secondly, I hope we could have the format of the debate, it would make my team choose an efficient way and know what we need to show in the short time In closing, in the next debate, I will do better than this time and hope our effort will have the good results
3 Things that you expect in semester 2
In next semester, I hope I can improve my writing and presentation skill I have to read many papers and abstract them for final assignments and sometimes it makes me overload For this reason, I am looking forward an academic writing course which will help me paraphrase and find the solutions to complete final reports
In addition, individual presentations or group discussion will be interesting activities for VJU’s students In the first semester, we had much homework and studied under a lot of pressure Therefore, the time in English class was very valuable to practice and brainstorming
Finally, to be honest, I learned a lot of things in this class, there are many lessons I can apply to my research, work and teaching career
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