Special project: In-class Debate
Details to be confirmed.
- Two persons per team. You need to find a partner to be on the same team.
- There will be different motions depending on the number of teams. Assignment of debate motion by lottery a week before the event.
- Date of the debate: During the lecture on either Sat 26 Nov or Wed 30 Nov.
- Format:
- Team 1 speaker #1 - 6 min
- 2 min preparation
- Team 2 speaker #1 - 6 min
- 2 min preparation
- Team 1 speaker #2 - 6 min
- 2 min preparation
- Team 2 speaker #2 - 6 min
- 2 min preparation
- Team 1 asks Team 2 question - 30s
- 1 min preparation
- Team 2 answers - 1 min
- Team 2 asks Team 1 question - 30s
- 1 min preparation
- Team 1 answers - 1 min
- 2 min preparation
- Team 1 summary - 2 min
- Team 2 summary - 2 min
- Comments from judges and other students
Debate motions
26 Nov. SAT Debate
GM crops bring more harm than good.
FOR: Lai Wing Sum, Thilini Warnakulasuriya
AGAINST: Priyanjali Jain, Suparna Vimal
Marijuana should be decriminalized in Hong Kong.
FOR: Elaine Wong , Angel Lau
AGAINST: Poon Sze Wai , Ng Wing Seung
30 Nov. WED debate
Hong Kong should impose a tax on junk food.
FOR: Wong Ki Venus, Lau Yu Shing Eugene
AGAINST: Cheng Ka Hei (Ruby) , Julia Lau
The world needs GM crops and not organic farming.
FOR: JINKYUNG JEONG, Wong Wing Yan
AGAINST: Mai Nakanishi, Chan Yi Lam Priscilla