Engaging Public Speaking & Debate Club - Level 1,2,3 - 40 Minutes Weekly

Welcome to The Public speaking & Debate Club

Program Description:
-This is a hands-on and interactive program geared to boost confidence, personal development and improve communication skills in our learners. Learners will learn to think, develop their ideas and present in an effective manner. We cover a new debate topic at each class once a week.
- This program is offered throughout the year

Prior Experience:
-Learners do not need to have prior knowledge to join this course. ESL learners are welcome.

How the class is structured:
-Introduction:
Instructors will provide a  brief overview at the start of class for new learners.

-Warming Up: 
At the start of the class, students will be given a non-research topic. They will have 5 minutes to prepare and 2 minutes to individually deliver their speech. Learners will receive pointers on how to improve their speech for the next week's lesson.

-Lets Debate:
The second half of the class, learners will focus on debate. The debate topics are listed below so that the leaners will be able to conduct research on the topic and prepare an opening and closing argument before each class.

-Round Up:
The last 5-10 minutes of the class, learners will be given pointers on their approaches and how to improve for next week.  Further, an introduction on next week's debate topic will be provided.

Debate Topics That Will Be Covered:
-  What time should school start?
-  How long should you be able to play on electronics in a day?
-  Should everyone make the school sports teams?
-  Should kids be given an allowance?
-  How many days should Christmas break be?
-  Should kids be able to watch whatever they want on TV?
-  Which is better, homeschool or going to school?
-  Should kids be allowed to eat whatever they want?
-  Are cats or dogs better?
- How much money is the right amount for an allowance?
- How many recesses should kids have at school?
- Should pets be allowed to come to school?

Program Policies:
-Our Public Speaking & Debate group meets once a week.
-Instructors will provide a brief overview at the start of class for new learners.
-This is a subscription-based class, so you will be charged every week to save your seat for the following week. 
-All Ongoing classes have a standard refund policy: "Cancel subscription at any point, no refund for past subscriptions. Payments can be refunded within 24 hours of purchase."