Hi, I can see you in here, but I can't see you. Can we turn our cameras on? Hi, Jack. Hi, Mike. Hi, nice to meet you both. My name is Lily. Oh, unlike already disappeared. How are you today, Jack? Good good, that's good. Here he is. Everything okay, Mike? Not sure what Mike is doing. Okay. Okay, I'm not sure where Mike is. Just need to make sure Jack, that we keep our camera on. If you have headphones, use those. But don't worry, I'm not using headphones either. Yeah if you have any questions or anything and you can just raise your hand or use a little yellow waving man and we'll get started. I'm just going to send a message to see if Mike is always back again. You, Mike, what's going on? No, nothing, nothing. Okay, so we'll just going over these little things here. So this is the debating, but I guess isn't it what do we know about debate or debating? What is it to debate? Don't forget, hands up, both don't speak over each other if we both have the answer. Yes, Jack. Thank you. My two people like ating like one topic. Yeah once I once I disagreed and once I disagreed. And what are you doing when you're thinking what is it? Like here in the greside and you say why you agree, then why you should let people agree? Yes. Yeah good. It kind of will start to argue. So it's basically like a formal argument, isn't it? Talking about what your opinions are, why you know your opinions are correct. Sometimes they might not be your opinions. If you're doing a debate competition or something, you might get given an opinion to debate that you don't agree with, but that shows that you're a good debate. Or if you can you know convince and talk about something which perhaps is opposite to what you think. So it says, let's get ready to play. Agree the or disagree, you can do it like this. So it says, think carefully about each statement, decide if you agree or disagree, and be ready to share at least one reason for why you agree or disagree with the glass. So if you agree, you can click a. If you disagree, you can click b. First one is strawberries are the best fruit. Hmm. Hmm, okay. We've both said the same thing. We've both said that we disagree. So Mike, one reason why you disagree. Everybody have the fruit you can see, just for your opinion, strawberry are the best fruit. Okay. Yeah. Like not everyone likes strawberries, because if if strawberry is good, but you can't say it is a best fruit, but also have many people like sick of strawberry. Yeah Yeah but exactly. So there's sort of, I would disagree with this as well. I would disagree with this because I don't think it is the best fruit. You know I think that mango is the best fruit. So that's why I've said I disagree, but you're right. We could also disagree with this as a statement on the whole to say, you know, but you know, is it possible to for everyone to agree that strawberries are the best fruit, for example? You know we could even get deeper into this. We could ask, what do they mean by best? Best in what way? Best in flavor, best in what it looks like, best in texture, best in how it's grown. You know there's so many different, you know best is a very open description, isn't it? You know we need to understand what they mean by best before we can agree or disagree with that. In what way? Okay, next one we have, summer is the best season. So try and think of this about like in your opinion, you know if you had to argue your opinion, would you agree or disagree with this? Okay. So we've both said disagree again, Jack, why you said disagree? Because if you say summer is bad season, summer has good things and bad things too. The summer is very hot. Does that people, they're not very good. But so if you like summer, you can say it's like the best season for other season. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. Good points. There's good and bad things about summer. Yeah might not be the best here. Good. Okay, Mike, what do you think? In my opinion, I think winter is the best. It's the best season in my opinion. And like it's the summer is the best season. So like again, you can say like just for your opinion and you said it's the best. Season. Yeah. So you think that winter is the best, which is obviously why you disagree with this. Yeah. Okay, yes, I would actually agree with this statement. I think summer is the best season. I like that it's hot. You know, there's usually a holiday. Maybe I'll go somewhere else. A bit of a break from working. Everybody else seems happier in the summertime because it's Sunny. Summer is the best season in my opinion, but that's the whole point. It's an opinion. Okay. So what is debating? We had little talk about this just before we started, didn't we? Mike, can you read out this slide for us? Debate is kind for formal argument between two or more open sides. It's when you agree for argue for a four and against a topic, and you have to prove how your team is right and the opposition is wrong. So it says, if we can speak publicly and convey our ideas and thoughts coherently and passionately, we have a valuable tool that can aid us in our public, private and future lives. What do you think it means by this at the bottom there? What is it trying to say there? Why would being able to Bethe debate aiin our public, private and future lives? Why could that be the case? Hands up. Any ideas why debating might be able to help us in our lives? Maybe it's like show our opinions. And I also like about also debating can like to the future lies, but about how why is it helpful? Why is it valuable to be able to debate? Do you think it would be possible for someone to go through their whole lives always agreeing with other people, or other people always agreeing with them? Do you think that would be possible? No, Yeah, thank you, Jack. That's not going to be possible. You're never going to. You know, I don't think there will be anyone who has lived their whole lives and everybody's agreed with them and they've always agreed what everyone else has said. I think that is literally impossible for that to happen. So in your life, you are going to be coming in situations where you might disagree with somebody or somebody might disagree with you. That could be in your friendships, in your relationships, in your family, in your jobs, at University, in your education, so many different areas of life. So if you can learn how to speak clearly and calmly and get your ideas across, you know, in a respectful way, then that will definitely help you in your life. Okay. We also have this other word here, rebuttal. Can you read that one for me, Jack? The behis name began to point in the a debate where participants disagree with what has been said by their opponents. Onents, good. Yes. So repetool is essentially a disagreement. You're saying, no, I don't agree with what you said. I believe this instead. So it says, we're going to practice this skill by doing something called rebuttal tennis. So the rules are we've got pairs of students where we only have a pair, U two. So one student makes a statement for and the other has to disagree with that statement. Then the first student disagrees back. And whoever can keep giving reasons for why they disagree or win. So. State that your argument that you are about to disagree so that the judges can follow easily. Take notes when you approach. Okay, oops, my pen around over. So here's the steps. It's basically saying it's saying step one. They say so state the argument that you are about to disagree so that the judges can follow easily. I mean, I'm the judge. You might want to take some notes during what the other person says so that you know what you need to argue against. For example, you know, he said smoking is harmful for non smokers. You would have to disagree against that. Step two, yousay that I disagree or that might be, but you know, so for example, the next person might say, that may be, but I think if non smokers want to avoid cigarette smoke, they can walk away from it. And then you need to give you reasons for car. So because non smokers should look out for their own house and give atherefore. So therefore, is not the responsibility of smokers to protect non smokers. So basically we're giving, you know, someone says I think this, the other person says I disagree because therefore. So. So Jack, you have to give this statement. You need to read this out. Mike, you are going to disagree with Jack and give your reasons why. And then Jack, you need to disagree again with Mike's point and explain why. And we're gonna na keep going like that until we haven't got any other ideas. Okay, have a bit of fun with it. This is just a bit of fun. This is just a practice debating and giving opinions. Yeah, there's no, it's not doesn't need to be super serious. So Jack, you start by reading this. We should have video games or subjects in school. So what am I waiting for, Mike? I disae it. Because Mike, you might want to sit up so that we can hear you speaking properly because if you're lying down and you're just kind of talking like this, and that's not gonna to convince as of your argument, is it? Come on. I just create the or subject. It should be something can, it can teach you knowledge. And I didn't play video can teach you knowledge. Good. Nice. Hey, Jack. You know, I need to go back and disagree with that point. Continuing with this opinion. So. Jack, can you give a reason why you disagree with what Mike has just said? So if you just learn. The subject in school is not fun. If you everyday do that how however, if you have a video game subject in school, sometimes people have a little break, have fun with your friend also. This is what Yeah a good reason. Nice Mike, what did you say back? In the school is time for study is not for like to entertain like yourself like you need to study instead the school the school job is to teaching knowledge like it's not for you like the they don't care if the subject is boring or not boring, just care. Do you like study? Do you study in the knowledge in your head? Okay, nice. Okay. Ff if you got anything and say bye. Like. Yeah it's that we were studying in a school, but we need to study one day. So if we have just one video game subject in school, then we we can have like a little break. It's not very tired than study. Yeah good. And also well are going get involved. Yes. Okay, nice Mike. Anything you would like to add? So are you out of ideas? I like I like play video games. So so this Yeah that's the challenge isn't it? If you have to disagree with something that you agree with. Okay, so that whens the point. But he did have an easipoint to argue probably. Okay, we'll try another one. Let's see. Okay, Jack, you are starting this one again. English is the best subject in school mine. I disathe one school can have many subject like science, social, physical, every student have their favorite subject like for me as my favorite subject is pe. So there media absolutely have a student like English, but not every student. Yeah, good point, Jack. Like English is not mean the like very mean subject school. But if you don't know like you want go go go to like Spain with some country like so when you learn English you like it's like every country like have the people just know little bit English so that when you if you don't know English and you go to like England you can talk or other country. So I think the English is important subject at school. Okay, nice, Mike. English is absolutely the the important subject in international school. But. But. But dying, but studying English. It's like Oh no like, the English is it's important that absolutely but it said the best subject at school but, so this best maybe contain like, like, it it is your favorite and, the like of the, the most interesting and funny subject so like I don't think English is funny and interesting subject. Okay, very good. Can you keep going? I don't think like when you go to school, you need every class like English and funny subject. So if it's every class, it's like interesting. It's so funny. And you don't have like you don't have the patience. You learn, just want to play. 都。So Yeah like the like the the last topic you see the first topic you see it you think the school the don't need be like everything is you don't need to make you so tired so I don't think you think you like you change your opinion you change like the English to change your favorite subject you can choose you can choose like the eca after school after school your like the your favorite subject not like it absolutely need to be English Yeah you you don't need to study and study in school every time. Good, I think study. English is also important because like you know why you you can math is still important, but when you go other country, you want to like use maths, but you need to use English to say matths first. So I think English is like very important. Okay. I. Didn't say English is not important. So like English must be the like must be the mainly mainly mainly subject at the international school. But like you can also like if if for example, like you said, like you go out to other, like it's using English country. You you can don't know how to like read it like you can use translation and to study in the other subject is also important because you need to know the you need to the knowledge of that subject and then you can solve the problem. Good. I like that you're sort of picking up on what Jack said as well, Mike, at the start of what you're saying. That's good. Yeah anything to add. Do you just like the fly the translation it's not all all time is not very it's not correct. Like all time correct. So I think you'll fly like some sometimes you like forget bringing the translation and something is that if you learn English you you can use the translation but how about you didn't bring it or it don't have battery? Then you if you learn English then you can like talk better or or the like or English the things you need. That they know every dollar English. Oh still still still still like still yet I didn't think English is not important. I just this this looks the best in the every student like in the every student opinion. Maybe some of students in the English is the best subject because they like English like like to study but I think I think like the mostly student is like all like their favorite subject is not so boring and like maybe some student is good at pe, some student is good at physical, some student is good at a social, many type type of them like they have their own favorite or subject. Not saying every student must to like sing the best subject is p and Yeah no. Like I know like I don't like English too, but like I know English is not interesting, very fun or you can take a break, but English is useful sometimes only don't know the things you need or you need some help if you use the other language other country cannot understand. So English is not interesting and Yeah, but it's very useful. English is useful English. You can use English in many countries because English is international language, but it's still not the best subject. Like, I don't know, like I don't know why, but English is absolutely, I think it's not the many student, most of the students favorite subject. They think the best subject. And I think this, the important word is best. I think this best is mean. Like use the like mostly the students seeing this subject is like the the favorite or this thing is the best. Okay, well done mii. Think you put up a very good fthere and Jack has some good reasons as well. I think what we have to make sure is make sure you're always coming back to this statement. Yeah English being the best subject. So I think that was easy for Mike. Mike could say, well, I'm just saying it's useful and it's good and it's interesting, but it's not the best. And that was helping him. But for you, Jack, you you know you ended up saying, you know maybe I don't really like it either, and I think it is useful. So you're kind of agreeing with Mike and not I think you could have pushed more about why it's the best to come back to this rather than just saying it was useful or helpful or whatever you wanted to be saying that it was the best. So maybe just keep always coming back to that, but you did have it a bit harder there, I would say. Yeah, okay, well done. Good job, guys. Okay. So we're going to have that says today's motion is should we have a single global language only? So what that means is, you know, everybody around the world should speak the same language. We don't have you know there's by over hundreds and hundreds of different languages saying we should only have one or should we only have one? The question. So we're going to think about pros and cons, like what can you benefit from speaking the same language? What is the drawback of not speaking the same language, but then what's the drawbacks of all speaking the same? And what can we benefit from not speaking the same? So what I'm actually going to do. Is I'm going to give you a bit of a text board. Okay, just hang on a second whilst I write these things out because I need to write for each one. So prose. So arguing for this Mike, you are arguing for. Sorry, let me just write these out for a second first. So basically, I'm going to give you some time to write out some ideas for or against whatever you have been given. That's me. A single global language. So you would so if so, like Jack, you're arguing against a single global language. So you'll want to think of the positive reasons for not all speaking the same language and negative reasons to all speaking the same language. Make sure you've got evidence and examples. And Mike, you're essentially the opposite. Yeah you want to be saying the good things of all speaking the same and the bad things not all speaking the same. The jackies agree e and disagree. Jkets agree e and disagree. Now, Mike, you are saying there should be a single global language. Jack is saying there shouldn't be. Yeah. Can you see this writing on here? Mike? Just just describe it to you. Okay, Yeah. It is difficult to say I am negative. Sorry, whatyou say, Jack, I see it's like difficult one negative. I haven't a little think about it, but I could think of lots of reasons as to why a single global language is not a good thing. You just have to approach it from a different angle. Jack, Yeah, you have to think they, you have to think differently. You know, that is what we have now. Jack, think about why that works for us. You know why it is a good thing. If you want to have a little look online or anything, you can do that if you need to. But just have a little think think about why it's you know a good thing that we don't all speak the same language because there definitely are lots of reasons. Okay, Jack, I'm going to give you some ideas, just like in notes on the board, and then you can expand some of them if you like them. Okay? Yeah, I'm searching now. I'm searching. Okay, okay. Okay, so if you're really struggling, then I can give you some ideas. If not, then you know you're fine. Just let me know, okay? Okay, I'm done. Can you just have a look for me, Mike? I'm not quite sure what word this is, regularization. I don't know what word that is. Can you just check the spelling of that, please, for whatever word it's supposed to be. Okay, where is it? I can't edit it. Oh, that's weird. And what do you mean by this, Mike? The people enforcement potential and more regular like the the law. And the other thing is all will be the same. And I hold work. Okay, good. That's good. It does. It does say, develop your ideas with evidence and examples. So could you expand on this a bit more miand? Give me some you know examples in these situations or example, you know evidence as to how, because you're making a lot of sweeping statements here, you know it will be more regulated, it will be more convenient, it will be greatly improved, but you need to show how it would be Yeah more. Okay, I need to like go for I need go for this classroom moment. I mean, that's okay. That's fine. You okay, Jack? Yeah, I see about two reasons now. Okay. So have we written them on the board yet? I can't see anything. I write on the paper, so are you able to write them on the board so that I can see them or not? Oh, see if I can do that, okay? Right this one. Yeah Yeah. And. 我随时喜怎么说？Are you clean, Mike? I don't know if this word frag because I started it in the translate. But again, Jack, is it this language you werensure on? Like. This word. I'm not sure it is correct, but literary language? Yeah, Yeah, that's fine. That's good. What do this bereminour with d very you go. Mike. I've got no idea what you're talking about. This has got nothing to do with language. Like do you know what these words mean? Do you know what these what an original feudal or monarchical rule is? No, I just copy it from underleano. I don't want you to do that, Mike, because that's not your ideas, is it? No. I mean, like. For for this like the is on the Italy like they make a big country and and the language, the the the law and many things are all like the king of. I think that's just maybe a bit too much. So in the nineteenth century, Italy was unified review momovement. They changed many things, but I don't understand what that's got to do as language, Mike. Italy had the same administrative system, law, currency, but that's not nothing to do with having a single global language. Yeah, that's the opinion that I think, okay. I think I can't sing anymore. Okay, good. So we can't think of anything else in that. So let me give you some ideas. Oh, Yeah. And you see all my ideas, Jack, as you start to think of them, realize that actually it's not as so good as you think it is on the surface. Yeah. So some more ideas there, right? Mike, you just finished what you're doing, and then we'll share your ideas. Yeah, those ideas is good. Are you finished, Mike? Oh, wait, okay. 文话。They've got like 20s, Mike, because we need to share ideas and we've only got three minutes left. Okay hathis so. So Jack has said he thinks all the country should not use one language, because every country that uses their language for speaking and also their literary language of the country, we use their language to let you know the different country that they are from. I've also added some other ideas here because Jack was struggling a little bit. For example, language showing your identity and history. By removing languages, you're removing so much culture as well. Whichever language ends up being chosen, that language, that country would then have more power than everyone else. Is that okay? Billions of people would overnight have to learn a new language that would cost a lot of money. It might not be possible for some people. You know, I don't even think that is possible to force billions of people to learn the same language overnight. Is that fair? Is that, you know, ethical? And also, it removes any sort of individuality, you know, by making everybody speak the same language. It's like prito makers or robots or something, isn't it? We aren't robots. We are all different. Okay, Mike has said, if the people around the world all speak the same language, the world will absolutely be more regulated and more convenient. Because if all the people are speaking in the same language, we don't need to worry about studying language and thinking, Oh, I don't know, what does this mean? And a thing, if the whole world uses the same language, the whole world will be unified. Enforcement potential will be greatly improved. For example, China is a big country, and many people it's saying different kinds of language, like dialects. Yeah this makes people in China confused. Yeah what each other are talking about. If people in China or speaking a standard Chinese, it would make conversation better. Yeah and maybe it all work together better and that kind of thing. Yeah, I think you're also making good points as well, Mike, aren't you? I don't think it would be a bad thing, but you know around the globe for us to be more unified and similar, you know we would be able to relate to each other more, perhaps you know talk to each other easier. That could be a good thing, but perhaps it could also be a bad thing. Who knows? Okay, right. Well done, boys. That was basically the end of this anyway. We were just talking those through. I don't think there's any homework for this lesson is there isn't any on here that I've been told to give you. Let's just see if there's anything on here. Yeah, I guess we didn't say that either, did we Jack? Languages can be seen as beautiful. You know you can show your emotion through your languages. That maybe could be something else to add. Okay, well done, boys. I think you both spoke really well throughout that lesson. I think we can definitely work on writing notes and writing our ideas out as well because that's important to practice too. Yeah, good work. Nice lesson. Thank you very much. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day. Bye bye.