The 2 minute debate

Use the clues and ideas below to help you

create an argument for your point of view with
your team members. Below
you will find
phrases and
Opinions, Preferences:
language
helpful in I think..., In my opinion..., I'd like
to..., I'd rather..., I'd prefer..., The
expressing way I see it..., As far as I'm
opinions, concerned..., If it were up to me...,
offering I suppose..., I suspect that..., I'm
pretty sure that..., It is fairly certain
explanations that..., I'm convinced that..., I
and honestly feel that, I strongly
disagreeing. believe that..., Without a doubt,...,
Giving Reasons and offering explanations: To start with,
The reason why..., That's why..., For this reason..., That's
the reason why..., Many people think...., Considering...,
Allowing for the fact that..., When you consider that...

Activity:

Disagreeing:
Disagreeing:
I Idon't
don'tthink
thinkthat...,
that...,
Don't
Don'tyou youthink
thinkitit
would
wouldbebebetter...,
better...,I I
don't
don'tagree,
agree,I'd I'd
prefer..., Shouldn't
prefer..., Shouldn't
weweconsider...,
consider...,But But
what about...,
what about..., I'm I'm
afraid
afraidI Idon't
don't
agree...,
agree..., Frankly,I I
Frankly,
doubt
doubtif...,
if...,Let's
Let'sface
face
it,it,The truth of the
The truth of the
matter
matteris...,
is...,The
The
problem
problem withyour
with your
 that...
that...

In a moment, two students will be asked to select a

piece of paper from Matthew; on the piece of paper are
two related ‘things’. The two students will have to
debate which of the things is better.
For example: Student A: Japan Student B: China
You will have two minutes to ‘make your case’. After
both students have ‘made their cases’, the rest of the
class will vote for the student who had the most
convincing argument.

“make a case” - to show that what you say is true