The Debate Day

It was on Friday, 20th of January 2012, Dorina and I were in the proposing team, arguing against Flavia and Tricia who were in the opposing team. Our group believes that Primark can still be environment friendly/ ethical when having low cost goods and trade. We have time limits on every part of the argument; introduction, main arguments, question and answer and conclusion.

I did the introduction for our group then comes the main argument which was done by Dorina and I equally. For the main arguments, we have 10 minutes to state all the information of what we are arguing for. We have chosen 6 most reliable information and sources to deliver our message; of what we believe, to the opposing group afterward, the opposing group talk about their believes. Both groups had very efficient main argument, both were very clear and straight to the point which gives the audience a clear understanding of who's arguing for and against. Moving on, next, was the question and answer portion; teams member in each group will have a certain time to ask and answer questions. In this section, I believe that we did very well so as Flavia and Tricia. This was proven in the video that was recorded by our tutor, Rita. Both teams had had answer every question efficiently together with acknowledgment of trustworthy websites.

Having this debate has thrilled me a lot, our arguments were superb because of the fact too that we have planned it very well before the date of our debate. It was grateful to have this experience as I will be needing it in the future. I have learned my strengths and weaknesses and what I should do and should not do next time I will have a debate or interview. Knowing all these allow me to change and improve things that needs improvement because I know this will be a big help in the future.This experience can be related to work for example: a lady complaining about certain things; it will be easier for me to handle this kind of situations if I have full confidence and knowledge in stating things at her ( body language is necessary).

Our tutor, Rita, recorded our debate which made me see ho well did I do and each of us on the debate. I have seen that I had little to contribute in terms of answering questions of opposing group. Therefore, I will have to make an action to improve this, so it would be fair for my team member/s too.

In my own conclusion, both teams did very well in general. We have equally stand-out because we did not let our team to get stuck in any issue during the debate. One thing we necessarily need to do next time were doing debate is practice our lines (what we are going to say). This will make us look more professional as we will have a good body language and able to make an eye contact. Also, will make us look confident and may intimidate the opposing group via eye contact.