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Mastering Debates: Improve Your Public Speaking Skills

Enhance your public speaking skills through debate. Learn to present, defend, counter, and reinforce your position effectively with the PREP formula. Practice PERP in response to compelling questions. Gain confidence in expressing your point of view convincingly.

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Mastering Debates: Improve Your Public Speaking Skills

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  1. Debate involves Reading, Writing & Speaking

  2. SPEAKING • Take comfort in the fact that most people are anxious about public speaking • It is also a highly valued skill • We fear public speaking because we feel “self-conscious” • You have already examined this issue using a Try It.

  3. What Do You Do During A Debate? • Present a position on an issue/question • Present your reasons for supporting that position • Defend your position with evidence • Counter, rebut the position & evidence of your opponent • Restate & confirm your position

  4. The PREP formula is very useful for debate • The PREPing formula for Impromptu Speaking • Point of View: Initially provide your point of view or stand on the issue • Reasons: Provide chief reasons why you believe your point of view is correct • Evidence/Examples: Give specific evidence to support your point of view • Point of View: Reinforce your point of view by simply restating it

  5. Practice PERP • In small groups- write out a PREP in response to the following question: • Should Cal State San Marcos eliminate the “All University Writing Requirement?” (The mandate that every course at the University must have a writing component of at least 2,500 words; approximately 10 pages for every course)

  6. Practice PREP • In small groups- write out a PREP in response to the following question: • National statistics show that young adults (college age) have a very low rate of participating in the voting process. Does our campus community have a responsibility to try and increase voter participation among students?

  7. GEL To Do List • In small groups- write out a PREP in response to your topic for debate.

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