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Christmas Debating Activities

We’ve been feeling festive at Noisy Classroom this week and have compiled some of our favourite debating activities. All with a little Christmas twist of course!  Download activity sheet

The Power of Stories

In this week’s blog post, I’ve been thinking about the power of stories and how we might use those stories within debates.      A debating speech isn’t the same as a story. Often, when students begin debating, we have to encourage them to move away from personal stories and anecdotes, in favour of structured …

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Five ways for debaters to improve

Tara Sallis was on the England Schools Debating Team in 2017 and is an undergraduate at Oxford University. On this guest blog she discusses five ways debaters can improve.    If you have students who are enthusiastic about debating more, or you have particularly able debaters who want to polish their skills and try going …

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What does debating offer students?

Tara Sallis was on the England Schools Debating Team in 2017 and is an undergraduate at Oxford University. On this guest blog she discusses the ways in which debating has helped her.    Debating is often seen as an extra curricular activity, something superfluous that can be added into a student’s education if they find …

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Impromptu Debating for Beginners

Tara Sallis was on the England Schools Debating Team in 2017 and is an undergraduate at Oxford University. On this guest blog she shares her tips for approaching impromptu debates for beginners. For more help you can find Noisy Classroom resources on this here and here.  Approaching impromptu debating can be intimidating, but some of …

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