Critical Thinking and Academic Debate

1. ACADEMIC DEBATE
AND CRITICAL
THINKING SKILL (Kokom
Nurjanah, M.Pd)

3. 1. Public Speaking
2. Critical Thinking
3. Note Taking
4. Researching
5. Writing
6. Listening

4. The Team
For the topics Against the topics
Affirmative Negative
Pro Con
The Government The opposition
Proposition Opposition
Who is involved in
a debate?

5. Perspective on Debate
Many debaters consider debate a game
in which the participants sharpen their
thinking and speaking skill. Like sports,
debate has rules, teams, officials,
winners, ad losers.

6. Debaters share three burdens
1. Burden for proof
2. Burden of refutation
3. And burden of rejoinder

7. Exercise
List the goal you hope to achieve by learning to debate and
elaborate it briefly!