Journal Article Critique 12

Citation: 

Zare, Pezhman.,  & Othman, Moomala. (2013). Classroom Debate as a Systematic Teaching/Learning Approach. World Applied Sciences Journal 28 (11), 1506-1513.

The main purpose of this article is makes an attempt to introduce classroom debate as an instructional strategy. Using debate tehnique will develop our critical thinking because if we face some problems, we have to consider from the fact, other perspective and that makes us think critically. We have to communicate with our team to make a strong argument.

Classroom debate build up academic language skills, second/foreign language fluency and public speaking skills. The student also response positively that debate technique could improve their critical thinking and their speaking ability.

Personally, I think that using classroom debate is an effective way because so many students stated that they feel shy to speak in front of other people that they do not be acquainted with. However, I think they will not that shy if they talk in front of their own classmate. So, I think classroom debate could be a technique to build up their confidence. First, they do not shy to talk in front of their classmates, then slowly, they will be able to talk in front of other people that they do not know if they practice debate at least once e week in learning activities.