Citation:
Othman, mala., Sahamid,
Husniah., Harrith, Muhammad., Hashim, Rosnani., & Mohamad, Faizah.
(2015). The Effects of Debate Competition
on Critical Thinking among Malaysian Second Language Learners. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research
23 (4): 656-664.
This article
journal mainly discuss how debate competition can develop students’ critical
thinking. The participant of this research are forty second language learners
in Malaysia, aged 16 years old. The researcher conducted this research with
pre-test and post test. Also, a survey was undertaken to gauge their perception
of the thinking process they had experienced.
In debate competition,
two teams will debate over a problem that called ‘motion’, in front of the
judges or adjudicators. They have to provide a better argument with strong
facts and the way they deliver their argument also being scored by the judges. After
listen to the opponent group, they have to be able to do rebuttal over the
opponent’s argument. In this case, critical thinking play a big role. because,
if we do not think fast or our argument is not strong, the opponent group will
see it as weaknesses and it easier for them to rebut our argument.
As a result, in the
pre-test and post-test there are some improvements in the students’ critical
thinking. Also, in the survey that given to the students, it shows that the
majority of the students (83,8%) response positively that debate competition can
improve their critical thinking.
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