A friend of mine in university asked my opinion about his planning to join an English Debating Competition. As his senior (even we are in different major), of course I support him to do his planning as long as that planning is positive and give him many good benefits. But he still has many doubts while there are only few persons who support him. Mostly his friends and lectures give no support at all.
If he wants to go through this English debating competition, the institution won’t give any facility or guidance. It means he goes through the competition by himself even he use his institution’s name (as in behalf of his institution). The reason is mostly because my friend’s major is not studying English and English is just learned two semesters as a completing subject. Then the institution (as his lectures said) feels by joining the competition there is no benefit at all for them (the institution) as they believe that my friend is already lose before he does the competition. They think it is useless.
It is so funny! I am so sorry to say, but for me, as a personal, it such a ridicule that I am as a student cannot practice my knowledge because some peoples think that I am not clever enough or I am not worth to practice it. So why should I keep learning about it if I cannot practice it? It is totally funny and the institution also his friends do big mistake!
Do they (the institution and his friends) never hear that by practicing debating, in English or another language, you ‘kill two birds with one stone’? Or do they never hear that by practicing debating, you ‘get two islands by rowing once oar’? How could they said that there is no benefit, while in fact, there is many benefits you will get by practicing debating. It is very useful for the person, whether he wins or lose; and for the institution, even he lose, the institution’s name is known as an active institution. It will open many opportunities and links for the institution and for the students in future. How could it be useless?
The institution should know that through debating practice, in English or another language, the participant as a person can enhance his/her critical thinking, communicative abilities, and language proficiency at the same time. Debating practice also enhances his/her confidence to speak in front of public. Debating practice is a speaking activity that offers profound and lasting benefits for one’s effective communication. This can’t be learned only in classroom. It should be practiced. The last but not the least, the important benefit is practice makes perfect, the more often one speaks in English or another language, the more she/he will feel confidence to use it in any occasion, either in a public speaking or only in a simple conversation. It is many benefits, isn’t it?!
How could they say there is no benefit? Ask to the researcher or the expert ones in language skill and they will agree with me!
Love,
Jean
Denpasar, July 20th 2011
Read also my next posted note about 'A Lot of Benefits by Debating Practice''
also posted in my facebook's account at www.facebook.com/jeadist
If he wants to go through this English debating competition, the institution won’t give any facility or guidance. It means he goes through the competition by himself even he use his institution’s name (as in behalf of his institution). The reason is mostly because my friend’s major is not studying English and English is just learned two semesters as a completing subject. Then the institution (as his lectures said) feels by joining the competition there is no benefit at all for them (the institution) as they believe that my friend is already lose before he does the competition. They think it is useless.
It is so funny! I am so sorry to say, but for me, as a personal, it such a ridicule that I am as a student cannot practice my knowledge because some peoples think that I am not clever enough or I am not worth to practice it. So why should I keep learning about it if I cannot practice it? It is totally funny and the institution also his friends do big mistake!
Do they (the institution and his friends) never hear that by practicing debating, in English or another language, you ‘kill two birds with one stone’? Or do they never hear that by practicing debating, you ‘get two islands by rowing once oar’? How could they said that there is no benefit, while in fact, there is many benefits you will get by practicing debating. It is very useful for the person, whether he wins or lose; and for the institution, even he lose, the institution’s name is known as an active institution. It will open many opportunities and links for the institution and for the students in future. How could it be useless?
The institution should know that through debating practice, in English or another language, the participant as a person can enhance his/her critical thinking, communicative abilities, and language proficiency at the same time. Debating practice also enhances his/her confidence to speak in front of public. Debating practice is a speaking activity that offers profound and lasting benefits for one’s effective communication. This can’t be learned only in classroom. It should be practiced. The last but not the least, the important benefit is practice makes perfect, the more often one speaks in English or another language, the more she/he will feel confidence to use it in any occasion, either in a public speaking or only in a simple conversation. It is many benefits, isn’t it?!
How could they say there is no benefit? Ask to the researcher or the expert ones in language skill and they will agree with me!
Love,
Jean
Denpasar, July 20th 2011
Read also my next posted note about 'A Lot of Benefits by Debating Practice''
also posted in my facebook's account at www.facebook.com/jeadist
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