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Peer reviewedStokes, P. M. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1976
Regular debating can be an effective way of improving the performance of ESL pupils and of assessing their language-learning propensities. It requires a lot of listening as well as speaking and generally seems to foster confidence in language use. The relationships set up in debating are pupil-pupil rather than pupil-teacher. (CFM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Debate, English (Second Language)
