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Abid el Majidi; Rick de Graaff; Daniel Janssen – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Many secondary school students' second language (L2) speaking skills suffer from deficiencies; the effects thereof are detrimental to their academic and career opportunities in a globalized world that highlights the importance of oral communication skills. Debate has been considered a potentially effective speaking pedagogical tool that can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Majidi, Abid El; de Graaff, Rick; Janssen, Daniel – Modern Language Journal, 2020
Research has painted a pessimistic picture of students' second language (L2) writing skills in secondary education. One innovative tool that may help students foster their L2 proficiency, including writing ability, is in-class debate. Debate is commonly associated with oral communication and argumentation skills. However, debate may also offer…
Descriptors: Debate, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction
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Noroozi, Omid; McAlister, Simon; Mulder, Martin – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
The goal of this study was to explore how students debate with their peers within a designed context using a digital dialogue game, and whether their epistemic beliefs are significant to the outcomes. Epistemic beliefs are known to colour student interactions within argumentative discourse, leading some students to hold back from interactions. By…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Persuasive Discourse, Genetics
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de Bock, Harold – Journalism Quarterly, 1978
Reports that, for Dutch viewers, the televised debates between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter helped develop a presidential preference, regardless of the viewers' own political orientations, and that the debates may have benefited Carter. (GW)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Debate, Foreign Countries, Persuasive Discourse