Telecollaborative debates

This task would explore various ways of debating on different subjects (both synchronous and asynchronous, written or oral debates).

It can be played as a team-game (oxford-style debate) and is thus fun and challenging..

The online debatepedia database provides a lot of interesting motions and arguments to start with.

Institution reporting the task:

Université du Havre

Language of task instructions:

English

Target Group:

Science
Foreign languages
Any

Level:

B1
B2

References and acknowledgements:

None

Type:

Collaborative tasks

Estimated Duration:

4 sessions

Topic:

various topics but some have to be scientific

Tags:

Acknowledgements:

None

Language Configurations:

Bilingual
Lingua Franca
Intercomprehension

Language(s) that the task can be used in:

English
French

Dominant language production:

Writing/reading synchronous
Writing/reading asynchronous
Speaking/listening synchronous
Speaking/listening asynchronous

Target Competences:

Language competence

Specific pedagogical objectives:

Suggested Communication Tools:

Suggested Resources:

None

Instructions:

There are many possibilities whether we choose it to be synchronous or not, to be written or spoken…

This would have to be decided in the preparation phase.

Learner Texts:

None

Document related to the task:

None

Criteria for Completion:

None

Comments and suggestions:

None

Author/copyright:

None