Debat

eWr
it
ing
Af
  or
mal
discussi
ononamat
teri
napubl
i
cmeet
ingorl
egi
sl
ati
veassembl
y,i
n
whi
chopposi
ngar
gument
sar
eputf
orwar
dandwhi
chusual
l
yendswi
thav
ote.
ForExampl
e-"
Lastni
ght
's 
debat
eon 
theEducat
ionBi
l
l"
Ani
deal
debat
emustconsi
stof4par
agr
aphs,
namel
y-

Introduct
ion/Sal
utat
ions
 Problem(
Causes&Ef f
ect
)
 Solut
ionand
t heConclusi
on.

Letusdi
scusseachoft
hem i
ndet
ail
.
1.I
ntr
oducti
on-
 Thi
sincludessal
utat
ionsandt
het
opi
c(i
ncl
udi
ng
FOR/AGAINSTthemotion).
ForExample:-Goodmor ningever
yone.Esteemedj udges,
honourabl
eguests,
respectedt
eachersandmyf el
l
owst udents.I,(
namegiveninthequest
ionor
else,XYZ)f
eelhonouredtohav ebeengivent heopport
uni
tytospeak
(FOR/ AGAI
NST)thetopic-(nameoft hetopic).
 
2.Body(
Probl
em)
- 
Thi
sist
hemai
npar
agr
aphort
hebodyofy
ouranswer
.

 Alway sbeginwi t
ht hemeani ngoft hetopicort heexpl anati
onoft he
topicinnotmor et hanal ine.
 Thenst artquoti
ngt hei ssues.Nowher e,itisi
mpor tantf oryout of oll
ow
asequence.I tispossi blethaty ouhav etoomanypoi nt sorv er
yf ew
points.Wheny ouhav eal otofv ari
edpoint s,i
tisbettery ouchooseaf ew
bestonesandwr i
teal ineoneach.I ncasey ouhav ev eryfewal ready ,
explainthem inatleastt wol ineseach.
 Makesur eyouar eclearwi thy ourt
hought s,onlytheny ou'
llbeabl et o
putthem intowor dsunambi guously(wit
hcl ari
ty/singleinterpretation).
 Mayi ncludeviews, facts,rebutti
ngt hestatement s,
quest i
ons,etc.

3.Solut
ion-
 "
Foreveryproblem,t
hereisasolut
ion.
"
Thisparagr
aphneedst obeshortandcr i
spwhereby;y
ouar
esupposedt
ogi
ve
arati
onalandpracti
calsoluti
onforal
ltheaboveprobl
ems.

I ncaseyouarenotabl etofigureoneout,keepinmi ndafewgeneral

ones.I
tcoul
di nvolvespreadingawareness,campaigns,st
ri
ngentl
aws
andthei
rstr
ictimplement at
ion,educat
ion,etc.
 Usingaquotenev erhurt
s.Itcanbegener alonesl
ike,onworki
ng
toget
her.

4.Conclusi
on-
 Thispar
tinvolvescl
arif
icat
ionofyourst
atementandstance
al
ongwi tht
hankingtheaudienceforbeingsuchpati
entli
stener
s.Thi
s
paragr
aphneedst obeshortandpr eci
se.
Thi
ngst
orememberwhi
l
eat
tempt
ingaquest
ionondebat
ewr
it
ingski
l
ls
DO'
S

 Bef or
ey oubegi nwr i
ti
ng,wri
tedownal l t
hepoi nts(one/ t
wowor dsper
point)att hebackofy ouranswersheet( roughsheet )sothaty oudonot
forgetrel evantpoi ntswhil
ewr iting.Thisalsohel psy ouinmai ntaini
nga
sequence, whi chi sv eryi
mpor tant .
 Makesur ey oudoubl echeckf orgr ammat ical accur acyandspel li
ngs.
Theycar rymar ks.
 Leav eadequat enumberofl inesbet weenpar agr aphst omakei tlook
clean.
 Under l
iningt hemai npointsisv eryimpor t
ant.Buti tisadvisedt odoi t
afterfi
ni shingy ourexam.Useapenci landscal eforunder l
ining.
 Alway shav eaf ewgener alquot esi nhandy .Theyhel pinpr esent ati
on
andshowst haty ou' r
eprepared
 Present ationisv eryimpor t
ant.
 Readal otofdebat estogetani dea.
 Hav einfor mat ionaboutal lthemaj orenv i
ronment al,poli
ti
cal,soci al
i
ssuest hathav et akenplacedur ingtheent i
rey ear .

DON'
Ts

 Nev erment ionanyofyourpersonal

detai
ls,
i.
e.,name,school
nameor
addr ess.
 Nev erwr i
teinonego.Makesur eyoufoll
owther i
ghtf
ormatandmake
paragr aphs.
 Don'tusesl angsorshortfor
ms.
 Don'twr it
ewr ongfact
s.
 Trynott oexceedt heprescr
ibedwordli
mitof150-200words.
 Donoti nvesttoomucht i
mei nj
ustthi
squesti
on.

Q1.Youar eMukul/MahimaofAlpsPubli
cSchool.Yourschool hasorgani
zed
adebateon" Soci
alMedi
aandIt
'sEff
ects"andyouwillbepart
icipati
ngfrom
yourschool.Pr
eparey
ourvi
ewsagainstorinfav
ouroft hemotion.(150-
200
words) 
  

SOCI
ALMEDI
AANDI
T'sEFFECTS
FORTHEMOTI
ON
"Weareallnowconnectedbyt heint
ernet,
li
keneuronsinagiantbrai
n"
Goodmor ning,Honour
ableJudges,RespectedTeachersandmywor thy
opponent
s,IMukul /Mahi
maf eelhonouredforgett
ingthi
sopportuni
tyt
ojoi
n
thi
sdebateont hetopi
c,"
SocialMediaandI t
'sEf
fects"
,andIwouldli
keto
speakinf
av ourofthemotion.

Howmanypeopl
edonothav
easmi
l
eont
hei
rfacesonf
indi
nganol
dfr
iend
onf acebook?Wel l,
soci almedi ahasr emov edallt
hebar r
iersandboundar i
es
tocommuni cationbybr ingi
ngt heglobeonasi ngl
eplatform.Whi lebusi ness
oppor tuni
ti
eshav ewidened, mar keter'
sr eachhasbroadened.I tkeepsus
updat edaboutev er
y t
hinggoi ngoni nev erynookandcor neroft hewor ldona
real-
timebasi s.Fr
om emer gencyalerts,announcement sanddecl ar at
ionst o
knowi nghowourf r
iendsar edoi nghasal lbecomesoconv enient.Itprovides
freedom ofspeechandt hus,enablesev eryonetospeakt heirmind.Lastbut
nott heleast
, weshouldnotf orgettheincalcul
ableaccessi tprovidestot he
extensiveinformati
onf rom ar oundthewor l
d.
 
 
Isurelyagreet
hatsomepeoplehav
ebecomeaddict
edtoitbutwecannot
denyt heimport
anceofSoci
almedi
awi t
hsomuchadvancementand
i
nnov ati
onaroundus.I
thasbeenri
ghtl
ysai
d,"
Soci
almediaisaddi
cti
ve
preci
selybecauseitgi
vesussomet
hingwhatt
hereal
-wor
ldlacks:
itgi
vesus
dir
ectionandav al
ueasanindi
vi
dual.
"
Wouldy oubeabletoaccessal
ltheinf
ormat
ioni
nthi
sfastgr
owi
ng,
fast
changingworl
daroundus?
Withthist
houghttoponderonItakemyleav
e.
Thanky
ou
AGAI
NSTTHEMOTI
ON

Whatawor lditis,
witheveryoneontheirphones,al
ltheti
me,faki
ngt
heirl
i
ves
andkeepi
ngacountoft heirl
ikes?
Goodmor ning,HonourableJudges,RespectedTeachersandmyworthy
opponent
s, IMukul/Mahimaf eelhonouredforgett
ingthi
sopport
uni
tyt
ojoin
thi
sdebateont hetopic,"
SocialMediaandIt'sEf
fects"
,andIwoul
dli
keto
speakagainstthemot i
on.

Ithasnowbecomedoubt ful totrustt hesay ingt hatgoesl i

ke"Technologywas
dev el
opedt osav etimeandmakeourl i
veseasi er",
becausepeopl ehav e
becomeaddi ctedandunpr oduct i
v e.Ittakesal otofef for tanddiscipl
ineto
stayawayf rom soci almedi a.Resul tshav eshownt hatithashadadv erse
effectsonhumanpsy chologyandt heirfunctioning.Out dooract i
vit
iesamong
childr
enhav eal soreducedsi gnificant l
y.Nodoubti tpr ovidesaccesst ouseful
i
nf ormati
on, but,i
tishardt oi gnoret hequant um off akenewst hatspreads
l
ikewi ldf
ir
eandt heextentofi mpacti thasont hesoci ety .Inf
act,fake
What sAppf orwardswasacl earpat ternt hatwasobser vedbehindt herecent
mobl y
nchingorr ather,"
Deat hbysoci almedi a"
.

Iti
soneoft hereasonsbehindinsecuri
ti
esanddepressionamongteenager
s.
Iti
srightt
hattechnologywasintroducedtosav
et i
me, butwefor
gotto
ment i
on,"
Intherightamount"
.So, remember,youleav
et hepr
esentmoment
everyti
mey oucheckt hephone.
Itotal
l
yagreethatsoci
almediahasmadeusawareaboutthewor
ldbey
ond
ourciti
esbutatwhatcost.Itmakesuswonderwhet
herSoci
almedi
ahas
helpedustoprogress,
digr
essorregr
ess.

Wi
tht
hist
houghtt
oponderonIt
akemyl
eav
e.
Thanky
ou

"ONLINESMARTCLASSESARETHEFUTUREOFEDUCATI ONSTYLE".Wr
it
ea
debateei
therf
ororagai
nstt
hemot
ion.Youar
eSamy
ak/Samyukt
a(150–200
words).
  
 (
10)
Answer:
ONLINESMARTCLASSESARETHEFUTUREOFEDUCATI
ONSTYLE
FORTHEMOTION:

"I
fyouar esooldmi ndedandt hinkthatcomput erswil
lbedi str
act
ingchi
l
dren
fr
om studies,wit
hasi nceresorryforyou,l
etmet el
lyouthattheyoung
generati
onhasgoneal ongwaywi t
hcomput ers!"
Goodmor ni
ng,Honour ableJudges,Respect
edTeacher sandmywor t
hy
opponents,ISamy ak/Samy uktafeelhonouredf orget
ti
ngt hisopport
uni
tyt
o
j
ointhisdebateont het opi
c,"Onli
neSmar tClassesAr eTheFut ur
eOf
Educati
onSt yl
e",andIwoul dliketospeakforthemot i
on.

Iam her etotalkaboutt heendlesspossi bil

iti
esofcomput erandi nternet
basedt eachingmet hods.Whenmostpar entsthinkoflearningf rom
comput ers,sociali
zingwebsiteslikefacebookappearbef or etheirey es.Itis
thebi ggestcy bertragedy.Therear edefinit
elyalargenumberofsi t
esbey ond
j
ustf acebook.Udemy ,Coursera,Khanacademy ,Byj
u'steachingapp, t
hel i
stof
onl i
net eachingplatformsisendlessandev ergrowing.Ther ear emi ll
ionsof
student sandt eacher swhouset hesewebsi tesandappsf ort heirexam-
prepar ati
on.Theyar emostlyfreeandi tiswhatmakesonet urnawayf r
om
tradit
ional paper-guides.Withasmar tphonei nev eryhand, cit
yandv i
ll
age
alike,theseonl i
nel i
brari
esarewi thi
nev eryone'sreach.

Googl
ehasalreadyreplacedthewor dGurutobecomet hegreatestknowledge
-pr
ovi
der
.Withsev enhundredbill
ionpopulat
ionandsixhundredtrees,i
tisthe
needoft
hecent ur
yt ogopaperless.I
nthiscontexty
oucanf i
ndnobet ter
sol
uti
onthane-Learning.

Rat
herthanliv
ingtheli
feofaconsumer ,l
et'
sbecontr
ibut
ors.Insteadof
buy
ingpaperbooks,let
'sbuyeBooks.Inst
eadofcoll
ecti
ngat housandbooks
i
nourshelves,l
et'
sconvertourphonesorcomputersi
ntovirt
ual l
i
br ar
iesand
l
earn.
Iwoul
dli
ket
oaskasi
mpl
equest
iont
omyaudi
encewhet
hert
heydesi
ret
obe
t
hecul
pri
tsofpr
ovi
dingat
reel
esszonet
oourf
utur
egener
ati
onoragr
een
l
i
vel
yzone

Wi
tht
hist
houghtt
oponderonIt
akemyl
eav
e.
Thanky
ou.

AGAI
NSTTHEMOTI
ON:

Goodmor ni
ng,HonourableJudges,Respect
edTeacher sandmyworthy
opponent
s,ISamy ak/Samyuktafeelhonour
edf orget
ti
ngt hi
soppor
tuni
tyt
o
j
ointhi
sdebateont hetopi
c,"Onli
neSmar tClassesAreTheFutur
eOf
Educat
ionStyl
e",andIchooset ospeakagainstthemotion.

Onlinelearni
ngore- learningref
erstol ear
ningconduct edviaelectr
onicmedia,
typi
call
yont heInternet.Therei
snof ace-
to-f
aceinteracti
onbet weenthe
teacherandt hest udent.Itdecr
easest hescopeofadj usti
ngandmodi fyi
ng
thelanguageort heconceptaccor dingtov ar
iousaudiences.Mor eover,
humansar eknownt obesoci alani
mal sandar ethus,mor eint
erestedindir
ect
tuit
ionthanv ir
tualtuit
ion.Thereislackofpr operguidanceandsel f-
assessmentmechani sms.Notonl yt hi
s,i
twoul dal
sor educeempl oyment
amongt eachers.

Si
nceitinvol
vesonlybr ai
nworkandnotphy sicalwor k,theytendtoget
l
ethar
gicresult
inginalter
edphysi
ology
.Al so,i
tleadst ol ackofdisci
pli
ne.
At
tendingaschool makesonehav eatimeschedul einaday .Thi
shelpsthem
l
earnsomegoodhabi tsli
ke,
bathi
ng,breakfast,goingtobedatt heri
ghtti
me
et
c.Phy si
calschoolhelpchi
ldr
enadoptadi scipli
nedl i
festyl
e
.
Howcanonef or
gettheexcellentint
eract
ionsinvol
vedinphysi
call
earni
ng?
Peopletendtomakef ri
endswhosuppor tthem andmentorswhoguidethem.
Thus,nomat t
erhowf asttechnologi
caldev el
opmentsaret
akingpl
ace,the
tr
adit
ionalwayoflear
ningshoul dnotbedi spl
aced.

Thanky
ou.