A two-day workshop for for participants aged 12– 17 who are interested & want to get involved in recreational & competitive debate
Enable students to acquire critical & logical reasoning skills and engage in deeper discourse on current affairs
No prior experience in public speaking or debate required
CURRICULUM ADVISOR & COACH
Sam is a professional debate and oratory coach working full time with schools such as Raffles Institution and Anglo-Chinese Junior College. He also regularly conducts training and workshops on debate, public speaking, negotiation, and model UN activities with a wide range of schools and institution in Singapore and abroad. Sam attended Harvard University on a Public Service Commission Overseas Merit Scholarship and has previously worked in the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Law. Sam was also the Captain of the Singapore National Team for WSDC 2000, WSDC Adjudicator for Singapore in 2012 & 2015 and part of the WSDC organisational Committee in 2015. He has guided debaters and orators to over 30 championship titles, including international competitions such as the Asian World Schools Debating Championships; the Prometheus Cup and the Winter Holiday Open WSDC 2019.
Mini-lectures, practice drills, online-pre-reading, at-home reinforcement
25% lecture, 50% practice time, 25% individual feedback
Learning summary for each class, supplementary reading materials
12 students
Before, during & after the course
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