The Role of English Debating Tournament in the Face of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
Keywords:
English Debating, AEC
Abstract
Since its establishment in the late 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) with English as the official language has forced its participating countries to improve the quality of English language teaching, in the hope to prepare their people to be globally competitive. The lack of English proficiency, however, remains the main challenge across the country members. English forensic or debating tournament has been proven to bring about globally competitive individuals in terms of being highly competent in English together with having higher order thinking skills. Grounded in Indonesian context, this paper presents (1) typology of English debating tournaments in Indonesia, (2) how English debating improves the language competence and critical thinking skills by drawing on some of respective research, (3) An example of its practice in an EFL classroom in Indonesia and its principles, (4) and its implications on the teaching of English in Indonesian.References
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Bonwell, C. C., & Eison, J. A. (1991). Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom. 1991 ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, The George Washington University, One Dupont Circle, Suite 630, Washington, DC 20036-1183.
Brown, H. D. (2007). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy (3rd ed.). New York: Pearson Education
Deane, A. (n.d.). A guide to british parliamentary debating and the world universities debating championships. Retrieved from:
https://debate.uvm.edu/dcpdf/WUDC%20Malaysia_2014_Debating_and_Judging_Manual.pdf
Departement Pendidikan Nasional, Derektorat Jenderal Managemen Pendidikan Dasar Dan Menengah, Direktorat Pendidikan Pembinaan Sekolah Menengah Atas. (2009). Debating Handbook.
Fauzan, Umar. (2016). Enhancing Speaking Ability of EFL Students through Debate and Peer Assessment. EFL JOURNAL, Vol 1. No 1, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.21462/eflj.v1i1.8
Hall, D. (2011). Debate: Innovative teaching to enhance critical thinking and communication skills in healthcare professionals. Int. J. Allied Health Sci. Prac, 9, 16-19.
Healey, R. L. (2012). The power of debate: Reflections on the potential of debates for engaging Students in critical thinking about controversial geographical topics. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 36(2), 239-257. doi: 10.1080/03098265.2011.619522. https://uofadebate.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/guide_deane.pdf
Jagger, S. (2013). Affective learning and the classroom debate. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 50(1), 38-50. doi: 10.1080/14703297.2012.746515.
Jerome, L. & Algarra, B. (2005). Debating debating: A reflection on the place of debate within secondary schools. The Curriculum Journal, 16(4), 493-508. doi: 10.1080/0958517500384610.
Kennedy, R. (2007). In-class debates: Fertile ground for active learning and the
cultivation of critical thinking and oral communication skills. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 19(2), 183-190. Retrieved from http://isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/IJTLHE19(2).pdf#page=83.
Kennedy, R. R. (2009). The power of in-class debates. Active Learning in Higher Education, 10(3), 225-236.
Majidi, A. (2013). English as a global language; Threat or opportunity for minority languages? Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences,11(4), 33-38. doi: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n11p33
Nunan, D. (1999). Second language teaching and learning. Boston, USA: Heinle, Cengage Learning
Oros, A. L. (2007). Let's debate: Active learning encourages student participation and critical thinking. Journal of Political Science Education, 3(3), 293-311. doi: 10.1080/15512160701558273.
Othman, M., Mohamad, F., & Amiri, F. (2013). An english debate league competition among lower form students: An experiential learning activity. US-China Foreign Language, 11(11), 840-852.
Oxford, R. L. (2003). Language learning styles and strategies: an overview. Retrieved from http://web.ntpu.edu.tw/~language/workshop/read2.pdf
Richards, J. (2006). Communicative language teaching today. New York , USA: Cambridge University Press.
Sekretariat Program DIII-GK PPG Kejuruan. (2005). Buku Panduan Lomba Debat SMK. LKS Denpasar Bali.
Sugiharto, S. (2015, December 26). The bilingual curriculum: A panacea? TheJakarta Post. Retrieved from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/12/26/the-bilingual-curriculum-a-panacea.html
Tessier, J. T. (2009). Classroom Debate Format. College Teaching, 57(3), 144-152.
Wu, L., & Ben-Canaan, D. (2006). The impact of globalization and the Internet on English language teaching and learning. Aust. J. Educ, 1-15.
Yaakub. M. N. (2015). Challenges in education towards the realization of ASEAN community 2015. Retrieved from:
http://www.site.rmutt.ac.th/cpscworkshop/materials/sp.pdf
Yang, C. H., & Rusli, E. (2012). Using debate as a pedagogical tool in enhancing pre-service teachers’ learning and critical thinking. Journal of International Education Research (JIER), 8(2), 135-144
Published
2016-06-01
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Husnawadi, H., & Syamsudarni, S. (2016). The Role of English Debating Tournament in the Face of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Dinamika Ilmu, 16(1), 119-133. https://doi.org/10.21093/di.v16i1.353
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