American Corner English Debating Club
Vision
Enhance and enrich the ability of Cambodian students through providing and studying high quality of second-language (English) understanding.
Goal
- To augment the better knowledge of learners of English skills—speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
- To optimize students’ participation and courage to be brave, collaboration, and leadership so that they can be the potential leaders with consciousness in the future.
Objective Statement
Develop university students’ English skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing)
through providing one-hour English course every weekday and debating one hour per week.
Philosophy
We have never seen only one staff working in an institution and achieving the big goal of a large corporation. People need joining force to discuss, share, help as ideas and materials, and accomplish the goal.
Guidelines for Debating
1. - General Aspects
2. - Statement of Program
3. - Rational Study (benefit)
4. - Objectives of Researching
5. - Literature Review
6. - Finding
7. - Strong Points and Weak Points
8. - Recommendations
The Teams
There are three teams:
1. Defender
2. Attacker
3. Programing Master
Roles of Each Team
1. Defender: This team is obliged to get the topic Every Monday. Then this team has to do research on topic given and discuss with other members in the team. During debating all members are divided to be responsible the points former presenting. They try their best to defend their reason and idea.
2. Attacker: This team is obliged to do research as well about the topic given. They are finding the weak points of Defender Team and attack directly with reason.
3. Programing Master: This team is assigned to prepare the agenda, control the time, And evaluate the whole process of Debating. This team assures the smooth flow of running in Debating Club. Anyway, this team can set the topics for debating as well.
Policy of American Corner Debating Club Battambang
Language
1. English is used to converse, discuss, give presentation—communicate while joining in club.
2. Khmer is native language, so it does not need to improve Khmer speaking
3. Khmer language can be translated when there is a translation program.
Eligibility
4. . A student who is eligible for Debate Club membership has to pass Speaking Test—presentation of a specific topic (English Club’s members)
5. . They have high morals in speaking.
6. . They are ones who spend time reading more books
7. . They are brave to challenge their opponent
Selection
8. Any sorts of interested students whether UME or non-UME students (students from high school or other educational institutions) may be eligible as members or leaders in Debating Club. Mostly, the previous English Club members are priority to be the members of Debating Club.
Position
Senior Leaders:
- Alumni—former leaders who have ever experienced in leading English Club in previous generations are encouraged to help leading the next generation.
Facilitator
- Interested former members who have completed course previous year may sit the test for leader position to get more experiences in leading club.
- A new potential student may be a leader when his/her strong qualifications are met.
Member
- Students who need their English language to be improved may be eligible for membership through medium score after the entrant test.
Attendance
- . A student has to join discussing a certain topic every assigned date.
- . A student has to join debating every assigned date.
- . An absence may be allowed if emergency, but it needs informing
- . One who is often absent, which breaks the rule is punished or fired if necessary.
Participation
9. During a meeting, students have to be brave and active to share their ideas.
Or they can raise some questions during question and answer program.
Meeting
10. At the end of every month during the course is the monthly meeting for all members and leaders.
11. Everyone has to join the meeting, if not so, he/she will face the problem.
Workshop
12. Every member and leader has to join, and discuss in certain workshop.
13. Participation in the workshop is needed.
Incentive
14. Free Internet Training
15. Free Online searching
16. Free Leadership skills in club leading
17. Educational Exchange in United States of America
18. Certificate
19. Experience as challenged debater
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