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AGAPE Public Speaking and Debate Academy

(A member of National Junior Forensic League)

AGAPE Public Speaking & Debate club is a public speaking and debate course designed for elementary to high school students. It is a lively interactive program that provides the students with a secure and comfortable environment to Speak Up and share their thoughts and ideas.

The main aim of this course is to provide the students with the opportunity to develop and practice their public speaking and debate skills in a supportive environment. It fosters positive interaction amongst students, providing social experiences within the class.

Speaking and debating in front of an audience can be a daunting task, even for adults! Yet it doesn’t need to be. With a little guidance and practice, your children can gain the confidence needed to speak and debate in front of an audience in a confident and articulate manner. This course will expose students to the tools and skills needed to be a poise and confident in their communication with others.


	My timid and soft-spoken daughter was transformed. Now she not only dares to talk to people, she is also able to organize ideas, use body language and vary her voice for impact. I was impressed with her performance during the closing ceremony which the parents were invited to attend. And she continues to shine at school. AGAPE Public Speaking & Debate Club has truly helped her a lot. *-Sarah K. Bayside, NY*

Public Speaking and Debate Program (K-12th Grade)
Story Telling and Discussion (K-2nd Grade)
	This course allows students in K-2nd grade to learn how to organize their thoughts and to apply those thoughts to how to tell stories and maintain discussions. Students will learn the proper ways to initiate discussion, maintain discussion, and end discussions. Students will also learn how to tell stories in an interesting and coherent manner.

Junior Speech & Debate Club (3-4th Grade)

"Debate teaches us three things that we can use in almost any field we go into. It teaches us incredible critical thinking skills, very good research skills and strong organizational and presentational skills."

Bill Newnam, associate director of debate for Emory University

Students in 3-4th grade will gain a general understanding of the major forms of debate, studying logic and reasoning and learning to

prepare and present actual debates, oratories, and extemporaneous speeches.

In this course/workshop the students will have the opportunity to develop stragegies and knowledge to:

• reason logically in problem solving

• verbalize thoughts clearly and dynamically

• organize ideas clearly and appropriately

• generate speeches for a variety of occasions

• develop self-confidence to express ideas fluently

• debate successfully using individual, team, and group skills

• learn to use different libraries effectively

• defend positions using evidence according to debate conventions

Middle School Speech and Debate (5-8th Grade)

Public Forum Debate Showcase

Middle School Speech and Debate course prepares students for interscholoastic competition in team debate (Policy and Public Forum Debate), Lincoln-Douglas debate, extemporaneous speaking, and original oratory. The course will require considerable research in current events. It will also require written composition of affirmative cases and negative blocks, and other original persuasive speeches.

In this course/workshop the students will have the opportunity to develop stragegies and knowledge to:

• reason logically in problem solving

• verbalize thoughts clearly and dynamically

• organize ideas clearly and appropriately

• generate speeches for a variety of occasions

• develop self-confidence to express ideas fluently

• debate successfully using individual, team, and group skills

• learn to use different libraries effectively

• defend positions using evidence according to debate conventions

High School & College Speech and Debate (9-12th Grade & College)

Policy Debate Showcase

High School & College Speech and Debate course prepares students for interscholoastic competition in team debate (Policy and Public Forum Debate), Lincoln-Douglas debate, extemporaneous speaking, and original oratory. The course will require considerable research in current events. It will also require written composition of affirmative cases and negative blocks, and other original persuasive speeches.

In this course/workshop the students will have the opportunity to develop stragegies and knowledge to:

• reason logically in problem solving

• verbalize thoughts clearly and dynamically

• organize ideas clearly and appropriately

• generate speeches for a variety of occasions

• develop self-confidence to express ideas fluently

• debate successfully using individual, team, and group skills

• learn to use different libraries effectively

• defend positions using evidence according to debate conventions