A.      Facts/ Background

B.      Thesis Statement

II.      Debating Effects on Way of Thinking

A.      Thinking Liberally

III.    Debating Effects on Behavior

A.      Being a Liar

B.      Being Selfish

IV.    Debating Effects on Social Life

A.      Causing a Conflict

B.      Influencing Other People

V.      Conclusion

A.      Summary of arguments

B.      Final Thought

Debating Bad Effects

There are some courses in English Department of Teacher Training and Education Faculty that are being taught to improve students’ speaking skills. Some of them are Speaking for General Communication, Speaking for Particular Purposes, Speaking for Academic Presentation (Public Speaking), and Academic Debate and Discussion. Besides improving students speaking skills, those courses also can make the students get used in using English in front of the public, make them more confident, and make them get used in thinking critically. But there are also some bad effects that may be caused by one of the course taught, that is Academic Debate and Discussion. This course may affects students’ way of thinking, students’ behavior, and students’ social live.

In debating, students should think globally, universally, and liberally. They aren’t allowed to say something related to religion, ethnic, and etc. Meanwhile, religion is human basic in doing all of their activity. Determining a value of a thing whether it is good or bad must be determined by religion perspective. They can’t separate both of them. Otherwise it would make them become liberal thinkers. They will just think logically and think as free as they want. There aren’t any limitations.