Saturday 4 January 2014

English Debate Competition


A coin has two sides, same is true for a debate. It is always interesting to think about the two sides of an issue, be able to agree and disagree with a statement. Orchidians of III-V classes participated in their much awaited English Debate competition on 3/01/14. The debatable topic for participants was ‘Television is a media for education and entertainment’.

The participants were divided into two groups.
Group A spoke in favour of Education.
Group B were favouring Entertainment.

Following students were declared winner of the debate competition:
Group A:
First:                Nikhil Guru Venkatesh (Class V)
Second:           PraneetaVenkataSambaraju (ClassV)
Third:              Ch. Bhavani(Class IV)
Third:              Sahana G. (Class III)

Group B:
First:                Khadija Khan (Class V)
Second:           Pranav K. (Class IV)
Third:              SwethaEpuri (Class V)
Third:              VilohitVed Kalavalapalli (Class IV)

It was a pleasure to see them develop their skills of organizing the material and express their opinionsarticulately and confidently. They were able to emphasize their points of argument convincingly, appealing the audience