Abstract
This article will report the development of a teaching material incorporating debates for an Integrated Japanese course targeting intermediate-low level Japanese speakers. Using the format, Parliamentary Debate, it plans out various aspects of a debate such as the selection of topics, the distribution of a speaker-role among several participants, the setting of consultation time, the abolition of questioning during an opponent’s speech along with the setting of questioning and counterargument turns, and the abolition of having judges. Through these efforts, we found that it is possible to incorporate debates immediately after the completion of the beginner level and can expect a certain degree of effectiveness.
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