Secondary Two Debate Championship 2015

Over the course of three days, ELDDS held a Secondary 2 Inter-class Debate Championship. There were 5 preliminary rounds and two best teams from the Express and normal streams respectively went into the finals. The teams did put up exciting debates and it was a close fight between them.

The best speakers at the preliminary rounds really shone in their delivery and had the gift of the gab. They stood out among the rest as confident speakers so they really deserved being awarded the Best Speaker at the respective round. They were as follows:

Best Speaker at the Preliminary Rounds

Maybelle Ong Hui Leng from 2 Integrity

Gabriella Chua Xin Na from 2 Enterprise

Lin Michelle Mercado from the Express Swing team

Ros Dayanti Bte Baharudin from 2 Character

and Pamela Lee from the Normal Academic/Technical Swing team.

The teams who beat the rest and went into the finals were exciting to watch. The debate was a really mean battle and the result was a spilt of 2-1 for both streams. The result was as follows:

Sec 2 Normal Academic/Normal Technical

Motion: This House believes that the use of Internet increases students’ interest in studying.

Champions – 2 THINKING (Proposition)

EMMA HALL

NURUL AQILAH BTE ROSLAN

NURUL SHAFIQAH BTE ROSLEE (Best Speaker)

1 st Runner-up – 2 CHARACTER (Opposition)

ROS DAYANTI BTE BAHARUDIN

SAID DANIAL B MOHAMED YUSOH

MUHAMMAD ZAHIRUDDIN B MOHD K

Sec 2 Express

Motion: This House believes that academic performance is the best indicator of potential for successful life.

Champions – 2 ENTERPRISE (Opposition)

GABRIELLA CHUA XIN NA

TAN YI XUAN (Best Speaker)

TING MEI TING

1 st Runner-up – 2 COMMITMENT (Proposition)

ARAFIA KHAN

TOH ZHI LING, SHERRY

LIEW XINYI