Lecture: Introduction to debate methodology.Key caracteristcs of formal debate.Why debate is good.

Lecture&exercises:Mini debate formats.

Lecture&exercises:Building proposition case.

Lecture&exercises: Building opposition case.

Lecture:Roles of the speakers in Worlds Schools Debate Format.Judging.

Lecture&exercises: Refutation. Points of information.Preparation for debates.

Debates(some participants are debating, the others are judging).

Lecture&exercises: Debate motions, main caracteristics, types of motions.

Lecture: Debate in the classroom. Debate in debate club. Exercises. Organising debate tournament.

Group work: Preparing programme for the visits: how to prepare students for a debate, workshop for judges, choice of motions, tournament rules, number of rounds, format rules, etc

The training was interactive and it demanded active participation.

TheTrainer of the course was a Slovenian expert who has a high reputation in this field

as for years she has been participating in national and international tournaments on a world scale. She represents our expertise, our exchange of good practices, our point of reference for both teacher training and the subsequent management ofintermediate tournaments, up to the organization of the final performance among the best selected teams. We looked forward to raising the competences

of the participating teachers both in terms of knowledge, skills and motivation.Teachers who speak to other teachers will be a way to overcome any difficulties, perplexities and fears that innovations bring with them.There was a way here to start laying the groundwork for the final construction of

a guide on how to implement the International Debate in the curriculum.