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Oxford Union Debate 'Islam is a Religion of Peace' - Part 2

9 Abril 2026, 14:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP2 watched the rest of the Oxford Union Debate with the motion 'Islam is a Religion of Peace'. Again, we learned more about the rules, the DOs and DON'Ts of formal debating, and identified the persuasive techniques used by the debaters.

Students who missed today's class should catch up by watching the remaining of the speakers - please watch them in the correct order.

Next class: debate practice! Students should be aware that the next few classes will be dedicated to practicing debating with the purpose of preparing for the oral examination. So don't miss these upcoming classes!

EVALUATION

8 Abril 2026, 15:30 • Gaile Parkin

Writing 1 evaluation.

4^th hour/tutorial work: Grammar practice

Homework: Read “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan.

Lesson 13

8 Abril 2026, 09:30 • Sheila Brannigan

We carried out language work on inversion (City Attractions)

Lisrtened to two podcast excerpts in which literary tourism or anime/manga tourism is discussed

Oxford Union Debate 'Islam is a Religion of Peace' - Part 1

7 Abril 2026, 14:00 • Hilda Alexandra Prazeres Eusebio

Today, TP7 watched the first three speakers of the Oxford Union Debate 'Islam is a Religion of Peace'.

We learned about the rules, the DOs and DON'Ts, and identified the persuasive techniques used by each speaker.

Students who missed today's class should catch up and watch the videos below - please watch them in the correct order.

Next class: we will watch the remaining three speakers of the debate and we will decide who won!

Speaking skills

7 Abril 2026, 08:00 • Robert George Butler

Returned Reports, self assessment- Speaking skills