Affirmative team Negative team

Argument Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We are

1 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We (NAME) and (NAME). Today, we’re debating the
are (NAME) and (NAME). Today, we’re resolution: examinations should be replaced
debating the resolution: “examinations by other forms of assessment” We, on the
should be replaced by other forms of negative team, strongly oppose this resolution.
assessment.” We, on the affirmative team, We have two main reasons: Opportunities and
strongly support this resolution. We have Creating competition.
two main reasons: quality and health
problems Out first point is Opportunities.
There is no denying that examinations bring
The first reason is Quality. The reason why students a variety of opportunities. If they get
examination does not work on students is flying colours, they can receive scholarships or
because examinations usually test on awards.
students’ memory but not their real In addition, candidates will increase their
understandings (Newman 2000). chances of getting into the best universities as
In other words, this statement also means well as finding great career opportunities. Even
that a student who has a good memory can a school student can get the scholarship and
excel in all the tests. follow their studies abroad.
On the other hand, students with bad memory So having exams among school students can
might get low grades. There are also some lazy help pick up the few intelligences and provide
students who always do last minute revision them with a certain kind of scholarship. The
and tend to memorise everything on their students who got scholarships can follow their
notes without even trying to understand the studies at any schools around the world for free
principles. Therefore, students often assume of charge or with half payment.
that they understand and eventually they will According to Vietnamnet 06/05/2021, 144 good
never remember things that they have learned students who participated in the national team
before. selection exam for the International Olympic
Also, Examination is not a true test for Games will be exempted from the high school
knowledge, it tests nothing but students' graduation exam and considered for direct
ability to memorize and fulfill the desires of admission to universities and colleges in 2021.
examiners and limit the creativity of
students," said by Benson Okello (2015).
Furthermore, Cheating in exams usually
occurred. According to Tuoi Tre newspaper
(02/08/2019) has reported that in Son La
province, 44 candidates have improved their
scores in the 2018 national entrance exam ,
in which many candidates have parents who
are holding important positions in this
province. According to Los Angeles Times,
reported that on March 12,2019, federal
authorities arrested five people in California for
allegedly taking English exams to help Chinese
people get student visas.

Argument I’m going to continue by giving our second I’m going to continue by giving our second
2 reason, which is Health problems. reason, which is Create competition.

Firstly, before exams , most students tend to Exams also create competition among the
cram and stay up late to review the lessons, as individuals, which push them to acquire more
a result, it has a detrimental impact on knowledge.
health. Furthermore ,competition in schools leads to
Examinations will also cause children to have valuable skills. When children face competitive
stress. Consequently, there are many commit exams at school, they not only gain individual
suicide cases that can be seen in newspaper in skills, like resilience and motivation, but they
 our country recently such as a large number of also build on important interpersonal skills.
students who get unsatisfied results in the According to Giaoduc.net (25/10/2018) states
exam. Ann Pietrangelo (2017) said, "Humans that competitive activities actually help
find it harder to fall asleep or stay asleep students learn to let others have their turn, see
because of stress and stress also leads to things from others’ point of view, and build a
insomnia." strong character in spite of failure. These are
They are often in a state of tension and skills that help prepare students for the
anxiety. When a child lives with toxic stress, workplace later in life.
the chances of having depression, involving in In the current world, competition is everywhere.
abuse, violence is greatly higher. If you become a president, there is a
Besides, dreadful examinations can cause competition, if you want to become a gold
personal problems such as peer pressure and medalist, there is a competition. Without
low confidence in students. competition, it is hard to survive in this world.
According to vietnamnet On April 10, a male
student at Nguyen Khuyen High School jumped So, it is good to create competition among
to his death at school because of academic school students and you can make that possible
pressure and fulfill parents’ expectations by holding examinations in different stages. Also,
exams are an excellent tool to determine the
Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve talked about efficacy of teaching methods because teachers
quality and health problems. We have clearly get an opportunity to monitor and evaluate their
shown that Examinations should be replaced teaching strategies according to their student's
with other forms of assessment. For these progress.
reasons we beg to propose.
Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve talked about
Opportunities and Creating competition.
We have clearly shown that Examinations
should not be replaced with other forms of
assessment. For these reasons we beg to
oppose.
Refutation I’m going to refute the first point of the I’m going to refute the first point of the
1 negative team; then my partner will refute affirmative team; then my partner will refute
their second reason. Their first reason was their second reason. Their first reason was
opportunity. They said that If students get Quality. They said that testing is a certain kind of
good marks, they will receive scholarships or skill , if you have a good memory you will get
rewards. high scores.
It's not true because In order to get good It‘s not always true that examination is a chance
grades, students try hard to memorize the to self analyze their abilities. Thanks to the
subjects which they are being taught in examination, students might know their level of
schools. performance and knowledge with a view to
It would limit the amount of knowledge the finding out the best way to learn for themself.
students are acquiring. Most of the students In addition, it’s not only a tool for learning and
begin to cram the course, without working but also encouragement for learning
understanding it properly. They may get good and working.
grades at school, but cramming will never So I believe that “Examinations should not be
help them in the practical field as their replaced with other forms of assessment
concepts are not cleared completely. As a
result, it's not fair to other students.
So I believe that “Examinations should be
replaced with other forms of assessment
Refutation I’m going to refute the second point of the I’m going to refute the second point of the
2 negative team, which is Competition. They affirmative team, which is health problems. They
said that “ Exams could create competition said that examinations put students under
among the individuals and push them to pressure. As a result, they might be depressed
acquire more knowledge . and have personal problems.
This is not important.
It’s not true because competition will These exams can be very stressful and the
create pressure and negative emotions majority of students usually do worse in normal
for students. Sometimes because of exams compared to in other forms of
competing with someone, when witnessing assessment.
excellence from teachers and However, it may be a good early practice for
friends.Students will become depressed and students for their future if success depends on
lose their self-confidence. the ability to deal with pressure and perform
That is not good for students' emotional well on big occasions.
development at all. So I believe Examinations should not be
In addition , Friendships are fragile. In replaced with other forms of assessment
school, competition cannot be avoided, but
too much competition will lead to the
destruction of relationships .This is one of
the main disadvantages to holding exams in
school.
So I believe that “Examinations should be
replaced with other forms of assessment