Importance of Developing Debating Skills

Decades of educational research have proven that the advantages that accrue as a result of engaging in the debate are numerous. Debate provides experiences that are conducive to life-changing, cognitive, and presentational skills.

Besides, through debate debaters acquire unique educational benefits as they learn and polish skills far beyond what is often learned in the other setting. At the very least, debate helps learners to ascertain the facility of deploying rational, reasoned arguments and compelling evidence in action. It enables them to elucidate their standpoint by utilizing rhetorical eloquence. It instills in debaters an excellent sense of poise and confidence. It teaches them the talents of researching, organizing, and compellingly presenting the information. Debating is by no means equivalent to getting into a full-on argument. In fact, you'll get to develop a succinct, effective argument, which can gain your support and kudos, instead of blindly attacking your opponent. While you would possibly not debate on a day-to-day basis, the likelihood is that you'll become involved in small disagreements and differences of opinion. Debating, rather than arguing, can assist you to defuse a rapidly escalating situation. instead of raising your voice, take a step back and choose your words wisely. Debating helps you to develop essential critical thinking skills – the power to form reasoned and well thought out arguments additionally to questioning the evidence behind a specific stance or conclusion. Critical thinking will assist you to become interested in new ideas while also retaining A level of skepticism and building a healthy attitude to questioning. it'll also assist you to become more humble – well, you can’t be right all the time!

By: Jyoti Nayak

Birla School, Pilani