We held a cosmos "debate and lecture" by the School of Letters

School of Letters Department of English School of Letters, held a cosmos of knowledge "Communication Debate and Lecture" (Cosmos No.338 of the Faculty of Letters) on June 9th at Shonan Campus This department sponsors the "Japan-US Friendship Debate Japan Tour 2017" conducted by the Japan Debate Association and the International Discussion and Debate Committee of the American Communication Society. John · M · Keppato III of California State University-Northridge, which was visiting Japan on a tour Associate Professor and Alison Fousuto's and Regis University, Wake Forest University Graduate School the Elijah Smith's invited to the university, carried out It is what I did.

Students, graduates, and local residents of this department participated on the day. The first part Isao Ayabe Associate Professor (Department of English that is a member of Naohisa Honda "English Debate study group" that) is guidance (School of Letters Department of English 4 year students) and Zurufakaru-Ashraf's (School of Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) held an English exchange debate with Mr. Alison and Mr. Elijah. Under the theme of "This hospital resolves that hate speech should be banned," the Japanese team was divided into the positive side and the American team was divided into the negative side for discussion. Mr. Honda and Mr. Zulfakar said, "I was ready for this agenda, so I was able to convey my opinion firmly. I would like to make use of this experience and look at various information." Elijah said, "I heard that Japanese debates are quiet, but they clearly asserted their thoughts and changed their image. It's a debate in a language other than their mother tongue, so we There must have been some hardships that I had never felt. If I had the opportunity, I would like to try another theme. "

Associate Professor Keppert, who studies debate guidance, public debate, political rhetoric, gender theory, etc. in the United States, will give a lecture on "US presidential election and social media (SNS)". "In the 2016 US presidential election, various opinions sent on SNS moved the people. On SNS, a lot of misleading information is also sent, and we have the media literacy to identify the correct information. It is necessary to attach it. Debate education that decides one's own thoughts while touching various information is very effective. "Associate Professor Ayabe, who mainly managed this event, said, "The debate allows you to grow yourself while listening to opinions that differ from your own. I hope that the participants will be interested in it as much as possible." talked.