Learn the skills to communicate your thoughts and ideas.
Overview
This peer-teaching workshop is proposed by international students from ToTAL and led by students. Faculty members provide guidance as needed while ensuring smooth facilitation.
In this class, students learn how to construct a persuasive opinion, using lectures and games on a single topic. The first lecture, in which participation is mandatory, explains the benefits of learning, how the class will proceed and an ice-breaker game is conducted. From then on, the class is free participation style, and over the course of three lectures, students aim to be able to logically convey their opinions in a discussion forum.
The Debate Club teaching team produces this workshop to suit the needs of Japanese students.
| 📂 Category | Initiative |
| 📌 Keywords | Logical Thinking, Public Speaking, Persuasion, Critical Thinking, Diverse Perspectives, Ability to Convey One’s Message |
| 🎯 Objectives | Overcome the fear of public speaking and build confidence in delivering arguments. Develop logical structuring skills and persuasive argumentation. Improve clarity and effectiveness in communication. |
| 🌐 Language | Japanese |
| 👥 Target Participants | Graduate & Undergraduate Students |
| 🗓 Format | Multiple sessions（2-hour in-person） |
| ✅ Past & Upcoming Sessions | Option 1 (Suzukakedai) Wednesday, April 30, 18:00-20:00 Wednesday, June 4, 18:00-20:00 Wednesday, July 2, 18:00-20:00 Option 2 (Ookayama) Wednesday, May 14, 18:30-20:30 Wednesday, June 18, 18:00-20:00 Wednesday, July 16, 18:00-20:00 |
| 📍 Venue | Suzukakedai Sessions: J3-309A Ookayama Sessions: S6-309A |
| 🌟 Recommended for | Those who want to enhance logical thinking and persuasive speaking skills. Those who feel uneasy about public speaking and want to gain confidence in expressing themselves. Those who want to practise sending out messages clearly. |
| 📊 Points | 2 points for each session (Points to be awarded to students enrolled in the courses for credits. Please refer to the syllabus for details.) |
| 🎟️ Capacity | 20 participants |
Main Content
Lecture and games picking up one of the argumentation skills
Facilitators
Tasuku Watanabe
PhD Student, Institute of Science Tokyo
Toma Ikeda
PhD Student, Institute of Science Tokyo
Contact Faculty
Yuri Matsuzaki, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Academy for Leadership
📩 matsuzaki.y.77a9 [at] m.isct.ac.jp