Grade 12 STEM H
Debate Grouping
Round 1 September 10, 2018
This house believes that the Filipino subject should be taken out from the curriculum.
Opening Government
Prime Minister:
Auza
 Parameter
 For the international schools only
 Not in our own country
 We Filipinos will use the subject
because it is part of our culture
 41 seconds
Deputy Prime Minister:
Lumacad
 The voice is not audible enough.
 The way she spoke did not clearly
present words. It sounds as though
she is eating her words.
 Juncture needs to be improved in
her delivery
 1:03
Closing Government
Member:
Arboleras
 Rebuttals
 Nervousness actually comes out
 What if Filipinos in international
schools want to take the subject?
They can take it in other schools.
 There are a lot of students who
come from different places. They
have chosen to study in an
Opening Opposition
Leader of the Opposition:
Tiogangco
 Students are not good in the subject
 Some students cannot understand
the subject
 For example, there are students
from other countries. They will not
understand our language and it will
take time to understand it
 It will add cost in looking for a tutor
to understand the subject
 1:12
Deputy Leader of the Opposition:
Mandin
 Mentioned the parameters
 Challenged the parameters (are you
sure that only international
students are there? What about
Filipinos who are in those schools?)
 The subject contains information
 It represents those filipinos who are
studying in international schools
 Filipino subject helps international
students to know the Filipino
cultures and traditions, if they want
to visit the country
 Lumacad: Do students from other
countries care about the filipino
subject? Lloyd: Yes, if they want to
visit the Philippines, they will know
the culture of the Filipinos
 Filipino students can show to other
students what it means to be a
Filipino
 We have different kinds of dialects
 3:34
Closing Opposition
Member:
Doblados
 Being a Filipino is a great feeling,
especially sharing what you are.
 We need to share what we have.
 Our nation is a very nice place to
visit. What will happen if the
foreign people will not know about
our traditions and how we live our
lives?
 international school.  If the Filipino subject is taken out, it
 The Filipino language can be may be forgotten.
learned through time.  Lumacad: Parameter said that it is
 English should be the focus because for international schools only, not in
it is a global language; it is more our country—however, this is not
useful because the people can speak what came out from the mouth of
and understand English. the PM.
 We should not force them to learn a
 Angelica: do you think there is a
language that is not familiar to need to learn the Filipino language
them. even if they already know the
 3:18 English language? Angel: There are
Filipinos who are not fluent in
English.
 Don’t you think that it is more
convenient for Filipinos to learn the
English language instead?
 Auza: how can we be sure that they
are interested in our culture? (The
voice of Auza is not clear and loud
enough) Angel: Our culture and
traditions are much more … (long
pause)...In the first place, they
should have not visited our country
if they are not interested.
 6:22
Whip: Whip:
Tariga Guioguio
 Kept on laughing  Summary
 It’s okay to communicate to other  His speech mixed words from the
people, talking and chatting government and the opposition (he
 No organization in his sentences mentioned that the LO set
 1:06 parameters)
 His summary was not given with
good explanations
 The situation mentioned came from
the previous speaker
 3:06