1. 自介： We are a group of NTU students/alumni with different education backgrounds who are interested in starting a culturally diverse and intellectually challnging study group. 2. 对象： Anyone who speaks decent English, self-motivated, and is willing to broaden your perspectives by reading and discussing with others. 3. 目标： 1. improve oral skills in English 2. develop abilities to think critically 3. expand our knowledges in areas we are not familiar with 4. 原因： see above 5. 地点： Barista cafe, just across the side gate of NTU (prone to change) 6. 时间： Wednesday 6:30-9:00 pm 7. 方式： I. Idea sharing (2 hr) Each of us will make a brief presentation (5~10 min) on a specific topic. There is no limitation to what you share. You can simply talk about what you just learned from a magazine, a column on a newspaper, a TV program, or even some conversation with your friends. The basic idea is that as long as the idea is new and interesting to you and you would like to share with us, you are very welcome to bring it to the meeting. After the speech, 5 min will be reserved for people to ask questions and make supplements. This session is aimed at exposing ourselves in areas we are not familiar with in order to expand our perspectives. II. Debate (1.5 hr) This session will be precisely timed to make sure we make the best use of every minute. The timing pressure will also be of a good practice for making points clear within a limited time. We will make host rotations per week. The host will be responsible for choosing the issue of debate, initiating the process by making a brief introduction, and making sure every speech is precisely timed. Host's introduction (5 min) Team-dividing, work period (5 min) Position presentation - Pro (5 min) Position presentation - Con (5 min) Work Period (4 min) Rebuttal - Pro (4 min) Rebuttal - Con (4 min) Work Period (3 min) Response - Pro (2 min) Response - Con (2 min) Work period (1 min) Position summary - Pro (2 min) Position summary - Con (2 min) Announcement of winner, post-debate discussions (5 min) Dismissal 8. 范围： not restricted 9. 人数限制： max 8, thus we are looking for 3-4 new members, preferrably with education backgrounds in politics, economics, history, international relationships, managements, or medicine. 10.解散条件： we will make new recruitments whenever people drop out Please email to me through [email protected] (Sean Yeoh). --

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