English: Debates and speeches

Develop learners’ speaking and listening skills with debates and speeches using these lessons, activities and supporting tools

Tes Resources Team

Microphone in front of a crowd; debates and speeches resources for secondary English students

Speaking and listening lessons, activities and supporting tools for exploring debating and speeches

Improving speaking and listening skills, building self-esteem, learning to write persuasively and deliver arguments convincingly are essential life skills. So, why not get started? We’ve picked out a few of our favourite resources shared by teachers in the Tes community to help you do exactly that.

If you're also looking for resources to develop students' public speaking skills, check out these hand-picked resources for supporting students with public speaking.