Nid: 27492 Presentation Goals Requirements Syllabus Methodology Academics Syllabus First Week Discourse Analysis and Introduction to Political Debate Principles of Argumentation Introduction to the fundamental structures of argumentation and presentation of the most common fallacies Basic Analysis of Political Discourse Application of argumentation principles to the analysis of both current and historical political speeches Debate Practice, on topics in four main areas State Justice Freedom Democracy Visit to the Parliament of Catalonia Second Week Creating your political discourse Rhetoric and Parliamentary Discourse: Introduction to rhetorical techniques for text writing and effective oral expression Autonomous source research: Explanation of criteria for assessing the reliability of various information sources Daily discourse development and feedback Debate with an experienced politician Final event: discourse presentation