HSC Class 12th ( writing skills )_ A GROUP DISCUSSION
Assessment Criteria:
Content – 02
Sequence/flow of ideas - 01
Appropriateness (language usage) - 01 = 04 Marks
A group discussion refers to a communicative situation that allows its participants to share their views and opinions with other participants. It is a systematic exchange of information, views and opinions about a topic, problem, issue or situation among the members of a group who share some common objectives.
Group discussion is an important activity in academic, business and administrative spheres. It is a. systematic and purposeful interactive oral process. Here the exchange of ideas, thoughts and feelings take
place through oral communication.
1) Case study topics- The case study tries to simulate a real-life situation. ...
2) Controversial topics- Controversial topics are the ones that are argumentative in nature. ...
3) Abstract topics- Abstract topics are about intangible things and often their possibility cannot be ruled out.
Example No. 1
Imagine that you have recently discussed with your friends on ‘the benefits of travelling’, write the
same discussion in the form of dialogues that you have experienced. Write suitable dialogues for each
participant giving his/her opinion on the given topic.
Answer:
I: Hello Rajesh! How are you?
Rajesh: Hello Tushar! I am fine. I have just come from the four-day journey from Goa. Arnav was also with me.
I: Yes. I couldn’t join you this time. How’s your travelling? Did you both enjoy it?
Arnav: Yes. Really travelling gives you immense joy. We both enjoyed a lot.
Rajesh: If we feel to refresh ourselves; travelling is necessary. We should take some time from our busy schedule and go for travelling.
I: Yes. I agree. Travelling refreshes our mind and soul but sometimes we don’t get good experience if our planning is not appropriate.
Arnav: Its true. If we make a good plan and arrangements, we will get good time to visit special places, to buy different and unique things and to feel the strength of the nature.
Rajesh: Yes Arnav. These are the real benefits of travelling. One thing I want to add is that travelling gives us new experience and confidence to tackle different situations.
I: I agree. Travelling is the best media to learn different things. We get knowledge of historical places,
religious places, culture of the land and custom and traditions of different area.
Rajesh: True. OK. Next time do join us for new trip. Bye.
I: Yes. OK. Bye Rajesh. Bye Arnav.
Arnav: Bye.
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Example -2
Form various groups in your class and have a group discussion on the following topic.
Who should choose the career of a child – parents or children?
Answer -
Introduction
Passing 10+2 is crucial, what to do next – is even more critical. Making a right career choice involves a lot of thinking as you have to analyze various fields of studies and right colleges. Now, days,
most of the students are forced to opt a career according to the choice of their parents.
Parents are the major influential factor in the career development of a child.
The world is changing and the dreams of each child change accordingly. Children should also be
given the right to choose their career path and live their dreams but the real world experience of parents definitely can't be put on a back seat. So, who should be the one choosing a career for a child - the child himself, parents or both together?
Parents should choose the career of a child
Tom: Desire of parents – Every child should be more grateful to his parents in this world. Parents are the ones who suffer a lot of difficulties and bring up their kids so that they can live a healthy and happier life. It is the desire of every parent to see their children well settled in their life and thus, they have the right to choose a better career for their kids.
John: Reduces the pressure on children – Thinking of making a suitable career takes on a serious note mostly during the exam times. Children should leave the choice of their career on their parents and must focus on the on-going exams. They should not be under pressure in any ways.
Jolly: Maturity – Children may sometimes land up in taking wrong decisions about their career. Even if parents do not make their career choice, they can at least guide their kids to take a good decision. Parents are the burning candle in the life of a student.
Alfie: Support – Parents provide an immense support to their kids by guiding and choosing them a right career path. No parents would like to spoil their child's future by taking a wrong decision.
George: Experience – We should always remember that parents are much more experienced than the children. They have seen the world better than their kids and thus, their decision would be better and
correct.
OR
Children should choose their own career
George: Right to choose – Every child has the right to choose their own career and they have the right to live their dreams.
Alfie: Knows himself better – A child can only know his interests and abilities better than anyone else. He knows his subjects and areas of interest and thus, can decide his career path easily.
Jolly: Interesting – If children choose a career according to the wishes of their parents, they will have a boring academic life as they would face a lack of interest. College life is the best phase of a student's life. To enjoy this phase and make it more interesting, a child should choose his/her own career path.
John: Facing pressure – If you follow a career path chosen by your parents and which is not of your interest, you will have to face a lot of challenges and pressure. To avoid such situations, choose a career
which interests you the most.
Conclusion
Parents like their kids, might also have had some dream in their teen age. Most of the parents fail to achieve their dreams due to family or financial issues. In such cases, parents force their kids to adopt
their dreams. They try to see themselves in their kids.
Admission time is near the corner and it is a crucial period in the life of most of the students. It is always better that parents and children should decide together on the career they would pursue. The
children can get the information about the latest trends while the parents can get their practical experience to the table to make a decision.
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➢ Examples for practice-
1 Group Discussion
Imagine that you have recently discussed with your friends on ‘the benefits of travelling’, write the same discussion in the form of dialogues that you have experienced. Write suitable dialogues for each participant giving his/her opinion on the given topic.
2 Group Discussion
Imagine that you have recently discussed with your friends on ‘Mobile Addiction’, write the same discussion in the form of dialogues that you have experienced. Write suitable dialogues for each participant giving his/her opinion on the given topic.
3 Group Discussion
Imagine that you have recently discussed with your friends on ‘Good Handwriting’, write the same discussion in the form of dialogues that you have experienced. Write suitable dialogues for each participant
giving his/her opinion on the given topic.
4 Group Discussion
Imagine that you have passed the entrance examination to get entry into the armed forces. As a test, you participated in a group discussion session with four other candidates on the topic ‘Flood Situation and Mitigating the Natural Disasters’. Write the same discussion in the form of dialogues that you have experienced. Write suitable dialogues for each participant giving his/her opinion on the given topic.
5 Group Discussion
Imagine that you have participated in the inter-college group discussion contest on the occasion of National Youth Day. There were three other contenders with you in the final round of the contest and the topic of the discussion was ‘Paper Books are better than the E-Books’. Write the same discussion in the form of dialogues that you have experienced. Write suitable dialogues for each participant giving his/her opinion on the given topic.
