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8 - 11 yrs
Wed, Jun 25, 2025 - Jul 30, 2025
4:00pm - 5:30pm PDT
12 students
Class Experience
Learn to present your ideas and win arguments with Spontaneous Debate! In this fun and engaging class, students focus on fast-paced, one-on-one debates featuring exciting topics, and develop the skills they need to participate in debates and express their opinions with clarity and detail. Students learn to think on their feet, articulate their arguments, create rebuttals and counter-arguments, and explore both sides of a topic. Experienced instructors and detailed feedback in small classes!
Notes
To help make virtual classes & camps run smoothly, we would appreciate it if you could please look over the following guidelines:
• Aim to log in 10-15 minutes before class each day so we can check students off on our roster and put students in the right virtual breakout room classroom.
• Have the name of your student as the username when you log-in.
• For all camps, please have your camera and audio on (but muted). If there is no camera and/or audio, please let the instructor know through chat since it may affect some activities we do in class.
• Have paper & pencil available for classwork.
• For technical issues with Zoom, please make sure you update your Zoom before class. If that doesn’t solve issues, please restart your computer after updating. We will help the best we can with tech issues.
• If you are having trouble logging on, Zoom Support has let us know that manually typing in the Meeting ID and Password sometimes works better than simply clicking the link or copying and pasting the numbers
• If all of the above have been attempted, please try logging on with a different device if possible.
Other Things To Know
Our cancellation policy is located at https://communicationacademy.com/cancellation-policy/
How To Participate
Attend class via Zoom video
This class will be hosted on Zoom video conferencing platform. You will receive an email 30 minutes before class starts with a link to the class and access instructions. We recommend you make sure your device is up to date and meets all system requirements before class.
Reviews for Communication Academy
4.5 out of 5
Based on 35 provider ratings
Mehmet C.
Mar 1, 2025
Loved:
Friend and the environment
Improvements:
More debate related games
Confident Debate: SPAR (11-14Y)
Location: De Anza Classrooms
Anushadevi M.
Jan 11, 2025
Loved:
My son really enjoyed this camp. The teacher was amazing and provided great lessons, exercises and feedback to improve his articulatory skills. I feel his confidence is definitely improved to speak in front of others.
Combination - Academic Writing and Public Speaking (7-8y)
Location: De Anza Classrooms
Ariel C.
May 20, 2023
Loved:
Informative and knowledgeable about the programs offered.
Open House
Location: Zoom
Response from Communication Academy
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the open house, and it's always so wonderful to be able to answer questions and inform parents. Seeing parents interested and invested in the classes their children take is one of the high points of my work with Communication Academy!
Sudipti G.
Oct 29, 2022
Loved:
Nothing
Improvements:
Completely unsuitable for kids to teach public speaking skills. Too much focus on judicial terminology, teacher speaking 90% of the times, confusing young kids with technical terms and barely giving them a chance to practice their speaking skills.
Confident Debate: Mock Trial (8-11y)
Location: Zoom
Response from Communication Academy
Hello! I'm sorry to hear that. We do offer Public Speaking classes focused on the subjects you desired, but Mock Trial is one of our Debate classes, in which students develop and present speeches in a debate-focused environment, including learning about the requirements and strategies of debates before presenting speeches.
Vinesha P.
Jun 24, 2021
Loved:
We really liked how the material is taught and the activities provided. It's very engaging for students, even when the class is in online format. My daughter (8 years old) very much enjoyed the class.
Improvements:
Nothing
Confident Debate: Mock Trial (8-11y)
Location: Zoom | Instructor: Marie Ballentine
About Communication Academy
Communication Academy offers after school enrichment classes and camps all year round to students in grades K-12. We were the first to offer Public Speaking courses in Cupertino, CA and have since expanded to offer Debate, Writing, Reading, and Math. We work in partnership with numerous city recreations to offer our classes and camps throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. We believe that communication is the most important skill to have in life. Having great communication skills will lead you to success in whatever you choose to do.
