1st SPEAKER (OPPOSITION) 6 MINUTESThank You madam/mr. speakerSPEAK SLOWLY!A very good morning to Madam /Mr. Speaker, honorable judges, members of the government team, time-keeper and members of the house. The motion of todays debate is this house believes that VIRTUAL LEARNING IS BETTER THAN TEACHERS .We, the opposition, are strongly against this motion.Members of the house, we the opposition agree with the definitions proposed by the government team:Nevertheless, we the opposition strongly disagree with todays motion based on the following points;1. The crucial role of a teacher in effective learning 2. Skills required in effective learning3. Monitoring and evaluating learning

I will be addressing the first point. My second speaker, will address the second and third points. Whereas the third speaker will rebut and refute the governments points so that the truth is revealed and you are not misled by them.Members of the House,Before I enter into the Opposition first argument in detail, I would like to refute some of the points put forth by the Honourable Prime Minister:LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY AND TAKE NOTES HERE:1. He claimed that.Why it is inaccurate, unbelievable, false or that you will deal with the issue later in your speech.2. The Prime Minister also stated that.Why it is inaccurate, unbelievable, false or that you will deal with the issue later in your speech.SLOW DOWN!!My dearest opponent, you have to face the fact that a machine can never ever take over the place of a teacher. This is because a teacher is there for you when you are down and de motivated. Teachers have feelings and empathies. As human beings, we need these as we continue our quest for knowledge. Members of the House,Allow me to proceed with our first argument. In our arguments we stress on the importance of effective learning . Effective learning is when a student is able to remember, understand and apply information.Thus, teachers share a significant role in preparing students for this. The Australian professional Standard for teachers reflect and build on national and international evidence that a teachers effectiveness has a powerful impact on students. Teachers especially effective teachers can be a source of inspiration and equally importantly, provide a dependable and consistent influence on students as they make choices about further education, work and life. All these cannot I repeat CANNOT BE REPLACED BY MACHINES OR COMPUTERS!!!!Members of the House,One of the main goals of the Malaysian Education is to have a world class system of education. This clearly indicated in recently introduced Malaysian Education Transformation Blueprint. The greatest resource to materialize this is the teachers. Teachers account the vast majority of expenditure in school education and have the greatest impact on student learning, far outweighs the impact of any other education tools such as a Frog VLE. No doubt Frog VLE has enhanced the learning in Malaysian students however, a teacher is still indeed

Most of the virtual learning software and websites are in English. For countries whereby the medium of instruction is not English such as Malaysia, this is a huge setback should learning be replaced by virtual learning. While we do have software and websites designed in our own language, it would definitely not be at par with the ones in English. Hence, students who are not competent in English will encounter difficulties trying to acquire the lessons. On the contrary, situations are different in classrooms whereby teachers are available.H. Douglas Brown in 2007 mentioned that teachers can play many roles in the course of teaching effectively. Thus, this