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Rules. debate has a Chairman who conducts the debate and a timekeeper who records the time of each speaker. There are two teams: . an Affirmative – the team that agrees with the topic; and. a Negative – the team that disagrees with the topic. Each side consists of three members; first, second and third speakers.
Chapter 1: Debate Tournaments. Chapter 2: The Rudiments of Rhetoric. Chapter 3: The Debate Process. Chapter 4: Debating, Negative Options and Approaches, or, THE BIG 6. Chapter 5: Step By Step, Or, It’s My Turn & What Do I Do Now? Chapter 6: Ten Helpful Little Hints. Chapter 7: Public Speaking Made Easy. Chapter 8: Conclusion. Contents. 1. 5. 11.
A STUDENT GUIDE TO DEBATE. 1. Debate Structure. 2 teams – Proposition & Opposition. 3 speakers per team. 1.1 Who else is present? Speaker of the House – chairs the debate; technically all speeches and points of information are directed to him/her, they call each debater to the floor, etc. Timekeeper. Judge(s) Audience Members. 1.2 National Times.
Basic debate structure. There are many types of debate formats. Below we give a detailed overview of a commonly used, easy to understand format. In this case the debate will take about half an hour and con-sist of 2 teams of 2 participants. Preparation Opening speeches Discussion Closing speeches. 5 minutes. 2 minutes pro; 2 minutes contra.
Rules of academic debate format "Karl Popper” for debate competitions taking place in the debate season 2013/2014. 1 Introductory provisions. 1.1 Objectives and principles of the debate program. The objective of the debate program is to aid in developing the skills, capabilities and knowledge of participants in an attractive way.
The structure determining the rules of the debate: number of debaters, length of the speeches, interventions and the role of each speaker. House Comprises the Adjudicators, Moderator, Debaters, audience, etc.
Establishing the rules and format of the debate Every debate should have a pre established format and set of rules where speaking time is fairly divided between the pro and contra team.
