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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.
In most high school tour-nament settings, Policy Team Debate involves learning about, and discuss-ing, real world problems and solutions, essentially boiling down to: why prob-lems exist and how an example of the Resolution called the Afirmative Plan, can solve the problems without creat-ing new ones.
Debating is a more formal way of communicating. It builds confidence and self-esteem, and develops critical thinking and reasoning skills. If we can speak publicly and convey our ideas and thoughts coherently, we have a valuable tool that can aid us in our public, private and future lives.
Download Resource 11 (pdf) RESOURCE 11. Parliamentary Debate Format. Parliamentary Debate is modeled after British parliamentary procedure and is an academic debate format used in competitive high school and university tournaments.
First Affirmative Speaker Template 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Good afternoon Mr/Madam Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen. (Use Madam or Mr depending upon the gender of the Chairman.) 2. The topic for our debate is “That… DEFINITION 2A. We define the topic as (Explain what the topic means. Define the key or important words in the topic.
The Oxford-style debate format offers opposing sides of a topic to intelligently exchange arguments and rebuttals: an “affirmative” team supports convincing arguments to the motion, while a “negative” team refutes the points made by the affirmative team.
debates range from intricate policy advocacy (like one may hear in the halls of Congress) to more light hearted metaphorical argument. The debaters speak extemporaneously in public debate, using only the notes they have made during the debate and preparation period.
