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MODULE 1: THE BASICS

OF DEBATE

MODULE 2: THE ASIANPARLIAMENTARYDEBATE

MODULE 3: BASIC SPEECH

CONSTRUCTION


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TYPES OF

DEBATE


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DEBATES IN

REAL LIFE


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Inter-Universit!C"##e$i%te

C"ntests De&%tes


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FORMATS OF

COLLE'IATEDEBATES


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The ASIAN PARLIAMENTARY

format


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The BRITISH PARLIAMENTARYformat


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HO( (ILL YOU BE

RATED)


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AD*UDICATORSassess your speech and performance as a team

according to the following criteria matter!method and manner


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-E/IDENCES UPON (HICH YOUR CASE ISBASED0 IT INCLUDES UOTES STATISTICSFACTS AND E/IDENCE THAT YOU MAY BE

ABLE TO PUT FOR(ARD TO PRO/E0 THE T(OCORNER STONES OF MATTER ARE LO'IC ANDRELE/ANCE0 LO'IC REFERS TO FACTS ORE/IDENCES THAT MAES THE ANOTHERMORE LIELY0 RELE/ANCE REFERS TO(HETHER YOUR E/IDENCES ANDAR'UMENTS THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE

APPLIED TO THE TOPIC AND ARE RELE/ANTTO (HAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLYDEBATIN' ABOUT0 4DOES THIS AR'UMENTMAE OUR TEAM MORE LIELY TO

SUCCEED)5


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It is the way youdeliver your speech" It

includes everythingthat goes towards thepresentation of your

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Use "6 "7r v"i8e0Try not to spea# in a monotone! andremember to pause when appropriate"

'est7res"$ou should use some gestures! but try to avoidwaving your arms too much"

Use "6 n"tes" %se palm cards or a sheet of paper for yournotes and ma#e sure not to wave these things"

H79"r" &here appropriate! humor wor#s well and it relaxesthe audience and ma#es them more willing to listen to you"

Ee 8"nt%8t"The more you loo# at the audience! the better"'lways face the audience( never turn around to address the

opposition when ma#ing rebuttal"

Keep in mind that teams in a debate dont choose

which side you are on so dont get personal with theother team. Insults directed at your opponents only ma#eyou loo# rude and petty in the eyes of the audience" It couldeven lead to the breach of the code of conduct" 'ttac# only

their arguments! but dont attac# them personally)


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Refers to the structure ororgani*ation of your speech

and how it tsinto yourteams case as a ;"#e"There are three ma+or

components of methodinternal! team! and the

dynamics"


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INTERNAL( the way your own speechis constructed" ,very speech should

have a recogni*able beginning-introduction. middle -body. and end-conclusion." To succeed in this

aspect! have a clear understanding atthe start of your speech of what yourspeech should accomplish then follow

the structure! concluding byhighlighting what your speech hasachieved! in the over(all scheme of

your teams case"


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TEAM( the way your speech ts intothe team case as a whole" Ideally!

your speeches should be consistentwith each other! but expansive andshould not be repetitive" This is an

area with which new teams oftenhave trouble coming to grips! for it is

a team problem! not an individual

one" 'lways ma#e sure that youwor# together how each speech ts

into the over(all plan"


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THE DYNAMICS OF DEBATE-

the aspect of debating that ma#es a

debate di/erent to a collection ofspeeches" ,ach spea#er shouldrecogni*e the crucial issues in the

debate at one point" $our speech shouldre0ect this understanding( there is nevera better opportunity to undermine theoppositions most valuable argumentthan in the rst sixty seconds of your

speech" This is the aspect of debatingthat new debaters have trouble with

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