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Debating : an introduction

SMK BERBAGI PRESTASI Madiun November 1, 2013

Getting to know debating


Debating is a clash of argumentations among the Government team and Opposition team Everything starts from the word motion The soul of debating is to argue on policies, or propositions of thought; good or bad, effective or not effective, useful or useless Who shouts the loudest does not win!

Competitive Debating 101


Situated in tournaments; competition of supremacy among teams The many formats; British Parliamentary, World Schools, Asian Parliamentary, Australasian Parliamentary -> the generally used formats Winners of a debate is determined by a or a team of adjudicator(s)

Competitive Debating 102


Except for British Parliamentary, a team comprises of 3 (three) debaters who would play the role of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd speakers A reply speaker closes the case for each team; this role can only be assumed by either the 1st and/or 2nd speaker Each substantive speaker (1st to 3rd) is allowed the same duration of floor time, some formats with POI times A reply speaker is usually given between 3 to 4 minutes to conclude the teams case

Competitive Debating : 103 The map of chronologies

What it looks like

Keywords nice to take note of by now..


Motion Casebuilding Speaker roles Government/Positive/Proposition team Opposition/Negative/Refuting team Tournament format Adjudicators

Depth of Debating 101


MOTION Is the topic, a full propositional statement that states what the debate is/shall be about Usually proposes a policy, against the status quo, or affirming the virtue (goodness) of a state or condition A Government team must defend the motion, and the opposition team must negate the motion -> in a nutshell what competitive debating is about EXAMPLE : The house believe that the score of National Examination can be used as standard to enter university.

Depth of Debating 102.1


Definition Is a need to clarify what the debate is specifically about, per keyword of motion if necessary. But it is not a dictionary explanation of per word meaning. But what room of debate the words formulate. Scopes down a motion; to achieve a mutual agreement among both teams on the interpretation of the motion thus the entry point for a debate -> room of debate A Government team holds the right to determine and offer the definition of a debate, while the opposition can accept, or challenge the provided definition

Depth of Debating 102.2


A definition is ideal if : Provides interpretation of a motion that is logical and acceptable by common sense It is simply aimed to clarify the debate from the motion wording In setting a definition there should be room for opposition to negate the debate Examples of reasonable vs unreasonable definition.

Depth of Debating 103.1


ARGUMENTS Are points of view that supports the team stance (support/refute) It must be logical and make sense Structure (the AREL theory)
1. 2. 3. 4. Assertion Reasoning Evidence/Example Link Back

Depth of Debating 103.2


Argument Management Pool of arguments should be evenly and strategically spread between the 1st and 2nd speakers. Arguments should be consistent within the teams main stance (theme/team line). The workload of each speaker is distributed and is called team split.

Depth of Debating 104


REBUTTALS Are responses on your opponents arguments Its not as simple as accusing things Simply saying your oppositions arguments are inferior does not constitute a good rebuttal Rebuttals must logically explain and analyze the weaknesses of an argument

Depth of Debating 105


Points of Information (POI) Allowance to briefly interrupt a standing speaker Stand up, raise hand, and offer your POI Standing speaker has absolute right to accept/deny your POI If given permission to POI, the maximum time is 15 seconds, so be concise!

Depth of Debating 106


CASE of a team All of the above from 101-105 is the anatomy of the case of a team, which is practically the body of what the team is proposing in the debate The exciting part is that teams have mostly 30 minutes to do all of that

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Role of Speakers
1st : Lays out the basic fundaments of the teams case, including elementary argumentations 2nd : Continues the case by responding, rebuild the case and provide continuity analysis of argumentations 3rd : Reviews the overall case of opponent and provide a more thorough ballistics of response to argument. No new matter! Reply : Provide an overview of the debate and why their team deserves the debate

Strategy that must not be named!!


DEFINITIONAL CHALLENGE Highly not encouraged, it ends up in non-dynamic debates Only when the given definition is unfair and undebatable! -> Truistic, Squirelling, Tautological, Time Place setting But when a challenge is needed, it becomes compulsory for the opposition team to execute!

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