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Classroom Debate Guidelines 2021

The document outlines guidelines for a classroom debate contest, including formatting rules and a timeline. It provides details on team structure, speaker roles and time limits, and the evaluation process. Teams will be assigned a motion/resolution one week prior and debates will follow an Asian Parliamentary format. The contest consists of preliminary rounds to determine semi-finalists, leading to a final debate to name the winning team.

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Classroom Debate Guidelines 2021

The document outlines guidelines for a classroom debate contest, including formatting rules and a timeline. It provides details on team structure, speaker roles and time limits, and the evaluation process. Teams will be assigned a motion/resolution one week prior and debates will follow an Asian Parliamentary format. The contest consists of preliminary rounds to determine semi-finalists, leading to a final debate to name the winning team.

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SPEAKING 2

CLASSROOM DEBATE GUIDELINES


• The motion/resolution is provided one week before the debate contest for the teams to prepare. The
2 teams will be randomly assigned to be the Affirmative/ Government or the Negative/ Opposition.
• The debate follows and adapts the Asian Parliamentary format.
• There are 2 teams of 3 speakers each. The team that supports the topic is called the Affirmative/
Government, and the team that opposes the topic is called the Negative/ Opposition.
• Each speaker speaks for 3 minutes, in alternating order. First speaker from Affirmative/ Government,
then first speaker from Negative/ Opposition, then second speaker from Affirmative/ Government, then
second speaker from Negative/Opposition and so on. (Overall, the debate should be in about 20
minutes.)
• Each speaker plays a role in the debate as shown in the following table:

ROLE AFFIRMATIVE/ GOVERNMENT NEGATIVE/ OPPOSITION

• Introduction + Thesis statement


• Introduction + Thesis statement
• Agreement/Disagreement upon the
• Definition of the motion’s key terms
definition of the motion’s key terms
• Preview of the speakers’ roles
given by the Affirmative
1st speaker • Argument 1
• Preview of the speakers’ roles
(3 minutes) • Ending
• Rebuttal of the Affirmative’s
Point 1
• Argument 1
• Ending

• Introduction • Introduction
• Rebuttal of the Negative’s Point 1 • Rebuttal of the Affirmative’s
2nd speaker • Recap of Argument 1 Point 2
(3 minutes) • Argument 2 • Recap of Argument 1
• Ending • Argument 2
• Ending

• Introduction • Introduction
3rd speaker • Rebuttals of the Negative’s Point 1 • Rebuttals of the Affirmative’s
and 2 Point 1 and 2
(3 minutes) • Summary of Argument 1 & 2 • Summary of Argument 1 & 2
• Ending • Ending

• There is a TIMEKEEPER who keeps the time in a debate. He or she times how long each speaker speaks
and presses a buzzer/shows some signal to indicate that the speaker has 30 seconds left.
• There are 2 “examiners” to evaluate each debater’s performance:
− Examiner 1 (the teacher): Evaluate each of the Affirmative/Negative’s speakers (analytical) &
the effectiveness of the whole debate (holistic)  In-class Assignment 2 Scores
− Examiner 2 (the audience): Vote for the winning team  The winning team earns 5 bonus points
added to the In-class Assignment 2 Scores
SPEAKING 2

DEBATE CONTEST TIMELINE

WEEK ACTIVITY NOTES


9 ● Qskills – Unit 5
5 May 2021 Debate Contest Introduction
− Form teams of 2 - 3 members (8 teams
of 3 and 2 teams of 2 = 28 students)
− Be randomly assigned with the Debate
Order
10 ● Qskills – Unit 6
12 May 2021 Debate First Round
− Team 1 vs Team 2  Winner A
− Team 3 vs Team 4  Winner B
11 ● Qskills – Unit 7
19 May 2021 Debate First Round
− Team 5 vs Team 6  Winner C
− Team 7 vs Team 8  Winner D
12 ● Qskills – Unit 8 Winner E is exempted
26 May 2021 Debate First Round (teams of 2) from the Semi-final
− Team 9 vs Team 10  Winner E round and goes directly
to the Final Round.
13 Debate Semi-Final Round
2 June 2021 − Winner A vs Winner B  Winner F
− Winner C vs Winner D  Winner G
14 Debate Final Round Winner E recruits 1
9 June 2021 − Winner E vs Winner F more member
− Winner F vs Winner G
− Winner E vs Winner G
15 ● Review
16 June 2021 ● Final Examination Preparation

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