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    This document provides an overview of debate skills. It defines a debate as a formal method of presenting arguments for and against an issue according to explicit rules. Debates involve an affirmative and negative team, with each presenting reasons and evidence to persuade judges. Key debate skills include public speaking, critical thinking, research, listening, and teamwork. Supporting arguments requires providing examples, common sense reasoning, expert opinions, and statistics. Rebuttals require restating and refuting the opposing team's arguments while reaffirming your own. Practicing debates helps develop these important skills while increasing self-esteem and academic abilities.

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    This document provides an overview of debate skills. It defines a debate as a formal method of presenting arguments for and against an issue according to explicit rules. Debates involve an affirmative and negative team, with each presenting reasons and evidence to persuade judges. Key debate skills include public speaking, critical thinking, research, listening, and teamwork. Supporting arguments requires providing examples, common sense reasoning, expert opinions, and statistics. Rebuttals require restating and refuting the opposing team's arguments while reaffirming your own. Practicing debates helps develop these important skills while increasing self-esteem and academic abilities.

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    This document provides an overview of debate skills. It defines a debate as a formal method of presenting arguments for and against an issue according to explicit rules. Debates involve an affirmative and negative team, with each presenting reasons and evidence to persuade judges. Key debate skills include public speaking, critical thinking, research, listening, and teamwork. Supporting arguments requires providing examples, common sense reasoning, expert opinions, and statistics. Rebuttals require restating and refuting the opposing team's arguments while reaffirming your own. Practicing debates helps develop these important skills while increasing self-esteem and academic abilities.

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    Debate Skills

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    This document provides an overview of debate skills. It defines a debate as a formal method of presenting arguments for and against an issue according to explicit rules. Debates involve an affirmative and negative team, with each presenting reasons and evidence to persuade judges. Key debate skills include public speaking, critical thinking, research, listening, and teamwork. Supporting arguments requires providing examples, common sense reasoning, expert opinions, and statistics. Rebuttals require restating and refuting the opposing team's arguments while reaffirming your own. Practicing debates helps develop these important skills while increasing self-esteem and academic abilities.

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    Debate

    Skills
    Main Points

     What is a debate?
     Why debate?
     What skills are

    needed?

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    What is Debate?

     A formalmethod of presenting arguments in


    support and against a given issue in which
    debaters present reasons and evidence to
    persuade an audience or a group of judges

     Governed by some explicit rules

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    What is Debate?
    Common terms
     Resolution: a simple statement that is
    subjected to critical analysis.
     Affirmative team: supporting the resolution
    (‘pro’ side)
     Negative team: opposing the arguments
    offered by the affirmative team and offering
    arguments against the resolution (‘con’ side)
     Rebuttal: explaining why one team disagrees
    with the other team
     Judge: neutral third party, decides which side
    is most persuasive
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    One Debate Structure
     Speech 1: first affirmative speaker introduces the topic and states the
    affirmative team's first argument.
     Speech 2: first negative speaker states their first argument.
     Speech 3: second affirmative speaker states their second argument.
     Speech 4: second negative speaker states their second argument.
     Give a 5-10 minute break for each team to prepare their rebuttal
    speech.
     Speech 5: negative team states two rebuttals for the affirmative
    team's two arguments and summarizes their own two reasons.
     Speech 6: affirmative team states two rebuttals for the negative
    team's two arguments and summarizes their own two reasons.

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    Why Debate?

     “Honestdisagreement is often a
    good sign of progress” 
    Mahatma Gandhi

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    Why Debate?
     To provide meaningful listening, speaking,
    writing practice
     To develop argumentation skills for persuasive
    speech and writing
     To increase social skills and conflict resolution
    abilities
     To enhance self-esteem and academic
    confidence
     To lead to competitive success in the future

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    What Skills are Needed?
     Public  Researching
    speaking  Writing
     Critical  Listening
    thinking  Teamwork and
     Note taking people skills
     Organizing

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    Giving Support for Your Reasons

    Support consists of evidence. There’re


    four kinds of evidence
     Examples
     Common sense
     Expert opinions
     Statistics

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    Rebuttal/ Refutation

     Repeat the argument you’re going to


    refute

     Refute – explain what is wrong with


    other team’s argument

     Replacethe argument with your


    argument
    Critical Thinking
     thinking about how you think
     process of asking, answering questions

    and trying to understand how and why


    you come to the conclusions
     in debate: plan what to say, anticipate

    other team’s response, think of an


    argument to counter other team’s
    arguments
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    Skills to Become a Better
    Critical Thinker
     Compare viewpoints of other people to
    your own ones
     Find ways to ask questions that apply to
    many perspectives
     Understand why some statements are
    correct, others are not
     Understand how problem solving works
     Establish criteria for making judgments
     Present arguments in a constructive
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    Sample Practice
     Select a topic
     Choose a side: affirmative >< negative
     Discuss in your team:
     arguments,
     possible counter-arguments
     and find a way to refute them
     Start the debate
     Listen to the other team’s arguments
     Take notes
     Prepare to refute their arguments
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