Rundown and Rules & Regulation Debate

RUNDOWN

RULES AND REGULATION

        I.            General

1.      These set of rules and regulations a govern the debate competition to be hosted by SMA Negeri 5 Yogyakarta. Technical meeting will be held at on Wednesday, 06 May 2015 at 15.00 WIB

2.      All debates will be conducted in English.

 

        I.            Eligibility

1.      The number of the team representing a high school should not be more than 2 (two) teams. Registration form attached.

2.      Each team in debate competition will consist of 3 (three) members. All members of the team must enroll in the same school.

1. Format of the Debate

1. Debate competition shall adopt Asian Parliamentary Debate format.
2. Debate competition will be conducted :

•         The Preliminary Phase

•         The Quarter Final, Semifinal, and Final Phase

1. All teams will start on an equal placing with the pairing for the first round being done randomly by lottery. For the subsequent rounds, the teams will be graded on the basis of the result of all the preceding rounds of the phase. The following grading criteria will be considered in decreasing order of priority :

•         Victory point (Win-lose record. 1 poin for a win and 0 for a lose).

•         Cumulative margin (Difference of cumulative mark in favor of against the team).

•         Cumulative total team score

•         At the end of the grading for each round, the top 2 teams will meet each other; the next 2 teams will meet each other and so on.

•         The top of 8 teams at the end of three rounds of the preliminary phase will qualify for the elimination phase.

•         For elimination rounds namely Quarter Final, Semi Final, and Grand Final, will decide the winner of the PUSDEC 2015.

•         Case building will be held for 30 minutes. There would be no additional time for motion preference and case building for those who are late.

•         Each debaters will deliver a substantive speech of (7.20) minutes duration. After three of them have come forward, reply speaker of both sides will deliver their reply speech for (5.20) minutes. The first or the second speaker from both sides can be the position of reply speaker.

Debate at a Glance

- Debating: 1.          Develops communication skills

                   2.          Assembling & Organizing effective arguments

                   3.          Persuading & Entertaining an audience

                   4.          Convincing audience that your arguments 

                                outweight the opposition’s arguments

- Debate is not : personal abuse, irrational attacks, or purely emotional appeals

- Parliamentary debate : debate conducted with certain regulation derived from parliamentary                                              system

- Debate requires sufficient knowledge and willingness

Formats

•      Asian Parliamentary system

Asian Parliamentary System

•      Affirmative/Goverment vs. Negative/Opposition

•      Points of Information (POI) are allowed during speech

•      Speech duration and order

Motion

•      Issue or topic that you will debate upon

•      Full propositional statements, not questions or pharases

•      Affirmative : Defend the motion (argue why the motion is true)

•      Negative : Oppose the motion (argue why the motion is false)

Case

•      Case : a complete set of argumentation to defend or oppose the motion

•      Anatomy of the case :

1 . Set up : Definition of the motion into a debatable context

2. Arguments : Reasoning to explain why your team is right

3. Response : Reasoning to explain why your opponent is wrong

Roles of Speakers

Affirmative

• 1st Speaker

•      Creating set up

•      Presenting Fundamental argument

• 2nd Speaker

•      Clarifying aff case

•      Providing major response to the Negative

•      Developing previous argumets

• 3rd Speaker

•      Clarifying the whole debate

•      Attack Neg Case & Responses

Negative

• 1st Speaker

•      Giving negation, theme line, team split

•      Provide major response to Aff

•      Presenting Fundamental arguments

• 2nd Speaker

•      Clarifying neg case

•      Providing response

•      Developing neg argumets

• 3rd Speaker

•      Clarifying the whole debate

•      Attack Aff Case & Responses

Debate Assessment

• Matter (Content) – 40 %

•      Arguments (Logic, Use of evidence, Relevance)

• Manner (Delivery) – 40 %

•      Public-speakin skills : Vocal style, use of language, use of notes, eye contact, gesture, stance, dress, impression of sincerity, and humor

•      Personal Attacks on opponents reduce manner points

• Method (Structure) – 20%

•      Structure : of individual speech and of team’s case

•      Response to the dynamics of the debate

Case Building

1. Affirmative’s Case

• Set Up

•      Background

•      Definition

•      Room of Debate and Stance

•      Theme Line

•      Model

•      Desclaimer

•      Team Split

• Arguments

1. Negative’s Case

•      Negation/ Definitional Challenge

•      Rebuttals

•      Arguments

Reply Speech

• Provide an overview of the debate
• May be delivered by 1st speaker or 2nd speaker
• Reply speakers may not bring new matter
• Reply speech is not rebuttal  
 

Note: There are no prepared motions. All motions used on the D-Day are impromptu motions.