World Schools Style debate

World Schools Debating is a form of debate in the English language which is modeled on the British Parliamentary style and has the national and international Debattierwettbewerben wide for pupils widespread.

Regulate

At the World Schools Debating debating two teams of three students in English about a given topic. A team, the proposition advocated doing a thesis (Motion ), another contradicts this thesis.

Each speaker holds up over a debate usually eight minutes ( in the Junior League 6 minutes) long speech. After these speeches the content of the debate from both sides in a four-minute ( in the Junior League three minute ) summarizes final speech.

The order and the object of the speaker is:

  • First speaker Proposition: define the key concepts of the theory and develops the point of view of Proposition
  • First opposition speaker: refuted the arguments of the previous speaker (possibly also the definitions ) and presents the views of the opposition
  • Second Proposition Speaker: refuted the arguments of the previous speaker, defended and deepens one's own point
  • Second opposition speaker: refuted the arguments of the previous speaker, defended and deepens one's own point
  • Third speaker Proposition: refuted all the arguments of the opposition and represents the own position clear once again out and brings necessary, before another small argument
  • Third speaker Opposition: refuted all the arguments of the proposition and provides our own standpoint clear out again; he can - if this was announced in the first speech of the opposition - make even a small argument
  • Summarizing opposition spokesman: summarizes the debate together from the perspective of the opposition, which he emphasizes one's own point
  • Summary spokesman Proposition summarizes the debate together from the perspective of the proposition, in which he emphasizes one's own point

During the speeches (summarizing speeches and first and last minute of each speech excluding ) the opposite side between questions (points of information ) provide that can be either accepted or rejected by the current speaker. The summary speeches ( reply speeches ) are held by the first or second speaker of the respective teams. They may not contain any new arguments.

Assessment

The speakers are of an odd number (usually 3 in finals and 5-9) rated so-called "Judges ". These act as a kind of " Judge" by assessing the speaker by dots. The evaluation is carried out in three categories: Style ( Style: occurrence and formulation), content ( content: content of the arguments ) and Strategy (Strategy: in particular the structure and integration into the overall picture of the page). It is not only valued what anyone says, but also how and in what order.

Style and content give up to 40 points, to 20 Strategy This results in a total score consisting of the added style, content and strategy points. The total score is thus theoretically 100; be noted, however, that this only represents the theoretical score and always move the real ratings between 60 and 80 points. The maximum number of points a reply speech is theoretically 50 points, but real 40 points, which is exactly half of the maximum number of points a "normal" speech.

At the conclusion of debate the points of the individual speakers of a team are added by each "Judge ", resulting in the total number of points for a team. Compare Judges independently the scores of the two teams and so make their judgment, which team has won from their perspective the debate. Here, each Judge must decide on a team, ie he may come in its judgment on any draw.

In private, the judges meet for the cases of their personal judgment each other and share each other with their decision. The distance between the points of the two teams does not matter, only the total sentences of all judges (ie, which has won from the perspective of the respective judges the debate of the two teams) decide on the actual victory of a team. Thus, only a unanimous (all three judges for a particular team ) or a split decision ( two judges for a team, a Judge for the other team ) can be made with the use of three judges in a debate.

History

The World Schools Debating format was developed in 1988 in Australia. International it spread, as it is relatively easy to learn and as well as non- native speakers allows debating in English.

Since the founding of the Debating Society Germany in 1996, the format also spread increasingly in Germany. Until now, there are still most active school teams in the Stuttgart area, where Debating was started over 10 years ago. Meanwhile finds " Debating " but also with more and more active school teams from other states such as Saxony, Hamburg, Bavaria and Hesse in a broader mass distribution.

Competitions

  • World Schools Debating Championships ( World Championship) - http://schoolsdebate.com
  • European Debating Week (European Championship takes place annually around Stuttgart ) - http://www.schoolsdebate.de/debweek.htm
  • German Schools Debating Championships ( German Cup) - http://www.schoolsdebate.de/gsdc.htm
  • Senior League ( German competition for students in grades 10-13) - http://www.schoolsdebate.de/ger/senior.htm
  • Junior League ( German competition for seventh - to ninth graders ) - http://www.schoolsdebate.de/ger/junior.htm
  • International High School Debate Tournament in Ljutomer in Slovenia (funded by the European Parliament, has recently entered the World Schools Debating discharged )
  • Heart Of Europe Debating Tournament in Olomouc in the Czech Republic
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