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    This document provides instructions for participating in a "Behes" debate competition. Behes uses a simplified parliamentary debate format with two teams of three speakers each arguing either for or against a given motion. The debates follow a structured flow over several rounds, with speakers alternating sides and being scored individually on their content, presentation, and argument structure. The top scoring team at the end is declared the tournament winner.

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    This document provides instructions for participating in a "Behes" debate competition. Behes uses a simplified parliamentary debate format with two teams of three speakers each arguing either for or against a given motion. The debates follow a structured flow over several rounds, with speakers alternating sides and being scored individually on their content, presentation, and argument structure. The top scoring team at the end is declared the tournament winner.

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    How to ‘Behes’- A Quick Guide

    ‘Behes’ conducts and trains for debate in what is a simplified parliamentary


    format. Two teams with three speakers each face off against each other in
    each debate to argue a set motion. Points are not awarded merely for
    extravagant language, what matters is the quantity and quality of your
    arguments. Every Behes tournament is held in a knock-out format with one
    winning team emerging at the end of a series of challenging debates. The
    motions are formulated from a suggested reading list that is made available
    to the students before the tournament.
    A ‘Behes’ debate flows in the following manner:
    1: The adjudicator flips the coin to decide the proposition and opposition
    team before announcing the motion.
    2: The adjudicator will announce the motion and give 15 minutes to both the
    teams to prepare their arguments. Participants are allowed to use any kind of
    device (mobiles, laptops etc.), the internet or reading material in any form
    during this preparation time.
    3: After 15 minutes, the first speaker from the proposition team (for the
    motion) will come forward and present his/her arguments. S/he can speak for
    3-4 minutes. The adjudicator will tap once when 3 minutes are over and twice
    after 4 minutes. Any arguments presented beyond this time won’t be
    considered, however the speaker can complete his/her sentence after the
    tap.
    4: After a gap of 60 seconds the first speaker from the opposition team will
    come forward and speak.
    5: In this way, speakers from each team will speak alternately with a gap of 1
    minute between each speaker.
    6: The adjudicator will announce the winner at the end of the debate after all
    the speakers have spoken, and the scores have been tabulated.
    Rules:
    1. Each speaker can speak only for 4 minutes.
    2. Any kind of electronic device cannot be used after the preparation time
    is over. However use of notebooks is permitted while speaking.
    3. A preparation time of 60 seconds will be given after each speaker.
    4. The adjudicator is not allowed to give her/his feedback after the
    debate.
    5. The adjudicator’s decision is the final decision.

    Scoring Criteria:
    Every speaker in every debate is scored separately on three criteria-
    a. Matter (Content)​ - What was the actual argument(s) presented by the
    speaker? Were any actual examples, facts or studies stated? If so, how
    relevant were they?
    b. Manner (Presentation)​ – How good was the speaker’s body language
    and poise? How well did s/he maintain eye contact? Did s/he use their
    voice and rhetoric well?
    c. Method (Structure)​ – Were the speaker’s arguments structured in a
    way that was easy to understand? Was every point elaborated
    sufficiently? Did the speaker’s rebuttals flow naturally?

    Every tournament is held in a knock-out format with one winner (and one
    best speaker) emerging at the end of two days. All our adjudicators have
    been trained in the finer points of this format of debate.

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