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Debating 101

This document provides an overview of parliamentary debate. It defines parliamentary debate as debate conducted under certain regulations derived from parliamentary systems involving assembling arguments, persuading an audience, and convincing them that your arguments outweigh the opponent's, without personal abuse or irrational attacks. It notes that in parliamentary debate, you cannot choose the topic or position and have limited preparation time for impromptu topics. The elements of debate include the motion, building a case, arguments and rebuttals, points of information, and an adjudicator. It discusses different debate formats and provides examples of motions. It outlines how to structure an argument and lists some debate championships. Finally, it discusses the advantages of debate and an assignment involving making arguments on a sample

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Debating 101

This document provides an overview of parliamentary debate. It defines parliamentary debate as debate conducted under certain regulations derived from parliamentary systems involving assembling arguments, persuading an audience, and convincing them that your arguments outweigh the opponent's, without personal abuse or irrational attacks. It notes that in parliamentary debate, you cannot choose the topic or position and have limited preparation time for impromptu topics. The elements of debate include the motion, building a case, arguments and rebuttals, points of information, and an adjudicator. It discusses different debate formats and provides examples of motions. It outlines how to structure an argument and lists some debate championships. Finally, it discusses the advantages of debate and an assignment involving making arguments on a sample

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Parliamentary Debate 101

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE?
• Definition
• Elements
• Formats
• Advantages
• Championships
WHAT IS PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE?
• Debate by two sides (not teams) conducted under certain
regulations derived from parliamentary system.
• Involve:
• Assembling & organizing effective arguments.
• Persuading & entertaining audience
• Convincing audience that your arguments outweigh the
opponents’
• not: personal abuse, irrational attack, purely emotional
appeals
IN DEBATE?
• You can’t choose the topic
• You can’t choose the position
• You have minimum preparation (15-30 minutes)
• The topic is impromptu
• The topic is LIFE

So??
REQUIRES SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE & WILLINGNESS
ELEMENTS OF DEBATE
• Motion
• Case building
• Case / Arguments
• Rebuttals
• Point of Information (PoI)
• Adjudicator (Chair, Panel, Trainee, N1)
• Feedback
MOTION
• Also known as topic:
A full propositional statement that determine what the
debate shall be about
• Commonly starts with: This House  Parliament Body
1. THW  This House Would
2. THBT  This House Believe That
3. THS  This House Support)
4. THR  Tabungan Hari Raya This House Regret
WHAT COULD BE MOTIONS?
Education Lifestyle Social
Politics Law Economy
International Relation Religion
Ethics Sport Health
Technology Environment
Entertainment Imagination Feminism
Family Biology Philosophy anything
FOR EXAMPLES?
1. THW Introduce Death Penalty for corruptors
2. THBT Facebook has more harms than good.
3. THS a one-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
4. THR Indonesia’s capital punishment policy
5. THBT Doraemon should go to the future
6. The Zombie Apocalypse is starting in Beijing. There are some
infected, some immune, and some uninfected in the city. You
are President Xi Jinping. THBT You should bomb the city.
ELEMENTS OF DEBATE
• Case building : preparation
• Case : arguments
• Rebuttals : attacks to opponent’s cases
• Point of Information (PoI) : interruption to the standing speaker
• Adjudicator (Chair, Panel, Trainee, N1) : judges
• Oral adjudication : announcement, feedback
FORMATS
• SO many.
1. Asian Parliamentary
2. British Parliamentary
3. Australian Parliamentary
4. American Parliamentary
5. Indonesian Parliamentary???
ASIAN PARLIAMENTARY
BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY
HOW TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT?

A Assertion: An argument’s conclusion

R Answering why A is true. To do this, explain this, you may need to


frame a number of questions using: “What?, Is it really?, and Why?”

E Relevant and tangible example, often precendence

L Restate your Assertion.


“WE SHOULD BREAK UP!”

L
“TRUMP SHOULD NOT PROCLAIM
JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL”
A

L
“TRUMP SHOULD PROCLAIM JERUSALEM
AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL”
A

L
CHAMPIONSHIPS?
• ROXED (Universitas Andalas)
• REACH (Universitas Negeri Padang)
• Sumatra English Olympic (Riau University)
• SECIONAIRE (Bengkulu University)
• Debate IDEA (Polsri, Palembang)
• Asian English Olympic (Binus, Jakarta)
• etc…
ADVANTAGES
• Communication
• Confidence
• Structured critical Thinking
• Expansion of knowledge
• English
• CV
• Money?? YES.
HOW COME?
• You can’t choose the topic
• You can’t choose the position
• You have minimum preparation (15-30 minutes)
• The topic is impromptu
• The topic is LIFE
ASSIGNMENT

1. In a double folio, make a resume about “other

stucture of making an argument”.

2. After that, make 3 arguments on the motion: “This

House legalize the selling of organ” (Gov / Opp)

3. All in ENGLISH.
EXHIBITION
This House Would hold
parents responsible for
crimes of minor children

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