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    This document provides an overview of what a debate is and how it is structured. It explains that debates involve two teams, an affirmative team that supports a resolution and a negative team that opposes it. Each team gives speeches to make their arguments and refute the other side's points. Successful debaters will research the topic, gather evidence to support their positions, and keep track of the other side's arguments using a flowsheet. The document outlines the typical format of speeches, how to incorporate evidence and clash with opposing views, and concludes with a summary of each side's final statements.

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    This document provides an overview of what a debate is and how it is structured. It explains that debates involve two teams, an affirmative team that supports a resolution and a negative team that opposes it. Each team gives speeches to make their arguments and refute the other side's points. Successful debaters will research the topic, gather evidence to support their positions, and keep track of the other side's arguments using a flowsheet. The document outlines the typical format of speeches, how to incorporate evidence and clash with opposing views, and concludes with a summary of each side's final statements.

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    This document provides an overview of what a debate is and how it is structured. It explains that debates involve two teams, an affirmative team that supports a resolution and a negative team that opposes it. Each team gives speeches to make their arguments and refute the other side's points. Successful debaters will research the topic, gather evidence to support their positions, and keep track of the other side's arguments using a flowsheet. The document outlines the typical format of speeches, how to incorporate evidence and clash with opposing views, and concludes with a summary of each side's final statements.

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    This document provides an overview of what a debate is and how it is structured. It explains that debates involve two teams, an affirmative team that supports a resolution and a negative team that opposes it. Each team gives speeches to make their arguments and refute the other side's points. Successful debaters will research the topic, gather evidence to support their positions, and keep track of the other side's arguments using a flowsheet. The document outlines the typical format of speeches, how to incorporate evidence and clash with opposing views, and concludes with a summary of each side's final statements.

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    Produção oral: Debates

    GRAB ‘N GO DEBATE UNIT - NLSDU.com


    What is a debate?
    1. What situations might these skills be useful in?
    2. Who needs these skills?
    3. Why it is important and what sorts of people debate
    for a living?
    What is a debate?
    • Debate is a structured discussion.

    • There are usually two teams of at least two people


    each. One team, the Affirmative, supports the
    resolution. The second team, the Negative, opposes it.
    • Affirmative/ Pro team:
    Identify the problems and propose a plan advocating
    the most logical solution, point out problems with the
    current situation and highlight the benefits of the
    proposed change.

    • Negative/ Con team:


    Defeat the Affirmative by showing
    that the reasoning, evidence, and
    propositions of the Affirmative are
    faulty and defend the present
    system, pointing out that the
    “problems” are insignificant or
    they may offer solutions of their
    own.
    Speeches
    • Affirmative/Pro:
    - Honourable judges, worth opponents, ladies
    and gentlemen…
    - The resolution before us today is that…
    - We the affirmative define…
    - My partner will go into the last…
    - Our first needs for change is … evidence.
    - The second is … evidence
    - I will now outline our plan which…
    Speeches
    • Negative/Con:
    - Honourable judges, worth opponents, ladies and
    gentlemen…
    - We define…
    - As the Affirmative failed to define the resolution, we
    therefore define…
    - The Negative team is unable to accept the contentions put
    forward by the first Affirmative. I will refute them now.
    - The points are wrong/illogical/weak because…
    - The Affirmative plan had____ points. Points of the plan will
    not work because…
    - And that leads into our contention, that …
    Using Evidence Cards

    • Research the topic to find out


    what the issues are, then
    examine the research to form
    their case and gather facts
    and examples to support
    their contentions. The more
    background information they
    have, the more successful
    debaters will be.
    Using a Flowsheet
    • Use the Flowsheet to help you follow the arguments
    made during the debate. Refutation is where you
    “clash” with or attack arguments from the opposing
    team. The best way to clash is by keeping a Flowsheet
    of the opponents’ arguments.
    The clash
    • As the speakers clash with their opponents’ arguments,
    they can check if all arguments have been attacked.
    Each time a student speaks, they should begin with
    “clash”.
    • Debaters begin “clashing” by saying:
    - “I will now clash with my worthy opponents’ argument …”
    - Followed by: • “Our argument will now follow …”
    P.O.I
    • Points Of Interruption:
    When a speaker on the opposite side of the table offers a
    short contribution to a speech, normally consisting of a
    question or comment of around 15 seconds duration.

    Max. of two
    in a speech
    Rebuttals
    • Regardless of the style of debate used, each team
    has one last chance to reinforce their arguments,
    counter any attacks made by their opponents, show
    the other side’s weakness and the strengths of their
    own case.
    Rebuttals
    • AFFIRMATIVE CONCLUSION:
    In conclusion, the affirmative has shown clear needs for
    change (summary)… and a workable solution
    (summary) … that will have convinced you that you
    must support the resolution in this debate.

    • NEGATIVE CONCLUSION:
    In conclusion, I have begun the negative case by
    clashing with the Affirmative case and by making strong
    points for the negative: 1. that etc. Concluding
    quotation or observation about the Affirmative case. I
    am sure that the judges will agree that their case must
    fall..
    The Time
    Essential Learnings
    • Independent Learning
    • Communication Skills
    • Critical and Creative Thinking
    • Personal and Social Values and Skills

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