ukraine_edited-1.jpg ¨ ¨Academic debates ¨Rules ¨Formats ¨Speeches ¨Addressing ¨Judging ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨The purest form of debate ¨No embellishments, merely speeches: ¡No Parliamentary interruptions ¡No heckling (unless specifically permitted) ¡No opportunity to question or be questioned (unless permitted) ¨ ¨When to Heckle ¡To relieve seriousness of the debate ¡To underline weakness of fact or reasoning ¨ ¨How to Handle Heckling ¡To prevent it ¡To respond with more humorous ¡To ignore ¨Used at the Worlds Schools Debating Championships ¨Not recommended for novice debaters ¨Raised only between the first and final minute of a constructive speech ¨Take a form of question or remark ¨Must be brief ¨ ¨Debaters take sides ¡Affirmative ¡Negative ¨Resolution ¡No middle ground; either true or false ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨Debaters take turns ¡Oxford format ¡Cambridge format ¡Lincoln-Douglas format ¨1st Affirmative (constructive speech) 5 minutes ¨ 1st Negative (constructive & rebuttal speech) 8 minutes ¨ 2nd Aff (constructive and rebuttal speech) 8 minutes ¨ 2nd Neg (constructive and rebuttal speech) 8 minutes ¨ 3rd Aff (constructive and rebuttal speech) 8 minutes ¨ 3rd Neg (constructive and rebuttal speech) 8 minutes ¨ 1st Aff (rebuttal speech) 3 minutes ¨ Complaints of rule violations, misquotations, etc. by either team. ¨ ¨1st Affirmative (constructive speech) 5 minutes ¨ 1st Negative (constructive speech) 5 minutes ¨ 2nd Affirmative (constructive speech) 5 minutes ¨ 2nd Negative (constructive speech) 5 minutes ¨ 3rd Affirmative (constructive speech) 5 minutes ¨ 3rd Negative (constructive speech) 5 minutes ¨ 1st Negative (rebuttal speech) 3 minutes ¨ 1st Affirmative (rebuttal speech) 3 minutes ¨ 2nd Negative (rebuttal speech) 3 minutes ¨ 2nd Affirmative (rebuttal speech) 3 minutes ¨ 3rd Negative (rebuttal speech) 3 minutes ¨ 3rd Affirmative (rebuttal speech) 3 minutes ¨ Complaints of rule violations, misquotations, etc. by either team. ¨ ¨Affirmative 6 minutes ¨Negative Cross-examination 3 minutes ¨Negative 7 minutes ¨Positive CX 3 minutes ¨Affirmative 4 minutes ¨Negative 6 minutes ¨Affirmative 3 minutes ¨ ¨5 minutes preparation time ¨The affirmative ¡May define resolution ¡Should state the importance of the resolution and the values it contains ¡Should present the reasonable arguments to support the values ¨Negative ¡May dispute the affirmative definitions ¡Should attack both the values and the affirmative’s interpretation and defense ¡May present new values ¨New evidence to support old arguments ¨The affirmative must reply before the last rebuttal ¨The responsibility of the speaker to defend and to attack ¨Form of questions and answers ¨Clarification of an obscure point ¨Attitude reasonable, cooperative, eager to please ¨Admissions or information must be used in subsequent speeches ¨Reasonable length ¨ ¨No Moving Targets ¡Every single argument that Affirmative wants to make must be made in the first speech ¡No adding of new arguments in later speeches ¡Same for Negative ¡Development of arguments ¨In third person by the position ¨Opening ¡Mr. Moderator ¡Honorable judges ¡Worthy opponents ¡Ladies and gentlemen ¨Based upon: ¡Skill in analysis ¡Use of evidence ¡Validity of evidence ¡Validity of argument ¡Clarity of organization ¡Effectiveness of delivery ¡Strength and conviction ¨Single-sex schools are good for education ¨Reality television does more harm than good ¨University education should be free ¨Mothers should stay at home and look after their children ¨Social media destroy interpersonal relations ¨Abortion: every woman‘s right ¨Life begins at the moment of conception ¨Online semesters should be repeated ¨Any other haunting topic ¨ ¨Filiter, John D. "An Introduction to Academic Debate." (2004): n. pag. Web ¨RULES OF LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE ¨Middle School Debate Tournament - May 15, 2015: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PFc9Pogz94 ¨ ¨http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/jbruschke/theory_and_practice_in_academic_.htm ¨