1st Affirmative Speaker:

[Introduction]
Good evening, esteemed judges, fellow debaters, ladies and gentlemen!
My name is Nam Trân. I’m the second speaker of the Affirmative team standing for the motion “That corporal
punishment should be banned”

[Context]
Now, to begin with, we are living in the world where corporal or physical punishment is highly prevalent
globally, both in homes and schools. Around 60% of children aged 2–14 years regularly suffer physical
punishment by their parents or other caregivers. In some countries, almost all students report being physically
punished by school staff.

[Goal]
Standing on the Affirmative side today, we aim to provide definitions, our points with our proofs, and research
and lastly, our rebuttals.

[Signposting]
With that being said, our team has two main arguments.
I’m going to talk about why
Our second speaker will talk about why …

[Definition]
 NEGATIVE SPEECHES
1st Negative Speaker:

[Introduction]
Good evening, esteemed judges, fellow debaters, ladies and gentlemen!
My name is … . I’m the first speaker of the Negative team standing against the motion “...”

[Context]
Now, to begin with, we are living in the world where …

[Goal]
Standing on the Negative side today, we aim to …

[Signposting]
With that being said, our team has two main arguments.
I’m going to talk about why ….
Our second speaker will talk about why …

[Rebuttals]
Before that, a few points of rebuttals.

Firstly, we are told …

This is
irrelevant/not true/not true in many cases … But even if it’s true …
Because…
For example ….

Secondly, they say …

This is
irrelevant/not true/not true in many cases … But even if it’s true …
Because…
For example ….

Then they say …

This is
irrelevant/not true/not true in many cases … But even if it’s true …
Because…
For example ….

[Argument 1]
 - [Claim] Moving on to our first argument, why …
- [Reasoning] This is the case because …
- [Evidence] For instance/According to …
- [Tie-back] Why does it matter?

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2nd Negative Speaker:
[Introduction]
Good evening, esteemed judges, fellow debaters, ladies and gentlemen!
My name is … . I’m the second speaker of the Negative team standing for the motion “...”

In my speech today, I will prove why [→ argument 2’s claim]. But before that a few
[number] points of rebuttals.

[Rebuttal]
Firstly, we are told …
This is
irrelevant/not true/not true in many cases … But even if it’s true …
Because…
For example ….

Secondly, they say …

This is
irrelevant/not true/not true in many cases … But even if it’s true …
Because…
For example ….

Then they say …

This is
irrelevant/not true/not true in many cases … But even if it’s true …
Because…
For example ….

[Argument 2]
- [Claim] Moving on to our second argument, why …
- [Reasoning] This is the case because …
- [Evidence] For instance/According to …
- [Tie-back] Why does it matter?