Introduction to Debate

SUMARNI, SPD., M.TESOL

WHAT ARE YOU DEBATED
ABOUT?
WHEN WAS DEBATE
HAPPENED?
Since the beginning of time, of the
human being.
Adam and Hawa (Eve)
When the Satan persuade Eve to eat
the fruit in the heaven.
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WHAT IS DEBATE?
Daily context- informal debate.
About casual or daily matters.
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WHAT IS DEBATE?
In formal contexts
A debate is a competition, a contest,
where two or more speakers present their
arguments intent on persuading one
another.
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WHAT IS DEBATE?
In formal contexts
Debate here is discussing formal contest
of debating between educational
institutions, government, or, other bodies.
WHAT IS DEBATE?
serious discussion
of a subject
in which
many people take part

(Cambridge Dictionary)
WHY DEBATE?
Debate will improve critical thinking
and promotes problem solving and
innovative thinking.
Debate will help students to analyze,
synthesize wide bodies of complex
information, and to exercise creativity
and implement different ways of
knowing.
WHY DEBATE?
Learns to analyze; to distinguish between the vital and
the unimportant information.

Learns the need of proving his statements; of

supporting every statement with valid evidence and
sound reasoning—and he learns to demand the same
sort of proof for the statements of others.

Learns to present ideas in a clear and effective manner,

and in a way which wins others to his way of thinking.

Learns to think under pressure, to "use his head" in a

time of need, to make decisions quickly and accurately.
FOUR TYPES OF DEBATE
Parliamentary Debate.
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Cross Examination Debate
Academic Debate
FOUR TYPES OF DEBATE
Parliamentary Debate
Parliamentary Debate is derived
from the parliamentary debate
system. This types of debating goes
on in colleges and universities.
LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATE
Lincoln-Douglas Debate (also called value debate)
is modeled after the namesake for the activity. In an
Illinois election of the mid-1858, Abe Lincoln and
Stephen A. Douglas debated the slavery issue before
audiences in different towns around the
state(Fredrizi & Ellis 2010, p.20).
Two contestants will debate topics centered
around moral issues or propositions of value or
preference.
Examples of topics appropriate for LD debate:
capital punishment
abortion; or euthanasia.
 ISSUE ON AB LINCOLN &
DOUGLAS 1858
The debates that occurred in 1858, where peoples
suffered by critical issues of “the forced labor of
slavery versus the labor of free men, popular
sovereignty, and the legal and political status of
blacks in America” became the serious concern in
the country. These concerns were at the core of
seven political debates between Stephen A.
Douglas, the incumbent of the Illinois Senate, a
strong candidate for the Democratic presidential
nomination in the election of 1860, and Abraham
Lincoln, the lawyer, who tried to win the seat for
the senate Fedrizzi & Ellis (2011, p. 3)
CROSS EXAMINATION
DEBATE
Cross Examination Debate (also called policy debate or
team debate).
Two teams (two students each ), one representing the
affirmative position and one representing the negative
position, will debate topics of public or government policy.
Examples:
 Resolved, that the federal government should own and
operate the railroads (1940)
 Resolved, that a federal world government should be
established (1943).
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Typically, all public and private schools will debate the same
topic. A new topic is chosen every two months (the topics are
chosen by some public school debate organization).
The public/private school topic for November and December
of 1996 was:
Resolved, when in conflict, a business' responsibility to
itself ought to be valued above its responsibility to society.
The topic for January and February of 1997 is:
Resolved, In United State's policy, the principle of
universal human rights ought to take precedence over
conflicting national interest
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