Teknis dan tata cara dalam perlombaan Debat

1. Debate Seminar
by: Rezza Dwi Brammadita
Andrew Prasatya

2. • Government/Affirmative
• First Speaker:
• Give the definition of the motion
• Outline the team’s case:
• Present the team split
• Explain the arguments
• Give a brief summary/recap of the speech
» First Speaker Opposition / Negative
» Respond to the definition
» Rebut 1st Government speaker
» Outline the team’s case:
» Present the team line
» Present the team split
» Explain the arguments
» Give a brief summary/recap of the speech
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Role of Speaker
1st Speaker

3. • Second Speaker Affirmative
• Rebut the Opposition’s main arguments
• General the Government’s team case
• Explain the arguments (Extension)
• Give a brief summary/recap of the speech
– Second Speaker Negative
– Rebut the Government’s main arguments
– General the Opposition’s team case
– Explain the arguments (Extension)
– Give a brief summary/recap of the speech
Role of Speaker
2nd Speaker

4. • Third Speaker Affirmative :
• Rebut Opposition’s arguments, prioritizing the strong/important ones
• Rebuild the team’s case
• Summarize the issues of the debate
• Note:
• It is not advisable for 3rd Government to bring new arguments
• Third Speaker opposition :
• Rebut Government’s arguments, prioritizing the strong/important ones
• Rebuild the team’s case
• Summarize the issues of the debate
• Note:
• It is not advisable for 3rd Opposition to bring new arguments
Role of Speaker
3rd Speaker

5. • Reply (1st or 2nd) Speaker Affirmative :
• Provide a summary or overview of the debate
• Identify the issues raised by both teams
• Explain why the Government’s case and response are better than the
Opposition’s
• Note:
• Reply speakers are not allowed to bring new arguments and give rebuttals
•
• Reply (1st or 2nd) Speaker negative:
• Provide a summary or overview of the debate
• Identify the issues raised by both teams
• Explain why the Opposition’s case and response are better than the
Government’s
• Note:
• Reply speakers are not allowed to bring new arguments and give
rebuttals
Role of Speaker

6. definition
• A definition is simply to clarify the motion. The Government/Affirmative
team must give a definition that gives room for the Opposition/Negative
team to oppose it. On defining, always ask “What debate is expected from
this motion? Are there any reasonable arguments to oppose the definition
we’ve set up?”
• Motion: That this house supports capital punishment for drug dealers
• Definition:
This house = the affirmative/the government
Capital Punishment = a maximum punishment given to a criminal in the form of
death penalty
Drug Dealers = people who sell, distribute, and committing illegal drug
trafficking in a certain amount according to the existing law.
• thus the whole definition is: “we support the death penalty for
people who sell, distribute, and commit illegal drug trafficking in a
certain amount”

7. If the Opposition is unhappy with the Proposition’s definition, it has
several options:
• Accept and Debate
• The first option is to accept it anyway. If the Proposition’s definition leads in
to the expected issue and allows the Opposition to put forward the
arguments and examples it was intending, there is no point to arguing over
the precise words the Proposition has used.
• Challenge
• The second option is to challenge the Proposition definition, arguing it is
unreasonable. Further discussion will be explained in particular chapter
below. (Not recommended by adjudicator)
• ‘Even-if’
• The fourth option is to both reject and accept the definition. It involves:
» Clarify the Proposition definition as unreasonable and
explaining why;
» Putting up an alternative (and reasonable) definition, then
proceeding to advance arguments and examples based on
this;

8. Argument
Arguments explain why a point of view should be
accepted. Good arguments are logical and relevant to the
point being proven. They should also comprise of:
• Assertion – the statement which should be proved
• Reasoning – the reason why that statement is logical
• Evidence – examples/data that support the assertion
and reasoning above
• Link Back – the explanation of the relevance of this
argument to the motion

9. rebuttal
• Rebuttals are responses towards the other team’s arguments.
Rebuttals should prove that the other team’s arguments are not as
important as they claim to be.
• As with arguments, mere accusations do not equal good rebuttals. It
is not enough to say that the other team’s arguments are inferior,
good rebuttals should also explain the reasoning and evidence of
why those arguments are inferior.

10. Adjudicator Assessment
• Matter 40%
• Manner 40%
• Method 20%