Debating

Purpose and Benefits of Debates

By Jessave Arbias

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What distinguishes a debate from a regular argument?

• Debates are longer

• Debates involve more people

• Debates have no clear winner

• Debates have rules

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What is a debate?

• a process that involves formal discourse on a particular topic, often including a moderator and audience.

• the main idea, opinion, or theory of a speaker or writer, who then attempts to prove it

• an organized argument or contest of ideas in which the participants discuss a topic from two opposing sides. 

• a brief summary of personal and professional experiences, skills, and education history.

Critical thinking is the ability to make well thought out and reasoned arguments while also questioning the evidence behind a particular conclusion or stance.

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While you may not engage in a debate every single day, you will likely get into differences of opinion and small disagreements on an almost-daily basis. Debating, rather than arguing, can help you ease a situation that was otherwise rapidly escalating. Instead of raising your voice, you should take a step or two back and carefully choose your words.

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1. Improved Critical Thinking Skills

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Debate is not only giving an opinion on stage but it is also part of our day to day life.

• True

• False

• None of the above

​Have you ever experienced that feeling when you simply cannot get the words to leave your mouth, or you can’t get them out quickly enough?

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Debating can help you become a master at explaining several topics.

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Debating will help you identify your audience and choose an appropriate tone.​

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If your tone is too formal, you’re going to distance yourself from your listeners, while being too relaxed will undermine any arguments you try to make.

Planning and articulating your thoughts is an essential skill that every debater must have to produce a sharp and well-planned argument.​

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2. Improved Articulation

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Improved Articulation means ________________?

• It includes the ability of a speaker not to be coherent and easily understood

• it refers to how clearly someone form a word.

The way you deliver your winning speech is another essential factor – maintaining eye contact and keeping calm have been proven to be effective techniques for debating.​

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Just as important is the method with which you construct your debate. Your arguments will need to be coherent, and they must make sense. Good debaters will keep all of these things in mind and the core elements that they have accumulated through education, i.e., finding and reading sources, drafting and writing a speech, and being able to listen and confidently speak.

3. Improved Research Skills

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Improved Research Skills means you should be logical and well-organized or reasonable to improved your research skills.

• true

• false

Challenge your opponent, think outside the box, and be prepared to identify any gaps in their counter-arguments. Responding to comments and questions and thinking on your feet are essential debating skills, as hesitating could cost you precious time and points.

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Thinking quickly could prepare you for just about any situation that life presents to you when time is crucial, and a decision must be made fast.

4. Quick-Thinking

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Quick-Thinking means you need to think fast to avoid gapping during actual debating.

• True

• False

​A skilled debater will be able to remain focused on their goal and not stray from the topic or issue discussed.

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​You will need to remember who you want to keep on your side and present a personable argument. Doing so will make you appear immediately more likable and amenable.

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Accepting a loss with grace and taking accountability for your failings are essential skills, both in your daily life and in debating. They’ll also help you resolve any conflict before it can even begin, so be sure to accept any constructive criticism that comes your way.

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​5. Resolution of Conflict

Multiple Choice

You need to focus the topic and your goal to avoid conflict during debate.

• True

• False

Successful speakers will always be empathetic while participating in any debate. You may not agree with the argument that you have been assigned, but empathy is going to allow you to at least understand the beliefs of the people that do agree with your argument.

6. Greater Empathy

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Greater empathy means by showing an ability to understand and not to share the feelings of another.

• True

• False

Good debaters can also maintain an element of composure and poise, addressing the issue at hand rather than letting it carry them away. In fact, managing your emotions is not only a useful skill when it comes to debating but will earn you respect in almost all other aspects of your life.

7. Emotional Control​

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Increasing learners’ confidence, poise, and self-esteem.

• True

• False

A critical skill for any good debater is to find solutions to previous problems and compile creative solutions and ideas. Making the best of a bad situation and thinking outside of the box will only be beneficial in the long run, allowing you to take on any challenge, no matter how challenging.

8. Finding Meaning in Complex Situations

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No matter how challenging the debate was you should be quick and find a solution on whatever questions the opponent given.

• True

• False

Your presentation also plays a vital role in how you are perceived as an individual by others and how you are perceived as competition. Speak slowly and with clear enunciation, and consider what it is you are going to say.

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This will make for a clearer understanding of what you are talking about and make for better reasoning. Displaying skills in presentation will earn you immediate respect both while you are debating and in other situations where you need to be in front of a group of people talking.

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9. Presentation Skills

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Presentation should be clear to to the audience will understand as will as your group member.

• True

• False

Debating can also help individuals develop a new view of the world around them. Debating makes people study topics that usually would not cross their minds, providing them with a deeper understanding of our society and the world we live in.

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A broadened worldview will also encourage learners to appreciate their achievements and talents while also appreciating their upcoming opportunities.

10. A Broader View of the World

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A Broader View of the World teaches the skills of researching, organizing, and compellingly presenting information and ready to mingle it with the outside world.

• True

• False

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A mental activity that can usual of organizing information on beliefs into a series of steps to reach conclusions

• Claim

• Evidence

• Logic

• Reasoning

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A statement or assertion that is open to challenge that requires support

• Claim

• Evidence

• Logic

• Reasoning

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A method of reasoning or thinking

• Claim

• Evidence

• Logic

• Reasoning

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relevant pieces of information that supports a claim; facts, quotation, example, statistics, or stories

• Claim

• Evidence

• Logic

• Reasoning

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Recognize; admit

• Refute

• Justify

• Acknowledge

• Delineate

• Evaluate

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Mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail

• Refute

• Justify

• Acknowledge

• Delineate

• Evaluate

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Prove to be false or incorrect

• Refute

• Justify

• Acknowledge

• Delineate

• Evaluate

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Prove to be false or incorrect

• Refute

• Justify

• Acknowledge

• Delineate

• Evaluate

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Prove to be false or incorrect

• Refute

• Justify

• Acknowledge

• Delineate

• Evaluate

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to examine, assess, and judge carefully

• Refute

• Justify

• Acknowledge

• Delineate

• Evaluate

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Each lawyer’s summary of the case, a final attempt to persuade the jury or judge

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• Opening Statement

• Closing Statement

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A statement made by each lawyer, outlining the case he/she plans to present

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate

• Opening Statement

• Closing Statement

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Confrontation in which people cross lines and attack to prove who or what is “right”

• Debate

• Fight

• Argument

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Two people equally trying to prove to a judge which side is “right”, using a formal structure

• Debate

• Fight

• Argument

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presenting a persuasive opinion or claim

• Debate

• Fight

• Argument

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off-topic

• Relevant

• Irrelevant

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on-topic

• Relevant

• Irrelevant

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Two things are related but maybe not directly

• Causation

• Correlation

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presenting a persuasive opinion or claim

• Debate

• Fight

• Argument