So far, the asynchronous debate has been in the form of 1 v 1 Lincoln Douglas debate. But there are other forms of debate, namely, Parliamentary debate or Parli, and IPDA. Parli debate is a 2 v 2 format, which takes place with all the debaters together in the...
Malcolm Gladwell famously postulated that anyone can achieve mastery in a field of study, if they are willing to put in 10,000 hours. One of the more famous examples that support this conclusion was the practice habits of great violinists. While great violinists all...
Debate, as with any form of public speaking, requires mindfulness of delivery to achieve the desired presentation by the speaker. This unit will discuss the different ways we communicate, either deliberately or thoughtlessly by our vocalics, kinesics and other...
We now enter into the ‘end-game’ of the debate. Debaters have one last opportunity to plead their case by critically analyzing the arguments that were made in the round thus far, without constructing new arguments. It might be confusing at first, because a...
