Why debate?• Argumentation and persuasion• Public speaking• Language skills• Critical thinking• Teamwork, leadership and teaching skills• Stress-resistance and building self-confidence• Making amazing friends and contacts all around

Finland and outside of Finland!

Debate on…• Human rights• Politics• Economics • Law• Philosophy• Religion• Environment, etc ….

P.S. Everything is debatable

Debates in Finland

• The Tampere Debate Society• The Jyväskylä Debate Society• The Turku Debate Society• The Aalto Debate Society• The Helsinki Debate Society

Opening Government Prime MinisterDeputy Prime Minister

Closing GovernmentMember for the

Government(extension)Government Whip(summing up debate)

Opening OppositionLeader of the OppositionDeputy Leader of the Opposition

Closing Opposition Member for the Opposition(extension)Opposition Whip(summing up debate)

Basic concepts

Opening factions•Define the motion of the debate•Present their case.•Respond to arguments of the opposing first faction.•Maintain their relevance during the debate.

Closing factions•Introduce a case extension.•Establish and maintain their relevance early in the debate.•Respond to the arguments of the first factions.•Respond to the case extension of the opposing second faction.

What do we debate?

1. Motion of value/comparison motionTHBT (This House Believes That) harmony is

more important than diversity2. Motion of factTHBT the United Nations have failed3.Policy motionTHW (This House Will) ban criminals from voting

Your model (if you are PM or LO)

Сlarify the motion

Who? What? Where? Why?What rights are being affected?Who are stakeholders?How their balance of rights are changing?

Your argument

• Label (main idea in one sentence)• Explanation (theoretical resoning)• Example (hypothetical/real situation)• Tie-back (how what you have said leads to the

main idea you stated)

SEXI (Statetement-Explanation-Illustratrion)

Weekly sessions

Outdoor educational activities

Show debates

…Coming soon!

Workshops

Tampere, December 2013

Tournaments

Tournaments records:•Nordic Debating Championship 2013•Turku Open 2013•Estonian Open 2014•Helsinki Open 2014•Turku Open 2014

More on debate

• http://debatemotioncentral.blogspot.com/• http://debate.uvm.edu/quicklinks.html• http://idebate.org/• http://howtodebate.blogspot.co.uk/• http://monashdebaters.com/training-resource

s/training-handbooks/

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