so guys, have you join in our event on 7-9 december? ok now i will
socialize about system that will be apply in our event, thats british
parliamentary style (BP style). British
Parliamentary Debate is an debate done on the spot. This article will cover how
to debate in this style and provide some useful tips.
Here's
the steps:
- Organize four team of two people
- Decide which teams gets to get to pick
whether it will choose the topic first or the side to argue for. This is generally done by a coin toss
and the winner will get preference over choosing the topic or the side.
There are two government teams and two opposition teams. You will be
versing not only your side's opposition, but also the other government
team.
- There are generally 3 topics and 2 sides. The topics are random and the sides are called
"government" and "opposition". Government is
supporting the topic given and opposition is opposing it. The topic will
always request government to argue for achange (argue to change something that currently
exists), while opposition will argue against the change. There are two
teams for government, and there are two teams for opposition.
- You and a partner receive your
topic around 10 minutes before the debate begins. You have these few
minutes to prepare your speeches.
- Points of information can be given
to the opposing side when they are speaking. This is in the form of a
question, and cannot last more than 15 seconds.
- For every debate, the first and
last minute are protected time, where you cannot make any Points of
Information.
- First the opening sides
debate. There will be two opening teams - the Opening Government and
the Opening Opposition.
- One person on side government,
called the Prime Minister, speaks first. S/he must define every
important term in the topic. S/he must define them carefully, because
should s/he introduce fail to do so, side opposition may define those
terms in any way that best suits it. (i.e., define the house, define the
meaning of the resolution, etc.) Next, the Prime Minister will introduce
any contentions (points you wish to use to prove your case) s/he wishes to
do. It is imperative that the Prime Minister sets a clear and narrow
resolution so that the debate is focused and no too broad. The time limit
is generally 5 minutes.
- One person on side opposition,
called the Leader of the Opposition, speaks next. S/he must refute
(prove incorrect) every contention the Prime Minister just made and
introduce any contentions s/he wishes to do so. The time limit is
generally 5 minutes.
- One person on side government,
called the Deputy Prime Minister, speaks next. S/he must refute every
contention the Member of the Opposition just introduced, rebuild
(re-prove) the Prime Minister's contentions and introduce any additional
contentions s/he wishes to introduce. The time limit is generally 5 minutes
until 7,20 minutes
- One person on side opposition,
called the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, speaks next. S/he must
refute every contention of side government, rebuild all of side
opposition's contentions and introduce any additional contentions s/he
wishes to add. Sometimes, it may be against the rules to introduce new
contentions in this speech in the last [enter amount here] minutes of the
speech. It is also, generally, a good idea to summarize all the points of
the opening opposition (the Leader of Opposition and his own points) in
this speech, as the Leader of the Opposition is the last person of his side
to speak. The time limit is generally until 7,20 minutes.
- The closing sides now debate.
- The Member of Government now
speaks. S/he must present an extension to the debate that was done by
the opening sides. That is to say, S/he must open a new side about the
issue. This is 7,20 minutes.
- The Member of Opposition now
speaks. S/he was to refute the points of the Member of Government, as
well as bring in another extension. This is 7,20 minutes.
- The Government Whip
speaks. S/he is to refute the points of the Member of Opposition.
Then, s/he has to sum up the debate and crystallize it to some main
points. This speaker may not bring in ANY new points/extensions/case
studies. This is 7,20 minutes.
- The Opposition Whip is the last
speaker in the debate. S/he will refute, but may not introduce new
contentions. Lastly, s/he should summarize all the contentions made by
his/her side and possibly provide mention what the debate
wasmainly about. S/he was to do the same thing as the Government
Whip. This is 7,20 minutes.
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