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For the final session, we review skills you need before you go forth and join debate competitions! The first is some pointers on style, and the next is research skills. Both these skills are transferable to your daily life as well, with regards to ho ...

There are a variety of ways to ensure that your arguments are impactful. This session covers the term “not mutually exclusive” and the various types of harm that appear in debates, with a variety of motions to illustration.

The most robust arguments take into account what the other side might say. This is known as pre-empting. A good debater learns to attack their own argument to make it better and this lesson teaches you how to do so. The motion we will be using is - T ...

Rebuttals can be offensive and attack the other side, or defensive whereby you defend your side. This session focuses on defensive rebuttals, and explores how to rebut the other side without re-stating your substantive. We will be exploring this thro ...

This session introduces the basic Dos and Don’ts of offering Points of Information. Strategic ways to offer POIs will also be covered, as well as how to turn these mini-rebuttals into full-fledged ones. We will be revisiting the motion - This House W ...

Learn the fundamentals of creating a rebuttal - how to disprove and engage the other side. This will be explored using the motion - This House Would Ban fried food in primary schools and This House would restrict the number of hours teenagers are all ...

This session explores how governmental behaviour affects and is, in turn, affected by citizens’ responses. This informs both policy and substantives. Specifically, the ideas covered will be - message sent, finite political will and the notion of a pr ...

This session covers the basic format of an argument - establishing a topic sentence and elaboration. This will be explored through the motion - This House supports academic streaming. We will also be revising how to create a set-up and utilise actor ...

Common arguments that debaters use include social contract, threshold of harm, and tenets of justice. These ideas will be explored through the motion - This House Would place sin taxes on alcohol and cigarettes. The decision making calculus of indivi ...

This session builds on what was covered in the previous lesson, going through how to create a robust set-up in greater depth. This covers definitions, clarifications and policy. A variety of motions will be used to illustrate these key ideas, such as ...

This session covers how to create a set-up. In addition, you will learn how to use actor analysis to come up with a variety of arguments. We will be using motions such as: This House Would ban children from playing violent video games, and This House ...

In this session, you will learn about the WSDC format, speaker roles, and types of motions. Examples will be given to help you explore the types of motions and some basic principles, such as This House Would Ban the sale of unhealthy food in schools.

This session focuses on how to create specific and targeted substantives to ensure that you are answering all the key terms in the motion. This will be explored through the motion - This House Would Restrict the number of hours teenagers can spend on ...

This session focuses on how to pick examples, and how to add them to your argument effectively. This can be done using anecdotes, precedence, statistics or compelling facts. All types of examples will be covered, along with a comparison of their rela ...