DEBATE

Originally prepared by
Atty. Dino de Leon
Coach of Zobel Parliament
 According to The Book of Lists,
the fear of public speaking ranks
number one in the minds of the
majority of people. Far above the fear
of death and disease, comes the fear
of standing in front of a crowd.
(Readers’ Digest)
 Bill Gates Abraham Lincoln Isaac Newton

College dropout Received less than 5 Made his teachers in

years of formal grade school hopeless
education in improving his grades
Ludwig van Beethoven Michael Jordan Thomas Edison

Labelled by one of his Was cut off from the Tried more than 9,000
music teachers as high school basketball experiments before
“hopeless” team because of his creating the light bulb
“lack of skill”
Albert Einstein

Had very poor grades in school

that his teacher asked him to
quit saying, “Einstein, you will
never amount to anything!”
What DEBATING is all about…

 Organized presentation of an analysis and a

proposal
 Winning friends through arguments
 Individual and team performance
 Intellectual discussion of issues
 Discussion to become closer to the truth
DEBATING is NOT…
Prime Minister Leader of the
Opposition

Deputy Prime Deputy Leader

Minister of the Opp.

Government Opposition
Whip Whip
 Prime Minister Leader of the
Opposition
OG OO
Deputy Prime Deputy Leader of
Minister the Opp.

Member of the Member of the

Gov’t Opposition
CG CO
Government Opposition Whip
Whip
Points-of-Information (POIs)
• Must be no more than 15 seconds long so keep it short
• It is the discretion of the person speaking whether to recognize the
point or not.
• Each speaker must accept at least two points of information per
speech.
III. Members
1. Defend second speaker
2. Rebut
3. Argue
4. Summary
IV. Whip
1. State Issue
2. Tackle and Provide Rebuttals
3. Summary

*Whips cannot add new

arguments.
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Matter
Method