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Debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx Classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality. Description
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This course is designed to give students a very solid and strong start to debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx.
Without going through the Foundation course, students easily get lost, which hinders their improvement and affects their interest in debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx. We believe that no one can succeed at a high level without learning the basic, fundamental skills.
This is why we ask all our students to complete a term of Foundations before moving into the Intermediate classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality..
Target Debate Skills
- Basic debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx format rules
- Speech and argument structure
- Rebuttal techniques
- Public speaking skill
- Basic note-taking
- Generating arguments
- Explaining impacts
- Beginner topic analysis
- Modeling a debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx
- Weighing arguments
Knowledge Sessions
- Basic criminal justice
- Basic international relations
- Role of education
- Human rights and animal rights
- Basic philosophy
This course is designed to develop intermediate debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx skills through use of challenging debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx topics in domestic formats of debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx (Canadian National Debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx Format or British Parliamentary).
In classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality., students focus on specific debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx skills to help them progress more quickly to the next level while expanding their knowledge.
Target Debate Skills
- Strategic argument choice
- Using multiple lines of analysis and rebuttal
- Drills on improving quality of argumentation
- Use of framing and weighing devices
- Intermediate-level burden analysis,
- Drills on earlier skills (intros, presentation, note-taking)
- Economics
- Gender and society
- Journalism
- International relations
- Human rights and animal rights
This course is a special classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality. offered to those students who are higher-level intermediate: not quite ready for the Advanced classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality., but higher level than most of their peers in Intermediate.
In this course, coaches will focus on targeting student areas of weakness and cementing high-level skills to prepare students to move up into the Advanced program.
This course is for strong debaters who are passionate about debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx and are considering pursuing debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx competitively. The lessons of this course are chosen by the coach to target specific areas of student weakness and will be decided based on the needs and goals of the debaters.
Lessons will be aimed at specifically improving student style and content while introducing higher-level strategic tools in debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx.
Target Debate Skills
- Principled argumentation
- Meta-debating
- Use of presentation style for framing and weighing issues
- Pushing burdens
- Frameworks
- Use of personas
- Use of style for strategy
- Effective use of examples
Knowledge Sessions
- At the discretion of the coach
- Will be on more challenging and nuanced debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx topic areas
This course is for the academy’s most competitive debaters who will compete on behalf of the academy at major Canadian and American, as well as world tournaments. All sessions are at the discretion of the top coaches of the academy, with a large portion of classes focused on training for specific tournaments, including tournaments that use the most popular American format of debatea formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward. additional meaning: xxxx – Public Forum.
Prerequisites for entry into this classa set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality. include both a coach recommendation as well as a try-out session. Students at this level frequently win top awards and have excellent skills that are easily transferable to other areas of their lives.