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pisaykedelya
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 10:18 pm |
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Hello there. I'm a high school sophomore in Asia. We use the British Parliamentary Format. I'm in the school's debate club too. But I have one problem. I never got used to the speaking part but I'm getting the hang of all the other parts. Especially teamwork.
Help Me?
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nselegzi
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Posted: Wed Mar 26th, 2008 10:49 pm |
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Really, the best way to get better at speaking is to practice. If you have a video camera, one thing you can try is setting it up, giving a speech and the watching yourself. You'll probably see ways in which you can improve. Tape yourself giving a speech, watch the video, and then give the same speech again. Look for signs of improvement.
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Posted: Thu Apr 17th, 2008 05:49 am |
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In addition to Noel's excellent suggestion about video taping yourself, you can try two other things.
1. If you don't have a video camera, try practicing in front of a mirror.
2. Be sure to watch others give speeches, especially more advanced or experienced BP debaters. See how they organize their speeches, how they use evidence to support their claims, how they take points of information (or how they ask them), notice how they balance their time in a speech to ensure they answer all of their opponents' points as well as leave time for a powerful conclusion, etc. It is perfectly acceptable to watch what others do and then try to emulate their strengths into your own style.
Joe Zompetti
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Posted: Fri May 16th, 2008 12:43 pm |
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I agree with Joe, find recorded debates from the EUDC or WUDC finals and other good rounds and see what they are doing. Do not copy it, just gather info and make your own style.
There are a couple of great debates on
http://www.debate-motions.info
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Posted: Thu May 29th, 2008 11:58 pm |
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Write a small pro and con speech, and watch both. I have found myself appearing more awkward and stumbling over dialouge in a speech I disagreed with, it's typical. Work on justifying genocide with a smile on your face and cheer in your tone if you are using a tape recorder
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Posted: Sun Aug 23rd, 2009 11:20 am |
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hi there,
i wanna ask some help to you guys, i'm the debaters from the freshman year of my high school, now i'm sophomore and i'll have my second debate championship next week in my own city, and i have a problem with confidence and my low mental, but actually my coach said i have the skills in debate . can you help me ?
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Posted: Wed Oct 14th, 2009 10:56 pm |
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| I am in middle school, but to tell you the truth, what helped me most was writing my own speeches, and really practicing them. what also helps is really putting some patriotic stuff, or things that you can be passionate about...not very helpful in policy debate...so you really get into it. If you write some sample stuff just to read to yourself, that helps too.
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