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Tutorial
- General Rules and Guidelines
- Research
- Summary
- World Debating Championships, Adjudication Criteria
- Irish Times Adjudication Criteria
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These are the training handouts prepared a few years ago, in my capacity as Speaker Development Officer, in order to train the Maiden Speakers of the University of Limerick. They are by no means the ultimate guide to debating. In fact since then I have changed my mind about certain aspects and just have not had the time to re-write them. If you wish to use or reproduce these feel free but please credit me as the source and I would appreciate an e-mail to let me know that you are using them, in what capacity and what response/suggestions you might have.
Also note that these are for British Parliamentary style of debating. While this is very different to American, Canadian, Australian, etc. styles it is the style that Worlds Council voted in 1996 to accept as the standard for all Future World Championships. While this may have been a "controversial" decision I hope these guidelines may give assistance to Worlds speakers who have never experienced British Parliamentary Style before. However, once again, I would not consider these adequate on their own. Experience is invaluable.