China Debate Academy Located in Beijing July 22-30, 2013 lorem ipsum dolor sit amet Students from schools across China will participate in an annual Summer debate training program an school competition
Students Will: Learn the discipline of debate Engage in disciplined dialogue Research and weigh evidence within and across subjects Learn to distinguish fact from opinion Present well- considered arguments Develop strong critical thinking skills Gain greater self- confidence and the ability to present ideas clearly Develop skills most favorably viewed by U.S. admissions staff According to the Wall Street Journal, college admissions directors are relying less on grade point averages and standardized test scores, and are relying more on success in academically related extracurricular activities such as speech and debate." --Prof. Minh Luong, Forensics and College Admissions, Yale University 2
Faculty Professor Alfred Charles Snider University Of Vermont Alfred C. Snider: is the Edwin W. Lawrence Professor of Forensics! at the University of Vermont. He has degrees from Brown University, Emerson College, and the University of Kansas. HE teaches courses in debate, argumentation, persuasion and rhetorical analysis. He is the Director of the World Debate Institute and the Lawrence Debate Union. Dr. Snider has spent over forty years promoting debate and critical communication as an alternative to violence and conflict. He has done formal debate training in forty countries and has trained debaters from over forty-five nations at the World Debate Institute s sessions in the USA, Korea, Qatar, Iraq, Cameroon and Slovenia. He has directed the debate program at international conferences in Turkey, Estonia, Qatar and Slovenia attended by scholars from over thirty-five nations. Fee: 8-day program in Beijing (Peking University); commuter and board rates available. Contact your local education provider for pricing details and for registration/payment information. "At the high point of their 2011/12 season, The University of Vermont was ranked seventh in the world by the International Debate Education Association, just behind Cambridge, Oxford, and Yale and ahead of the likes of London School of Economics, Harvard, and Stanford, all in an elite top thirty among hundreds of competing institutions." --Vermont Quarterly Magazine Bojana Skrt: Director ZIP (National Debate Program of Slovenia), three times WSDC EFL World Champion coach, 2010 ESL WSDC Champion coach, founder of International Debate Academy Slovenia. Four debate coaches will also join the summer 2013 program and be assigned to work with debate teams. 3
TIMES MONDAY July 22 TUESDAY JULY 23 WEDNESDAY JULY 24 THURSDAY JULY 25 8:45 Morning assembly mandatory Morning assembly mandatory Morning assembly mandatory MORNING ARRIVALS 9:00 Lecture: Public speaking 10:00 Exercises: Public speaking 12:00 Content electives: 8 debate topics will be identified 9:00 Lecture: Argumentation 11:00 Exercises: Argumentation 9:00 Lecture: Proposition 10:30 Exercises: Proposition cases 12:00 Content electives: Select from 8 topics LUNCH 13:00-15:00 13:00-1500 13:00-15:00 AFTERNOON ARRIVALS 15:00 Debate electives: 1. Roles of speakers; 2. Preparation for debates; 3. Using examples; 4. Points of information; 5. Prepare a 1 st speech; 6. Refutation; 7. Build a prop case; 8. Note taking; 9. Reply speech 1600 Announce debate & prep 1730 Debate & critique 15:00 Content electives: from 8 topics 16:00 Announce debate & prep 17:30 Debate & critique 15:00 Debate electives: To be announced 16:00 Announce debate & prep 17:30 Debate & critique DINNER 19:00 19:00 19:00 19:00 EVENING 20:00 Introduction to the program and debate format; Demo debate 21:00 Country exhibition 4
TIMES FRIDAY JULY 26 SATURDAY JULY 27 SUNDAY JULY 28 MONDAY JULY 29 8:45 Morning assembly mandatory Morning assembly mandatory Morning assembly mandatory Morning assembly mandatory MORNING 9:00 Lecture: Opposition 9:00 Lecture: Points of information 9:00 Round One prepared 9:00 Round Five prepared 10:30 Exercises: Opposition 10:00 Exercises: PoIs 11:00 Round Two prepared 11:00 Round Six prepared 11:00 Lecture: Motions 12:00 Exercises: Motions LUNCH 13:00 13:00 13:00 13:00 AFTERNOON Free afternoon 15:00 Announcement of debate and prep 17:00 Debate and critique 14:00 Announce motion 15:00 Round Three 16:30 Announce motion 17:30 Round Four 15:00 Semifinals THBT Topic to be determined 17:00 Finals THBT Topic to be determined 18:00 Closing ceremony DINNER 19:00 19:00 19:00 19:00 EVENING 20:00 Electives: Topics to be determined How to make your arguments more important; more to be announced. 20:00 Register all for tournament 20:00 Farewell party 22:00 Demo debate, World Universities Debate Championship format REGISTRATION - Students should contact their school for details. 5