Debate or debating is a formal method of interactive and representational argument. In a formal debating contest, there are rules for people to discuss and decide on differences, within a framework defining how they will interact. The outcome of a debate may be decided by audience vote, by judges, or by some combination of the two. Formal debates between candidates for elected office, such as the leaders debates and the U.S. presidential election debates, are common in democracies.
The major goal of the study of debate is to develop one's ability to play from either position with equal ease. Debates are sometime organized for purely competitive purposes, particularly at the US high-school level, but also in other English-speaking countries. In schools and colleges, often, it takes the form of a contest with explicit rules. It may be presided over by one or more judges. Each side seeks to win, by following the rules, and even by using some rules to break other rules, within limits. Each side is either in favor of ("for, 'Affirmative' "), or opposed to ("against, 'Negative' ") a statement (proposition, moot or Resolution).
In this video you can hear different types of talk: opening remarks, the statement of the rules of debate, and the beginning of the initial Affirmative presentation.
Want to hear more? The second of six parts of this championship is here.
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Friday
Famous American Speeches
The American Rhetoric site provides lists, videos and transcripts of famous American speeches.
On their list of Top 100 Speeches, the #1 slot is held by Martin Luther King, Jr. and his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. You can find excerpts from that speech, with subtitles, on the Cultural Access blog.
#2 is John F. Kennedy's inaugural address. A video of the first part of the address, and the complete text can be found on American Rhetoric.
Here is the end lines, which contain the famous "Ask not what your country can do for you..." quote, immediately recognized by any American.
The American Rhetoric site also presents a list of famous movie speeches, Here's another presidential address, from a press conference in the movie The American President.
On their list of Top 100 Speeches, the #1 slot is held by Martin Luther King, Jr. and his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. You can find excerpts from that speech, with subtitles, on the Cultural Access blog.
#2 is John F. Kennedy's inaugural address. A video of the first part of the address, and the complete text can be found on American Rhetoric.
Here is the end lines, which contain the famous "Ask not what your country can do for you..." quote, immediately recognized by any American.
The American Rhetoric site also presents a list of famous movie speeches, Here's another presidential address, from a press conference in the movie The American President.
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