Competitive Debate Research Articles

A Study on the Effectiveness of English Debate Competitions as a Language Learning Aid

English debate competitions have gained widespread attention as an innovative language learning tool in recent years. This study explores the impact of English debate on learners’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, as well as their critical thinking and teamwork abilities. Using empirical research methods such as surveys, interviews, and performance evaluations, this study finds that participation in English debates not only improves students’ English proficiency but also significantly enhances their ability to think critically and collaborate effectively. By integrating recent literature, the research further examines the actual impact of English debate competitions on language learning and their application in educational contexts.

The Effects of Sheng’ Vocabulary Usage in the Learning of Kiswahili Grammar in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya

Purpose: Sheng’ is a linguistic code based primarily on the Kiswahili structure and grammar with the lexicon drawn from Kiswahili, English and the various ethnic languages of Kenya; that are mostly spoken in towns and other urban areas. The purpose of this paper was to examine the effects of Sheng’ vocabulary on the learning of Kiswahili grammar in public secondary schools in Kenya. Methodology: Krejcie & Morgan sampling table was used to sample the schools. Stratified random sampling, simple random sampling and purposive strategy were used to sample the public secondary schools to participate. Krejcie and Morgan sampling table was used to sample 55 teachers of Kiswahili and 360 students to take part in the study. Data was collected using observation schedules, focused group discussion guides and a writing task for students. Questionnaires and interview guides were used for teachers of Kiswahili. Qualitative data collected was analyzed thematically to generate information that was summarized in graphics and discussed in narrative form. Quantitative data was analyzed with the help of Statistical package for social Studies. Findings: The findings of the study further revealed that Sheng’ vocabulary influenced written Kiswahili grammar as learners wrote Sheng’ words whereas they were expected to write standard Kiswahili. Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy, and Practice: School administrators should come up with a school-based language policy so as to control learners’ language environment. The ministry of education should encourage the culture of drama, music and debate competition among schools. The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development should also ensure language use is stipulated in Kiswahili curriculum and Sheng’ be considered as an independent language code in the country.

They feelin’ some type of way: antiblackness, speaking black flesh and the problem of interracial allyship

Competitive policy debate, an activity touted to train political leaders and civic participants, is mired in conflict over the rise of Black student participation. Diversity outreach efforts in the 1990s offered an opportunity to increase black participation significantly in the activity. These efforts at inclusion generated racial turbulence as Black students brought black theory, performance and culture to the fore as the grounding for their argumentative strategies. While the scholarship about Black activism in policy debate has focused on the reaction of the traditionalists attempting to protect the norms of competition, it is simultaneously salient to analyze white liberal and progressive responses to the disruption caused by Black debaters. Drawing on the themes of civility and mutual recognition, I encourage argument theorists to consider how the structure of anti-blackness offers a fundamental antagonism to interracial debate and deliberation. This article delves into a racialized conflict between two teams who were part of a broad-based coalition of debaters disrupting normative argumentative and performative practice in debate competitions, arguing that violating the norms of competition and standards of civility represents a necessary strategy for Black folks arguing about anti-black racism in the interracial context of competitive debate.

The importance of sambhasa (debate method) for increasing the self-confidence of the younger generation of hindu in Bali

Sambhasa is the art of debate and logic in India, equipped with a structured debating method. Hindu followers have three ways to resolve issues: first is Vada (discussion), second is Samvada (dialogue), and third is Tarka (Debate). Debate is a highly intellectual and refined skill aimed at elevating Hindus from various impure beliefs and thoughts that can be detrimental to Hindu Dharma. It serves the noble purpose of training the younger generation in analytical skills, using real facts to gain understanding of an issue, and comparing different perspectives on the matter. Debating becomes a fascinating discipline, inclusive of pramana, which involves seeking fundamental truths through four methods of observation: pratyaksa, anumana, upamana, and sabda, recognized by the Nyaya system as the four valid sources of knowledge. Debate is an engaging activity for the youth believed to boost confidence and shape positive character. However, a drawback lies in the dominance of participants who are confident and well-versed, overshadowing those who lack confidence and expertise in competitive debate.

대학 토론대회 운영 현황 및 시사점

Debate, regarded since ancient Greece as one of the important activities for cultivating critical thinking and communication skills, has become more important in modern civil society and democratic society. University debate competitions in Korea expanded in the late 1970s starting with the university union debate competition. However, in the early days, the grammatical form of discussion was emphasized rather than the strength of critical thinking and communication skills. Debate clubs or debate competitions were organized in each university in the mid-1990s, and by the 2000s, the quality of the debate competitions was high. Debate competitions for university students nationwide have also become more diversified. Busan National University, Sookmyung Women’s University, Chungnam National University, Chungbuk National University, Dankook University, and Pukyong National University are representative universities that have held on-campus debate competitions for more than 10 years. Among them, we would like to conduct a comparative analysis by selecting three universities that are historically and educationally representative while presenting an advanced model for on-campus debate competitions as universities that have held such competitions for more than 10 years. As a result, this paper aims to analyze the current status of on-campus debate competitions at Busan National University, Sookmyung Women’s University, and Chungnam National University and to explore implications for university education. In order to analyze the current status of the university's in-school discussion competitions, in this study interviews were conducted with practitioners of reading discussion competitions at each university and a content analysis method of discussion competition data posted on their websites was performed. The status survey can provide several improvements such as enhancing the understanding of university discussion competitions, reminding the importance of discussions in university education, and reaffirming educational implications.

“They competed with the motto "When ideas collide, minds win"...

The debate competition was held at Üsküdar University Çarşı Campus Emir Nebi Conference Hall.

Semi-public speaking: How virtual high school debate competition increased accessibility for marginalized students

Semi-public speaking: How virtual high school debate competition increased accessibility for marginalized students

온라인 독서토론대회 본선 참가자 인식 연구

The purpose of this study is to conduct a survey of participants in the final round of the online reading debate contest to check the educational effectiveness of the contest, collect students’ perceptions, and revitalize the online reading debate contest, which is one of the extracurricular activities. A survey conducted on students who advanced to the finals of the 1st and 2nd Online Sookmyung Reading Debate Competition was conducted to determine the effectiveness of university liberal arts education on the Reading debate competition, the educational effectiveness of the competition, the appropriateness of the Reading discussion method, and the effectiveness of the online competition operation. It was conducted with appropriateness and effectiveness. Through this, students’ perceptions were compared and analyzed throughout the reading discussion contest held in real time online (ZOOM) and areas for improvement were sought. In order for the Reading debate competition to be conducted more effectively, discussion and writing education must be activated in university liberal arts education, connection between subject and non-curricular subjects is necessary, and there is a need to select appropriate topics and designated books to increase student participation in the Reading debate competition. It was suggested that the role and participation of the audience in online space is necessary.

Sistem Pembelajaran Bahasa Arab di Lembaga Kursus dan Pelatihan (LKP) Bahasa Arab Nurul Iman Parung-Bogor

This article aims to discuss the Arabic language learning system at the Nurul Iman Parung Arabic Course and Training Institute (LKP), Bogor. Today, many people are interested in studying Arabic, seeing the urgency of Arabic as a solution to various complex problems in modern times. Many educational institutions participate in developing and implementing Arabic language learning, both formal and non-formal. One of these educational institutions is the Al-Ashriyyah Islamic Boarding School Nurul Iman Parung Bogor, which established an Arabic language LKP in Parung Bogor. This research is a field research (field research) in the form of qualitative research using a multidisciplinary approach which includes, among others: pedagogical, normative theological, juridical, sociological, and psychological approaches. The results of this study suggest that LKP Nurul Iman Arabic conducts Arabic courses for students who wish to deepen and further develop their Arabic language skills through non-formal institutions specifically established for the development of Arabic. The Arabic language learning system at LKP Nurul Iman Arabic is a non-credit Arabic learning program run by the Language Development Institute for all students who are interested in learning Arabic further. LKP Arabic Nurul Iman has not been equipped with standard curriculum references, syllabi, and manuals, teaching materials are tentative/change according to management policies every year. The learning model is designed simultaneously on the same day and hour in each class, it is not allowed to shift teaching hours or days by the teacher, this course program also does not make the class the only learning center. LKP Arabic Nurul Iman has succeeded in improving students' Arabic language skills, and has also succeeded in producing sufficiently qualified Arabic language experts. The increased achievement of Arabic competitions at the Al Ashriyyah Nurul Iman Islamic Boarding School, such as Arabic speech contests, Arabic debate competitions, Taqdimul Qisshoh and others, both at the district and national levels, is evidence of the increased students' Arabic language skills

Slip of the Tongue in English-Language Debates: A Psycholinguistic Study

Debaters need to plan, speak fluently, and think critically during a debate. However, a common error occurs during debates known as slips of the tongue. They are caused by nervousness, tension and unpreparedness. This research aimed to identify types of slips of the tongue and their units of error through a descriptive qualitative study. The data were collected from the video recording of an English Debate Competition at a university. The data were analyzed using two theories by Gleason and Ratner Click or tap here to enter text.and by DardjowidjojoClick or tap here to enter text. to investigate units of error in slips of the tongue. The second theory was presented by Altiparmak and Koruoglu which described nine types of slips of the tongue: shifts, exchanges, anticipations, persistence, additions, deletions, substitutions, blends, and deviations. There were 78 data points found in slips of the tongue - 39 units of error and 39 types of error. The units of error found in slips of the tongue were 11 distinctive feature errors, 9 syllable errors, 6 phonetic segment errors and 14 word errors. Types of the slips of the tongue were 15 deletions, 9 substitutions, 11 blends, and 4 deviations.
 Keywords: Debate, Slips of Tongue, Unit of Error

Pengaruh Penggunaan Media Pembelajaran Berbantuan Video Lomba Debat terhadap Keterampilan Menulis Teks Debat

This study has three objectives. First, to describe the skill level of writing debate texts of experimental class students using video-assisted learning media as text teaching materials for class X MAN 3 Padang City. Second, it describes the skill level of writing debate texts of control class students without using video-assisted learning media as a medium for learning debate texts for class X MAN 3 Padang City students. This type of research is quantitative, the method used is the experimental method. The data in this study are students' debate text writing skills based on the structure and language rules of the debate text. The data source used was the debate text of class X MAN 3 Padang City students with a total sample of 27 texts. The data collection technique used in this study was giving treatment to students in the control and experimental classes, giving performance tests to the control and experimental classes. There are three data analysis techniques in this study, namely (1) giving scores to the debate texts that have been written by students (2) recording the scores obtained by students (3) converting scores into values using formulas. Based on the analysis that has been done, it can be concluded that the video-assisted learning media of the debate competition has an effect on the debate writing skills of class X MAN 3 Padang City students.

Influence via Ethos: On the Persuasive Power of Reputation in Deliberation Online

Deliberation among individuals online plays a key role in shaping the opinions that drive votes, purchases, donations, and other critical offline behavior. Yet, the determinants of opinion change via persuasion in deliberation online remain largely unexplored. Our research examines the persuasive power of ethos—an individual’s “reputation”—using a seven-year panel of over a million debates from an argumentation platform containing explicit indicators of successful persuasion. We identify the causal effect of reputation on persuasion by constructing an instrument for reputation from a measure of past debate competition and by controlling for unstructured argument text using neural models of language in the double machine-learning framework. We find that an individual’s reputation significantly impacts their persuasion rate above and beyond the validity, strength, and presentation of their arguments. In our setting, we find that having 10 additional reputation points causes a 31% increase in the probability of successful persuasion over the platform average. We also find that the impact of reputation is moderated by characteristics of the argument content, in a manner consistent with heuristic information processing under cognitive overload. We discuss managerial implications for platforms that facilitate deliberative decision making for public and private organizations online.This paper was accepted by Anandhi Bharadwaj, information systems.Funding: This research was supported in part by the University of Wisconsin Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and by the Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Student Assembly and Provost’s Office. Computing support was provided in part by the Social Science Computing Cooperative at the University of Wisconsin Madison.Supplemental Material: Data and the online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4762 .

Debate: One of the Key Factors to Improving Students’ English Language Speaking Skills

Over the last decade, English debates have become very popular in Cambodia. Most students with experience debating in English tend to have good English-speaking skills. It is interesting to learn more about the effect of debating in English on these students’ English language skills. Thus, this research paper aims to look into the debate's impact on the English language speaking skills of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) university students who have participated in debate competitions in Cambodia. It was a case study at The University of Cambodia (UC). The qualitative approach was used, and the total participants in the study were ten undergraduate students who participated in a debate competition in the English language in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The study results showed that the respondents positively perceived a debate. They reported that debate improved their English language speaking skills. In conclusion, the debate has positively impacted my speaking performance and other critical thinking skills. Therefore, it should be added to the university's program as an extracurricular activity.

DBATES: Dataset for Discerning Benefits of Audio, Textual, and Facial Expression Features in Competitive Debate Speeches

In this work, we present a database of multimodal communication features extracted from debate speeches in the 2019 North American Universities Debate Championships (NAUDC). Feature sets were extracted from the visual (facial expression, gaze, and head pose), audio (PRAAT), and textual (word sentiment and linguistic category) modalities of raw video recordings of competitive collegiate debaters (N=716 6-minute recordings from 140 unique debaters). Each speech has an associated competition debate score (range: 67-96) from experienced judges as well as competitor demographic and per-round reflection surveys. We observe the fully multimodal model performs best in comparison to models trained on various compositions of individual modalities. We also find that the weights of some features (such as the expression of \textit{joy} and the use of the word "we") change in direction between the aforementioned models. We use these results to highlight the value of a multimodal dataset for studying competitive, collegiate debate.

Human Resource Management and Organizational Performance in A Primary School in China

Human resource management is a key factor in creating and developing a productive workforce and is at the forefront of the school competitiveness debate. With the rapid growth in the size of elementary schools, there is an urgent need for appropriate management to improve organizational performance. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between human resource management and organizational performance in elementary schools and to explore new ways to improve organizational performance. This study uses the qualitative method of case studies to analyze human resource needs through observation, interviews, and documentation, plan positions based on the school's vision, mission, and goals, develop job descriptions and job specifications, conduct planning to improve the quality of education, and then develop and train existing human resources to improve the quality of resources for those targeted by the educational institution. Based on the results of the study, administrators were able to recognize differences in teachers' backgrounds, establish effective recruitment and placement strategies, build competitive leadership teams, and significantly improve human resource management.

The Features and Practical Strategies of Debate Teaching in College English: Guided by the Cultivation of Critical Thinking Skills

Debate teaching is a teaching method that flexibly applies debate competitions in the classroom. The combination of debating teaching and college English comprehensively cultivates students' language ability and critical thinking skills, and improves the current situation of the separation of language ability and thinking ability. This paper analyzes the features of debate teaching from four aspects: teaching form, teaching objectives, teaching content, and teaching evaluation, and proposes five practical strategies for applying debate teaching to college English: taking both language ability and critical thinking skills as objectives; improving student participation; flexibly applying debate competition system; timely guiding the debate content; encouragingly evaluating and summarizing.

The Grammatical Deviations in The Arabic Debate Competition in Indonesia

This study aimed to describe the form of Arabic grammatical errors that occur in the Arabic debate competition in Indonesia both off-line and on-line, the factors, the impact, and solutions for grammatical errors. The material object of this research was the video of the Arabic debate competition in Indonesia. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach to grammatical errors in the video of the Arabic debate competition in Indonesia. The results showed that 29 grammatical errors were found in syntax errors and 18 morphological errors. From the 47 errors found, the factors were inter-language errors or interference and intra-language errors. These factors have an impact on changing the meaning of a sentence and also have an impact on misunderstanding communication between speakers. The solutions offered to improve and reduce the error are the need for good preparation in syntactic and morphological aspects for debaters before competing, conducting intensive training, and increasing seriousness in exploring and understanding Arabic debate.

Assertive Action in Indonesian Debate Competition 2019

Students must be directed to express themselves positively, especially in expressing opinions and ideas, because they have a wide range of positive potential and bright pictures that can be used as alternative suggestions, especially regarding the problems currently experienced by Indonesia. This study analyzes assertive speech acts, forms, and functions in the 2019 Indonesian Debate Competition. This research is descriptive qualitative research using content analysis methods. The research subject under study was a debate competition video with the data object in the form of utterances showing the structure of assertive speech acts. This study's data collection techniques and procedures are documentation, recordings, and transcripts. The technique used to analyze the data is descriptive qualitative analysis. The findings show that news sentences as assertive speech acts have the highest intensity at 77.85%, imperative sentences at 12.14%, and interrogative sentences at 10%. Then states as a function of influential speech acts, which has the highest power of 26.42%, shows 22.14%, informs 17.14%, suggests 10.71%, and confirms 10.71%. This research is recommended to add to the general public's insight as a consideration of teaching materials for assertive speech acts at the tertiary and secondary levels.

Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture Promoting the All-round Development of Audience in Morality, Intelligence, Physique, Beauty and Labor—An Empirical Investigation Based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine Theme Debate Competition of the Wor

In today’s China, it is necessary to cultivate the newcomers of the era with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor. With a long history, traditional Chinese medicine culture is one of the outstanding traditional cultures of the Chinese nation. Based on an empirical survey of the World Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Societies Debate Competition on Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is further proved that it is also feasible to use traditional Chinese medicine culture to promote the all-round development of the audience’s morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor.

INTERNATIONAL DEBATER’S POLITENESS STRATEGY IN INTERLANGUAGE PRAGMATICS OF REQUEST

The study aims to investigate the speech acts of international debaters in the 2022 Asian English Olympics in giving requests. This study focuses on the request speech acts and the politeness strategy produced by international debaters with different cultural backgrounds. This study used a qualitative approach because it observed the request speech acts of international debaters in applying the politeness strategy. There were four participants, consisting of Uzbekistan, Philippines, Hong Kong, and Malaysian debaters. The data contained the requests delivered by the international debaters conducted through WhatsApp messenger, both group and private messages. In collecting the data, the researcher was a part of the participants in the debate competition. Thus, the researcher could collect the data in the private group made special for the participants who joined the debate competition. Additionally, the researcher's relationship with the participants was the opponent of the debate team. Finally, it is found that the request speech acts by showing a demand, command, and force expression. Thus, politeness strategy, social distance in which, status and relationship, and background impact the way of giving requests.