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International Training in the People's Republic of China

In cooperation with the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP), IDEA will sponsor an International Debate Training in Beijing in May 2008. The materials used in this training are posted below:

Introductory Materials:

The IDEA Training Team:

IDEA training schedule

IDEA training manual

Basic Debate Classes:

Structure of a parliamentary debate

Arguing constructively

Constructing a case

Speaker responsibilities

Opposition strategies

Reasoning and argumentative warrants

Delivery

Adjudication classes:

Adjudication issues

Judging "Dos and Don'ts"

Evaluating competing lines of argument

Elective debate classes:

Effective note taking

Points of information

Quality of arguments: fallacies

Weighing issues in a debate

Interpreting and analyzing propositions