第十四届外研社杯全国英语辩论赛大赛章程1.docx

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第十四届外研社杯全国英语辩论赛大赛章程1

2010年“第十四届‘外研社杯’全国英语辩论赛”大赛章程

TheCharterofFLTRPCupNationalEnglishDebatingCompetition

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Generalrules

1.Introduction

The“FLTRPCUP”NationalEnglishDebatingCompetition（hereafterreferredtoas“theCompetition”）inauguratedin1997istheonlynationalEnglishdebatingeventinChina.TheFLTRPCUPNationalEnglishDebatingCompetitionisjointlyhostedbytheForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress,CambridgeUniversityPressandtheInternationalDebateEducationAssociation（IDEA）,coordinatedbytheChinaEnglishLanguageEducationAssociation（CELEA）,EnglishSpeakingUnion（ESU）,EnglishLanguageLearningmagazine（ELL）,andsponsoredbyCASIO（Shanghai）.

2.CompetitionFormat

TheCompetitionshallbeconductedintheBritishParliamentaryDebatingStyle（alsoknownastheWorldUniversitiesDebatingChampionshipsStyle）asdefinedinPart2.

3.Requiredqualificationsforthecompetition

Adebatermustbearegisteredfull-timeundergraduateofChinesenationalityinaChineseterritoryeducationalinstitution. ThosewhohavewonoverseasawardsofthepastCCTVCUPEnglishSpeakingContestorpastFLTRPCUPNationalEnglishDebatingCompetitionareexcludedfromparticipatingintheFLTRPCup.

TheBritishParliamentaryformat

1.TheTeams

FourteamsoftwodebatersparticipateineachBritishParliamentarydebateround. Theteamssupportingthemotionarereferredtoasthe"Proposition."Theteamsarguingagainstthemotionareknownasthe"Opposition"teams. TwoteamsrepresenttheProposition:

theOpeningPropositionandtheClosingProposition. TwoteamsrepresenttheOpposition:

theOpeningOppositionandtheClosingOpposition. Eachoftheseteamscompetesagainstallotherteamsintheroundandwillberanked1stthrough4thattheconclusionofthedebate.

OpeningProposition

OpeningOpposition

ClosingProposition

ClosingOpposition

2.SpeakerOrder

Eachspeakerwillpresentasinglespeechintheorderprescribedbelow.

Speaker

CommonTitlesforSpeaker

Time

OpeningPropositionTeam,1stspeaker

"PrimeMinister"or“LeaderoftheProposition”

7minutes

OpeningOppositionTeam,1stspeaker

"LeaderoftheOpposition"

7minutes

OpeningPropositionTeam,2ndspeaker

"DeputyPrimeMinister"or"DeputyLeaderoftheProposition"

7minutes

OpeningOppositionTeam,2ndspeaker

"DeputyLeaderoftheOpposition"

7minutes

ClosingPropositionTeam,1stspeaker

"MemberoftheProposition""

7minutes

ClosingOppositionTeam,1stspeaker

"MemberoftheOpposition"

7minutes

ClosingPropositionTeam,2ndspeaker

"PropositionWhip"

7minutes

ClosingOppositionTeam,2ndspeaker

"OppositionWhip"

7minutes

3.Speechtiming

Eachspeechwillbe7minutes. PointsofInformationareallowedafterthefirstminuteandbeforethelastminuteofallspeeches.

Timingofthespeechbeginswhenthespeakerbeginsspeaking;allmaterial—includingacknowledgements,introductions,etc.—willbetimed. Atimekeeperwillprovideaseriesofsignalsduringeachspeechasfollows:

Timing

Signal

1:

00

Singleringofabell（POIsallowed）

6:

00

Singleringofabell（POIsnolongerallowed）

7:

00

Doubleringofabell（Conclusionofspeakingtime）

7:

15

Continuousringing（Conclusionofgraceperiod）

Oncethedoubleringhassounded,speakershavea15-second‘graceperiod’,duringwhichtheyshouldconcludetheirremarks.Thegraceperiodisnotatimefornewmattertobeintroduced,andanynewmatterofferedinthegraceperiodmaybediscountedbytheadjudicators.Speakerscontinuingafterthis‘graceperiod’maybepenalizedbytheadjudicationpanel.

4.SpeakerRoles

Eachspeakerhasaroleandeachspeechhasaspecificpurpose.Thedescriptionsofspeakerroleslistedbelowaresuggestiveandarenotintendedtobeexhaustiveorexclusive.Forreasonsthatvaryfromdebatetodebate,speakersmaysometimesneedtofulfillrolesnotmentionedhereandspeechesmaybeconstructedtoserveotherpurposesaslongasPropositionspeakersaffirmthemotionandOppositionspeakersopposeit.

Allspeakers,exceptthefinalspeakersforthePropositionandOpposition（PropositionandOppositionWhips）,shouldintroducenewmaterial.Alldebatersshouldrefutetheopposingteams’arguments,exceptthePrimeMinister.

Speaker

RoleandResponsibility

"PrimeMinister"or"LeaderoftheProposition”

Thefirstspeaker'sresponsibilityistopresentacasesupportingthemotion.TheprimaryroleofOpeningPropositionteam,initiatedinthisspeech,istoestablishthefoundationformeaningfuldebateonthemotion.

“LeaderoftheOpposition"

TheOpeningOpposition'sprimaryteamroleistocounterthefirstPropositionteam'scasethroughdirectorindirectrefutationand/orprovidesubstantiveargumentsagainstthemotion. 

"DeputyPrimeMinister"

ThisspeakershouldrefutetheLeaderoftheOpposition'sspeech,andfurtherdeveloptheOpeningPropositionteam'scase.

"DeputyLeaderoftheOpposition"

Thisspeakersupportshisorherteammate,answeringobjectionsfromtheothersideandintroducingadditionalargumentsorsupport.

"MemberoftheProposition"

ThisspeakershouldsupportthepositiondevelopedbytheOpeningPropositionteambyintroducinganextension. AsuccessfulextensionwilldevelopadistinctargumentidentityfortheClosingPropositionteamwhilesupportingtheOpeningPropositionteam.TheMemberofthePropositionmayalsorefutetheargumentsmadebytheDeputyLeaderoftheOpposition.

"MemberoftheOpposition"

ThisspeakershouldsupportthepositiondevelopedbytheOpeningOppositionteamandmustalsointroduceanextension. AswiththeMemberProposition,theMemberOpposition’sextensionwillbemostsuccessfulifitestablishesauniqueargumentidentitythatdistinguishestheClosingfromtheOpeningOppositionwhilecontinuingthegeneraldirectionofargumentinitiatedbytheOpeningOpposition.TheMemberOppositionmayalsodirectlyorindirectlyrefutetheargumentsoftheMemberProposition.

"PropositionWhip"

ThisspeakersummarizestheProposition’sargumentsandsummarizestherefutationoftheOppositionside. WiththeexceptionofrefutingtheMemberOpposition’sextension,thespeakershouldnotintroducepositive（new）matter.

"OppositionWhip"

Thisspeakersummarizesoppositiontotheextensionandmakesreplytoeachteam'spositioninthedebate.Thisspeakershouldnotintroducepositive（new）matter.

5.TheMotions

Asinglemotionwillbeannouncedthirtyminutespriortothebeginningofthedebateandwillbepresentedtoalldebaterssimultaneouslyinageneralassembly.Adifferentmotionwillbeusedforeachround. 

Motionstypicallyfocusoncurrentissuesortimelesscontroversiesandarephrasedinawaythatisintendedtobespecificandunambiguous.

6.Focusandcontentofdebates

BritishParliamentarydebatingisacontestofideasinwhichthePropositionteamsareresponsibleforprovidingreasonswhythemotionistrueandtheOppositionteamsareresponsibleforprovidingreasonswhythemotionisnottrueorwhythePropositionhasfailedtoprovethemotiontrue. Allteamshavearesponsibilitytorefute,eitherdirectlyorindirectly,argumentspresentedbytheopposingside.

Motionsarewritteninplainlanguage. Thedebaters—particularlytheOpeningPropositionteam—shouldrespectthemeaningandfocusofthemotion. WhiletheOpeningPropositionteammayclarifythemeaningoftermsinthemotion,theyshouldnotattempttoalterthemeaningofthemotion. TheLeaderofthePropositionshouldprovideanyclarificationoftermsatthebeginningofhisorherspeech.

Inthemajorityofcases,theclarificationprovidedbytheOpeningPropositionteamwillserveasanadequatefoundationfortherestofthedebate. ShouldtheOpeningPropositionfailtomakeclearthefocusofthedebate,oriftheinterpretationofferedbytheOpeningPropositionteamcompletelyinhibitsmeaningfuldebateorcompletelymisinterpretsthemeaningthemotion,theOpeningOppositionmayofferclarificationofthetermsofthemotion. NoteamsbeyondtheOpeningPropositionandOpeningOppositionmaysubstantiallymodifythetermsofthemotion.

7.Preparation

Alldebatesshallcommence30minutesafterthemotionhasbeenannounced. Debatersmayconsultanywrittenmaterialsduringthepreparationtime.ExceptforthedesignatedCASIOelectronicdictionary,noaccesstootherelectronicmediaorelectronicstorageorretrievaldevicesispermittedaftermotionshavebeenreleased.Printedandpreparedmaterialsmaybeaccessedduringadebate.

Debatersmayconferwiththeirdebatepartnerduringpreparationtime. Debatersmayalsoconferwithonetutorfromtheiruniversityduringthepreparationtime,Debatersmaynotconferwithanyotherindividuals（i.e.:

coaches,otherdebaters,trainers,adjudicators,etc.）duringthepreparationtime.

TheOpeningPropositionshallhavetherighttoprepareinthedebatingvenue. Allotherteamsmustprepareinseparatelocations.

Teamsmustarriveattheirchamberwithinfiveminutesofthetimeofcommencementofdebate.Teamsfailingtoarriveintimewillforfeitthedebate,atthediscretionoftheChairofthepanel.

8.PointsofInformation

Debatersmayrequestapointofinformation（eitherverballyorbyrising）atanytimeafterthefirstminute,andbeforethelastminute,ofanyspeech.

Thedebaterholdingthefloormayacceptorrefuseanypointsofinformationwithinthistime.Ifaccepted,thedebatermakingtherequesthasfifteensecondstomakeastatementoraskaquestion.Duringthepointofinformation,thespeakingtimeofthefloordebatercontinues. ManagementofPointsofInformation—forboththedebatersofferin