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Primary debating guide Learning to Debate- A Guide for Primary School Students Debating can be scary when you are just starting up and sometimes it ? s the smallest things that can help you to become a much better speaker This is a beginner ? s guide for

Learning to Debate- A Guide for Primary School Students Debating can be scary when you are just starting up and sometimes it ? s the smallest things that can help you to become a much better speaker This is a beginner ? s guide for how to improve as a debater Don ? ts in Debating Here are some hints from some friendly creatures about what not to do in a debate Toby the T-Rex says ??Don ? t Yell Jeer or Lose your Temper ? Listen to Toby Yelling at your opponents calling them o ?ensive names or making personal attacks on them is not funny in a debate Adjudicators will be seriously displeased with anyone who makes personal attacks on their opponents Of course in a debate you have a chance to tell the other team why they are wrong all while being very witty but you need to explain why their argument is bad not why they are bad If you are unsure if something is o ?ensive ask a teacher or an adjudicator on the night Here are some examples of conduct which is not acceptable ? ??The ?rst speaker on the other team is a jerk ? ? ??The other team all go to school X and that means they are ?lthy liars ? ? ??The other team are no better than Hitler ? ? ??The other team are as ugly as they are wrong ? Remember- Nobody likes a sore loser ? or a bully Jumping James advises ??Don ? t bother about bringing props to a debate ? While props can be funny and amusing in some other competitions or in a play in debating you will not receive any additional points for using props In fact bringing a prop can be distracting and draw attention away from your speech Of course it is completely ?ne to wear a school uniform and badges to a debate those aren ? t props As long as the prop is harmless and not distracting you won ? t lose any points for bringing it but you are probably wasting time by doing so Christopher the Codger says ??Don ? t use stories about people you know as examples for your arguments ? CIn a debate the best sort of example is a broad one like a survey or statistics or looking at the behaviour of a large group of people A few personal examples of people you know are unlikely to be a good tool to explain a complex issue in a debate If Chris got up in a debate and said ??cigarettes can ? t be harmful my grandfather smoked them all his life and he lived to be ? it would not be very good evidence of whether or not cigarettes are harmful Stories can also take up a lot of the time you need to give your speech Chris had to learn the hard way that telling the audience stories about his nephew