Debate Association (Singapore)

Who Are We?

We are a non-profit volunteer-run organisation that aims to develop, nurture, and promote debating in Singapore. Together with our volunteers, we reach out to those who have not yet discovered debating, and to those who already love the sport. We help schools, teachers, coaches and students by organising competitions, running training programs and camps, and providing resources for them. We work with partners from all industries who are keen to use debates as a means to achieve their objectives.

We are a group of people who really, really, love debate. Find out more about us and Join us.

 

Request for Adjudicators for MIDC 2010

February 22, 2010

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Dear Adjudicators,

The MOE Invitational Debating Competition (MIDC) will be taking place over the next few weeks. The dates for the MIDC are:
Preliminary Rounds 1 and 2: 20 March 2010 (Saturday)
Preliminary Rounds 3 and 4: 10 April 2010 (Saturday)
Quarter-Final and Semi Final: 17 April 2010 (Saturday)
Grand Final: 28 April 2010 (Wed)

We are looking for adjudicators who have experience debating at this competition during your school days, and have adjudicated before at a WSDC-style competition, such as SSDC/”JGs”. If you fit this criteria, please fill in the form below. Thanks again to all our volunteers!

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Wits & Words 2010: Materials from the Teacher Training Workshop

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These are the slides and other materials used at the Teacher Training Workshop held on 6 Feb 2010 in conjunction with Wits & Words 2010. This material is designed for primary school teachers who wish to understand the GEB-HCI-DA(S) Inter-Primary School Debates “Wits & Words” and who wish to learn the basics of coaching a team and adjudicating a debate.

Wits & Words 2010: Teachers’ Resource Sheet

Wits & Words 2010: Slides Used For Adjudicator Training for Teachers

Wits & Words 2010: Slides Used for Coaches’ Workshop

If you have further queries on any aspect of Wits & Words 2010, feel free to get in touch with us!

NCS 2010 – Preliminary Rounds

February 21, 2010

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The NUS Challenge Shield 2010 Preliminary Rounds were held on the 20th of February 2010. The results & motions are as follows:

Motions:

Round 1: Children
THW ban child performers in circuses
THW make the age of consent relative to the parties involved
THW punish children for crimes committed by their parents

Round 2: Tertiary Education
THBT higher education should be funded by a graduate tax system
THW allow hate speech on campuses
THW make sex and race quotas compulsory in all tertiary institutions

Round 3: National Policy
THW nationalise all natural resources in the developing world
THW grant permanent residence to all illegal aliens
THW not allow religious political parties from standing in elections

SECONDARY SCHOOLS (winners are listed in bold)

Round 1
RI (Sec) vs RGSS
NYGH vs Cat High
HCI (Sec) vs CHIJ (St Nicks)
MGS vs ACS (Independent)

Round 2
RGSS vs ACS (Independent)
Cat High vs HCI (Sec)
RI (Sec) vs NYGH
CHIJ (St Nicks) vs MGS

Round 3
RGSS vs Cat High
CHIJ (St Nicks) vs RI (Sec)
NYGH vs MGS
ACS (Independent) vs HCI

Semi-Finalists:
Catholic High
Nanyang Girls High
Raffles Girls Secondary School
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

JUNIOR COLLEGE (winners are listed in bold)

Round 1
ACJC vs RI (JC)
ACS (Independent) vs SAJC
AJC vs VJC
SJI (International) vs HCI (JC)

Round 2
RI (JC) vs ACS (Independent)
VJC vs HCI (JC)
SAJC vs ACJC
AJC vs SJI (International)

Round 3
HCI (JC) vs RI (JC)
SJI (International) vs ACJC
ACS (Independent) vs VJC
SAJC vs AJC

Semi-Finalists:
Raffles Institution (JC)
Hwa Chong Institution (JC)
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
Victoria Junior College

The Semi-Finals will be held on the 27th of February 2010.

SSDC 2010: Prelim Round 1 Results!

February 11, 2010

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Random photographs taken during Prelim Round 1:
SSDC2010 Prelim Rd 1 Collage

Motions for the First Preliminary Round:
1. This House would remove the compulsory mother tongue requirement in schools
2. This House would lower the voting age in national elections to 16
3. This House believes that Facebook and other social networking sites should only be open to individuals aged 16 and above.

Results from Prelim Round 1:

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Reminder to all SSDC Adjudicators

February 8, 2010

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Dear SSDC 2010 Adjudicators,

Firstly, thanks to everybody who came down and spent their Friday evening with us last week,  judging the various debates. Although the round went quite well, the debates ended very late because some of the rooms started late, and (more commonly) because the second and third debates were delayed due to extensive debriefs by the adjudicators. As an adjudicator myself, I understand the desire for us to be as thorough as possible with both teams, so that they learn from their mistakes (and work on their strengths). This unfortunately causes the young student volunteers from the host schools have to stay back very late to re-arrange and clean up the classrooms. Thus, we would like to reiterate a few points (the ones in red) for all adjudicators, to help us keep things running on time for the next round.

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Wits & Words 2010: Teacher Training Workshop

February 7, 2010

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DA(S) conducted a full-day teacher training workshop on Saturday Feb 6th 2010 at MOE-GEB, for all primary school teachers involved in the competition. The course introduced teachers to the basics of adjudication, and covered some coaching techniques.

Photo collage from the workshop:

W&W 2010 Teacher Training Workshop
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MOF Inter-School Budget Debate Challenge 2010

January 27, 2010

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The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has, for the second time, run the Inter-School Budget Debate Challenge. Through the competitions, MOF hopes to promote greater student awareness of the Budget and public financing issues. MOF looks forward to invigorating debates and participation from debaters as well as quiz contestants.

The preliminary rounds for Secondary Schools and Junior Colleges were held on the 27th and 28th of January respectively. The videos for the debates are available at Razor TV – watch them to see how the teams did!
Razor TV Video: MOF Inter-school Budget Debate Prelims (Sec Sch)- 27 Jan 2010

Razor TV Video: MOF Inter-school Budget Debate Prelims (Pre-U)- 28 Jan 2010

The results are as follows: (winning teams are in listed in bold) (more…)

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