Adjudicator

This week is the intramural of our school… One of the activities is the Debate… and today, I am one of the adjudicator since one judge could not make it… The debate follows the Oregon Oxford type…

I personally like this type of debate because it preserves order in the presentation and is more formal than parliamentary style..

Oregon Oxford Debate

It was in 5th Century B.C. in Syracuse a city from Ancient Greece has gone through war and revolution. People struggled for peace and order. A particular concern for them was land ownership for lands were claimed through memory.

Case-building

BURDEN OF EACH TEAM

Affirmative – Burden of Proof

• Must establish a prima facie case
• Must prove all aspects of their case to win
• Can not win based on the inability of the negative to prove its case.

Negative – Burden of Rebuttal

• Must destroy either the P, N, or b of the affirmative’s case

Can not discuss anything that the affirmative did not bring up

ASPECTS OF THE CASE

o Practicability – feasibility of a proposition, includes matter of:

*law *clamor *finance

o Necessity – need for the proposition, discusses the presence or absence of an inherent flaw in the status quo.

o Beneficiality – advantages or disadvantages of adopting or rejecting the resolution, includes;

* specific beneficiaries *specific benefits

Speaker Roles

• 3 Speakers

Practicability speaker

Necessity Speaker

Beneficiality

• 1 Scribe

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The perks of being an adjudicator are the snacks (of course), the certificate, and the token… oh! not to mention you get to have a constructive arguments with fellow adjudicators too.

 

The Token