British parliamentary debate format |
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sreda, 19 december 2007 |
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# of people in the debate: 8
# of people in a team: 2
# of teams in the debate: 4
Duration of the speeches: 5 or 7 minutes
Questions format: Points of information
Short description:The teams are divided into the "government" - affirmative and "opposition" - negative. The first two team, also called the first table start the debate, the second table teams have to extend the debate on a different level. This is also called extending the debate. The motions are normally plan motions, that means that the government has to propose a plan or a change in the policy. The adjudicators decide on the argumentation and style, also mostly important is the role fulfillment.
Used in: University student debate in the Europe and elsewhere. Europeans and Worlds are organized every year.
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