Debate it: students' guide
Ok, so you have joined your school’s Concern Debates team and are wondering how to get started. Click on the links below to learn more about the debates.
- What have you got yourself into?
- What are the debates really like?
- So where do I begin?
- Research – what do I do and where do I look?
- How do I prepare for my debate?
- What exactly are refutation and rebuttal?
- Who will be in audience?
- Our school is hosting a debate – what do we do?
- The moment of truth! My debate, what do I need to remember?
- What happens during the open forum?
- How are debates adjudicated?
Click here to return to the Debates mainpage.
