From politicians to students

Debates history

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We consider debates as political disputes from the times of Ancient Greece

Even now they are used in democratic parliaments to solve burning problems amicably

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The best example of this method effectiveness is the Parliament of Great Britain. It has deep traditions of debating on every law draft.

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The House of Commons sitting in 1834.

These sittings inspired the students of the prestigious British Universities to develop their oratory skills following the example of the country

leaders.

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Debating club sitting in Oxford.

They invented the most popular British Parliament style of the students’ debates that is followed at the students debates championships of

Europe and the World.

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From initiators to the All-Ukrainian Youth Organization

Debates in Ukraine

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In the 90’s the debates in Ukraine were introdused by the «Відродження» foundation by George Soros. It

was the jump-start of the debate clubs in our country. In the 90’s the debates for the schoolchildren were

organized for the first time.

Since then major tournaments and first leaders of the debating movement appeared. They were not only debators but also organizers of major debating events of Ukraine and

CIS.

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Since 2006 the Ukrainian teams have been participating in the international tournaments and cooperated with the representatives of other countries. Ukrainian debaters participated in and judged in tournaments in: Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan and also in the World Championship in Berlin in 2012 and also Euro Championship in 2014.

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«Їжачки» из Днепропетровска выиграли турнир

«Завалинка» в Тюмени.

«Двое в Лодке».(Харьков- Днепропетровск)

выиграли турнир «С Дону выдачи нет!»

Украинцы на Чемпионате мира по дебатам 2012

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There are 4 teams in one game – they formed “government” and “opposition” line. Participants take turns to speak.

A participant states his point in 5 min, after that the opponents and the opponents can ask questions.

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The performance of the participants is estimated by the experienced judges chosen from the skillful debaters and experts.

After the game the judge appoints 1-4 places, and the performance of every speaker is estimated on 100 grades

scale.

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How to prove your position

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