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DebateX: Debating 101 - From Novice to Professional Tournaments

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13 sessions

+4

This series was cancelled by the tutor on May 29, 2023. We're very sorry–you can explore more Enrichment series here. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

Hi Everyone! I am Shivansh and I am absolutely a nerd of debating! I have been debating since I was 7 and loving it since forever and I absolutely cannot wait my learnings with you all! As seen by the growth of debating so much during the pandemic and now that it has become an academic activity that far surpasses any other due to the rigour debating brings, it is essential to learn such a skill! I am starting this Debate series to teach it from scratch! Don't worry if you do not know debating --- THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE! Here is just a small, little, teeny, tiny glimpse of what my series is going to entail (I want some parts to be a surprise :) for you!): #Session 1: Orientation: Meet and Greet and Introduction to the Debate - Debate is less theory and more Fun :)! #Session 2: Debating Basics 101: Learning What Debate is? What am I doing here on a Sunday Morning :) And Also How to Debate? #Session 3: Novice Debating 101: Theory and Drills - Debating, Rationality, Logic and NEW FORMAT - WSDC Debating #Session 4: Novice Debating 101: Practice Debates on WSDC, feedback and fun! #Session 5: Novice Debating 101: Theory - WSDC Advanced #Session 6: Intermediate Debating 101: Practice Debating on Harder topics, less time and fun! #Session 7: Intermediate Debating 101: Theory - Logical Fallacies, Speaking Strategies and Judging #Session 8: Advanced Debating 101: Debating Test - Check for Review - Quiz + Practice Debates #Session X.... I am also looking to help you go into professional and prestigious debate tournaments after a rigorous amount of training, these include Stanford, Harvard, Oxford and many more debating competitions! So, if you are someone who though debating was hard or someone who has excelled at debate all your life, this series is for you! Whether a beginner or a pro, you always have something new to learn in our sessions! Note: Every session we will be doing a whole lot of practice debating, so do not worry about forgetting the skill! And plus, incase you want I can assign homework (But personally I do not like homework too!). Anyways, this course will go level by level - Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Varsity! But we can have as many catch up sessions and as many series sessions added as the course is structured according to you! So what are you waiting for? Ready to take the Debate Series challenge?

Tutored by

Shivansh G 🇮🇳

Certified in 3 topics

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Hi I am a grade 8 student and I love Maths, Science, Coding, Debating, Music and Learning Languages through which I have received numerous awards. I loves mathematics and science and have shown his knowledge through multiple global competitive competitions like Olympiads, AMC 8, CEMC, securing distinctions and awards. I love music and have produced multiple compositions on my own. I am a national debating champion and 2nd best speaker in NSDA’s India Tournament, I have won 1st best speaker in Georgetown University's Tournament and have gone to Oxford University for their finals debate! I am a coder knowing over 15 languages and frameworks in computers and have built over 500+ applications to help society! I have won numerous hackathons and wish to be an engineer when I grow up! I love circuits and the Arduino/Raspberry Pi and have gotten great awards at the World Robotics Olympiad! Apart from coding languages, I love linguistics and I learn Japanese and Spanish. I have participated in several chess tournaments at state and national levels. I enjoy playing the guitar, drums and piano for which I has cleared Trinity Exams! If you too have a passion for maths or science/coding, or even hate maths, thats ok! I would love to teach maths/science/coding if you need and and share the love for it around the world! So, if you want to learn maths, lets enjoy mathematics, not as a subject but as an art, where your creativity is your paint and your mind is your canvas! If you want to study science, remember its not the study of formals, but the art of patterns! If you wish to study coding, remember its not learning a language that sets coding apart but its using simple logic and a whole lot of imagination that creates 100s of solutions to the same coding problem! Enjoy learning and spreading the love of Maths, Science and Coding!

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

None! Yes, you read it right! None! If you miss out, we have notes to recap! I of course want you to be present and would highly recommend you being in the classes but due to any issue if you cannot join, DO NOT WORRY - My notes will help you catch up with us in no time!

SESSION 1

5

Mar

SESSION 1

Orientation

Orientation

Sun 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTCMar 5, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UTC

As mentioned, just a session to learn more about each other, get small fun introductions and begin our journey to debate with an overview of this course, the syllabus and how will we learn how to debate and have fun :)
SESSION 2

12

Mar

SESSION 2

Enrichment

Enrichment

Sun 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTCMar 12, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTC

Our first real debate session where we start with basic debating skills and introduce how to speak, how to argue and how to think on spot when someone has said something against what you said - the art of debating in 30 minutes :) and the rest of the time we have fun with doing some funny debate topics :)
SESSION 3

16

Mar

SESSION 3

Enrichment

Enrichment

Thu 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTCMar 16, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTC

Time to move onto the Intermediate Level! We will begin with the first format of debating called as WSDC :)
SESSION 4

24

Mar

SESSION 4

Enrichment

Enrichment

Fri 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTCMar 24, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTC

Intermediate Level: Theory + Practice Debate Session #1
SESSION 5

7

Apr

SESSION 5

Enrichment

Enrichment

Fri 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTCApr 7, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTC

Theory + Debating
SESSION 6

14

Apr

SESSION 6

Enrichment

Enrichment

Fri 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTCApr 14, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTC

WSDC Session #1
SESSION 7

18

Apr

SESSION 7

Enrichment

Enrichment

Tue 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTCApr 18, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM UTC

WSDC Session #1
SESSION 8

23

Apr

SESSION 8

Enrichment

Enrichment

Sun 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCApr 23, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

WSDC Session #2
SESSION 9

6

May

SESSION 9

Enrichment

Enrichment

Sat 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCMay 6, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

WSDC Session #2
SESSION 10

20

May

SESSION 10

Enrichment

Enrichment

Sat 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM UTCMay 20, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM UTC

WSDC Session #3
SESSION 11

27

May

SESSION 11

Enrichment

Enrichment

Sat 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM UTCMay 27, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM UTC

WSDC Session #4
SESSION 12

28

May

SESSION 12

Enrichment

Enrichment

Sun 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTCMay 28, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM UTC

WSDC Session #5
SESSION 13

29

May

SESSION 13

Enrichment

Enrichment

Mon 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTCMay 29, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM UTC

WSDC Session #6

Public Discussion

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Mar 5 - May 29

13 weeks

60 - 120 mins

/ session