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思辨精英：英语辩论-构筑全球视角 Chapter 23Administering a Debate Tournament
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Jackson Miller and Chen Xiangjing
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Chapter Outline
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23.1 Benefits of Hosting a Tournament
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23.2 Tournament Logistics
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23.3 Personnel and Their Responsibilities
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23.4 Tournament Invitation
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23.5 Summary
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23.6 Terms and Concepts from Chapter 23
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23.7 Discussion Questions for Chapter 23
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Appendix A—CHECK SHEET FOR HOSTING A DEBATE TOURNAMENT
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Appendix B—TOURNAMENT INVITATION TEMPLATE
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Appendix C—TABULATION TASKS FOR EACH DEBATE
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Appendix D—SAMPLE JUDGE HANDOUT
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Appendix E—SAMPLE TOURNAMENT ENTRY FORM
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Hosting a debate tournament on a campus can provide a number of benefits for students, teachers, and the institution, but a successful tournament requires careful planning and organization. While this chapter focuses on information that is most useful for hosting a large debate tournament with judges and teams from many different schools participating, the suggestions are also applicable to intra-campus competitions or other smaller debate events with a more limited number of participants.
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Whether the tournament is large or small, sufficient planning and preparation in the months leading up to the event are necessary for the tournament to be successful. The information in this chapter is designed to provide a basic understanding of tournament preparation and operations, and contains several appendices with supplemental information to assist in the planning and running of a debate tournament. Larger debate events, in particular, demand a great deal of planning and preparation, so, information such as the “CHECK SHEET FOR HOSTING A DEBATE TOURNAMENT” (Appendix A) should be particularly helpful for individuals planning to host larger debate events.
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23.1 Benefits of Hosting a Tournament
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A debate tournament provides many benefits to students, teachers, and the institution as a whole. Students can participate in a tournament in a number of ways. First and foremost, many students will have the opportunity to debate, and refine their public speaking, critical thinking, and listening skills. Students can also learn a great deal from watching others debate, so the experiences that tournaments provide for audience members should not be overlooked. For instance, a tournament might offer five to six rounds of debate in which students who are new to debate can watch and practice their listening and note-taking skills. Some advanced students may also have opportunities to serve as judges during the tournament. Students and other community members can serve as volunteers in support of the event, in roles such as timers, ballot runners, tabulation room assistants, registration assistants, and hospitality staff.
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Debate tournaments also provide a number of benefits for teachers. By fostering friendly competition among schools, debate tournaments inspire students and faculty alike to practice techniques that will strengthen their ability to argue persuasively in both speaking and writing. Faculty members who serve as Chairs of judging panels at debate tournaments get the added benefits of judging and developing stronger academic ties with colleagues from other institutions. Because judges have to reach a consensus about the ranking of the teams, participation in judging a tournament directly increases dialogue among faculty about issues such as effective argument construction and debate strategy. In addition, with higher demands from university students for more diversified content-based courses and increasing pressure on teachers to reform traditional oral English teaching in China, tournaments provide a platform for students to practice what they have learned in public speaking or debate classes.
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With all of those benefits to students and faculty, the institution as a whole clearly gains a great deal. Additionally, student success at debate tournaments in the form of individual speaker awards and team awards for semi-finalists and finalists brings honor to a university. More importantly, debate fosters a culture of inquiry and dialogue that is an important element in all fields of academic research. Students and teachers who have regular opportunities to practice their critical thinking and speaking skills through debate become better speakers and writers, and those are skills which can be used to present and publish academic research.
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23.2 Tournament Logistics
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Before deciding to host a tournament, the potential host should consider logistics such as the size, location, and space requirements of the tournament. This section discusses tournament size, along with a variety of issues surrounding space requirements.
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