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adjudicationbriefng



adjudication team

andy hume

john paul toner

meg o’sullivan

rob silver





tournament ormat• 9 rounds

• round 1 is randomly drawn

• rounds 2-9 are power matched

• top 2 teams brea! through to !noc!out

rounds• esl brea! " top # esl teams outside top 2



points to note• judging con$icts

• consensus decisions

• oral adjudications in rounds 1-%

• closed adjudications rounds -9

• adjudicator accreditation

• adjudicator brea!



rules• points o in ormation

• defnitions

• matter " the content o a speech

• manner " the structure and style o a

speech

• the role o di'erent teams in the debate

• mar!ing scheme



positions in the debate

prime minister leader o opposition

deputy prime deputy leader o minister opposition

member o govt member o opp(

govt whip opposition whip



basic ormat• 1) minutes preparation time

•

printed or written materialpermitted

• electronic equipment prohibited

• minute speeches



points o in ormation• 1(*(1( + frst and last minutes o speech

are protected

• time signal to indicate these points

• 1(*(2( + member o'ering , . shouldstand

• 1(*( ( + spea!er may accept or decline



points o in ormation• 1(*(*( , .s should not e/ceed 1) seconds• 1(*()( the spea!er may as! the o'ering

member to sit where the o'eror has hada reasonable chance to be understood• 1(*(%( members should attempt to answer

at least 2 , .s in their speech• 1(*(#( there are no 0points o order or

0points o personal privilege



points o in ormation

• may ta!e any orm the o'eror

wishes

• questions clarifcation acts

challenges rebuttal even jo!es

• , .s assessed as 0matter



assessing points o

in ormation• e'ectiveness and persuasiveness

• member o'ering point o in ormation

• spea!er answering point o

in ormation• participation in debate as a whole



motions• open motions

e(g( 0this house believes the glass is hal

ull• semi-closed motions

e(g( 0this house would alter its genetic code• closed motions

e(g( 0this house would bomb .raq



defnitions• 2(1(1( + the defnition should state the

issue3s4 or debate arising rom the

motion stating the meaning o any

terms in the motion which require

interpretation

• 2(1(2( + ,5 should provide the defnition

at the beginning o his6her speech



defnitions• 2(1( + the defnition must+

3a4 have a clear and logical lin! to

the motion

3b4 not be sel -proving 6truistic

3c4 not be time-set

3d4 not be place-set un airly



3a4 0clear and logical

lin!• average reasonable person would accept thelin! between motion and defnition ase/plained by the spea!er

•

semi-closed motions+ treat the motion as anissue or debate

e(g( 0this house would alter its geneticcode

• closed motions+ ta!e stricter approach

e(g( 0this house would bomb .raq



3b4 sel -proving

defnitions• / should 6 should not be done and there is

no reasonable rebuttale(g( 0we’re going to argue that murdershould be illegal

• / is already the case and so there is noreasonable rebuttal

e(g( 0we’re going to argue that the murderrate in the 78 is higher than in 8cotland



3b4 sel -proving

defnitions• 0status quo cases are not necessarily

unreasonable

e(g( 0we’re going to argue that theeuropean union should adopt thesingle currency

• it’s a air defnition because there isa reasonable rebuttal



3c4 time setting• 0(((it’s 19 %( ou’re about to be

introduced to :dol ;itler you’ve gota gun in your poc!et and you’re notparticularly pleased to see him(

<e’re going to argue that you shouldshoot him and save millions olives(((

• all debates must ta!e place in thepresent





defnitional challenges• 2(2(1(+ the leader o the opposition may

challenge the defnition i it violates

one o the our criteria in 2(1( ( and heshould clearly state that he’s doing so(• only the leader o the opposition may

challenge the defnition " no-one else• 2(2(2(+ the leader o the opposition

should substitute an alternativedefnition



assessing defnitional

challenges• 2( (1(+ the adjudicator should determine the

defnition to be 0unreasonable where it violates any o the criteria in clause 2(1( (

• 2( (2(+ the onus to establish that thedefnition is unreasonable is on the memberschallenging it(

• 2( ( (+ where the defnition is unreasonable

the opposition should substitute analternative defnition that should beaccepted by the adjudicator provided it isnot also unreasonable(



assessing defnitional

challenges• 2( (*(+ where an alternative

defnition is substituted by theopening opposition the closinggovernment may accept that

defnition and introduce matter which is inconsistent with theopening government’s matter(



matter • (1(1(+ matter is the content o a

speech• (1(2(+ matter includes arguments

and reasoning e/amples casestudies acts and any other material

that attempts to urther the case• matter includes points o in ormation



the elements o matter • (2(1(+ matter should be+

• relevant to the debate• logical• consistent " within their speech with their partner and also withthe other team on their side othe debate



the elements o matter • (2()(+ all members 3e/cept the last

two in the debate4 should presentpositive matter

• the govt whip may choose to do so• the opp whip may not do so

• all members 3e/cept the primeminister4 should present rebuttal



assessing matter • matter should be persuasive

• adopt the viewpoint o an0average reasonable person "disregard any specialist

!nowledge you may have

• ( ( (+ bias and discrimination



manner • manner is the presentation o

the speech

• style

• structure



style• any element which a'ects the

overall e'ectiveness o the

spea!er’s presentation• eye contact• voice modulation•

hand gestures• clarity o language and e/pression• use o notes



structure• structure o the speech should+• include an introduction

conclusion and a series oarguments

• use the allotted time properly

• teamwor!



assessing manner • overall e'ectiveness o presentation

•

at a world championship there aremany styles which are appropriateand you should not discriminateagainst a spea!er simply because

their manner would be considered0inappropriate in your own country



the role o teams in the

debate• 1 st govt+

– defnition–

justifcation o case– rebuttal o 1 st opp 3deputy prime

minister4

• 1 st opposition+– rebuttal– alternative where appropriate




debate• 2 nd govt

– anything which ma!es them stand

out rom the debate

– job is simply to 0be better than

1st

govt

– how does a team do this=




debate• 2 nd govt

– introduce new material consistent with 1 st govt

– e(g( new lines o argument–

e(g( di'erent ocus to the case– e(g( widening 6 narrowing o debate– repetition o 1 st govt isn’t enough



summary speeches• 8ummary o debate as a whole with

particular emphasis on own team•

responsive to dynamics o debate-spend more time on the moreimportant issues

• no one correct way o doing this– spea!er by spea!er – issue by issue– thematic



ran!ing teams

• ran! teams rom 1st to *th

• )(2(2( + teams may be placed lastautomatically where they ail toarrive more than ) minutes a terthe scheduled time or the debate



mar!ing scheme : 9>-1>> e/cellent to $awlessthe standard o speech you would e/pectto see rom a spea!er at the semifnal 6

grand fnal level o the tournament( thisspea!er has ew i any wea!nesses(? #>-#9 above average to verygood

the standard you would e/pect to seerom a spea!er in contention to ma!e thebrea!( this spea!er has clear strengthsand some minor wea!nesses(



mar!ing scheme@ >- 9 averagethe spea!er has strengths and

wea!nesses in roughly equalproportions(A %>-%9 poor to below average the spea!er has clear problems andsome minor strengths(

B )>-)9 very poor the spea!er has undamental

wea!nesses and ew i any strengths(



practicalities• agreeing ran!ings and scores

• speed ballot

• individual ballot

• oral adjudications



agreeing ran!ings and

scores• agree team ran!ings 1 st " * th

• agree grade or each spea!er : " B• award individual spea!er mar!s• adjudicators may di'er on precise

individual mar!s but they must– 3a4 remain within that grade– 3b4 not be low-point wins



speed ballot



individual ballot



oral adjudications• speed ballot goes in be ore you start

• chair o panel 3unless dissenting4

• announce team ran!ings

• reasons behind decision

• constructive criticism• don’t e/ceed 1> minutes



eedbac! and

complaints• oral adjudication

• queries and clarifcation– 0polite and non-con rontational

• adjudicator evaluation orm

• adjudication team

• all complaints will be ollowed up



questions



accreditation and

ran!ing o judges• e/perience•

video• national or regional accreditation• adjudicator evaluation orms

• objectivity airness and $e/ibility

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