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While the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) in English remains the most prestigious and largest debate competition globally, other languages have established their own parallel circuits, promoting linguistic diversity in formal debating. The Spanish-language debate circuit stands out as the second-largest in terms of participation ...
Parliamentary style debate, colloquially oftentimes just Parliamentary debate, is a formal framework for debate used in debating societies, academic debate events and competitive debate. It has its roots in parliamentary procedure and develops differently in different countries as a result.
World Schools Style debate (or WSS) is a debate format combining the British Parliamentary and Australia-Asian debating formats. Designed in 1988 to meet the needs of the World Schools Debating Championships tournament, it has become popular internationally as one of the main English high school debate formats. As an international format, the ...
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As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
Returning to the example of South Africa - the following statements are all true: English is an official language. English is the native language of only a small minority (under 10%). English is widely understood and used as a second language. So what colour should SA be on the map? Roger 14:04, 7 February 2010 (UTC) Yeah, agree with Roger.
Traditionally, rebuttals were half the length of constructive speeches, 8–4 min in high school and 10–5 min in college. The now-prevailing speech time of 8–5 min in high school and 9-5 in college was introduced in the 1990s. Some states, such as Missouri, Massachusetts and Colorado, still use the 8–4 min format at the high school level.
The June debate will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, at 9 p.m. ET. Details about the time and place of the September debate have not yet been announced. ... the rules and format of the debate ...