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British Parliamentary style is a major form of academic debate that originated in Liverpool in the mid 1800s. [1] It has gained wide support globally and is the official format of the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC). [2]
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.
There are a wide variety of competitive debate formats, including the 2v2 Public forum debate, the 1v1 Lincoln–Douglas format, and the 2v2v2v2 British Parliamentary. Regardless of format, most debate rounds use a set topic and have two sides, with one team supporting the topic and the other team opposing the topic.
National Forensic Association Lincoln-Douglas debate (NFA-LD), the collegiate Lincoln-Douglas debate, uses one resolution per academic year, and is a one-on-one form of policy debate. [ 44 ] Though established as an alternative to policy debate, there has been a strong movement to embrace certain techniques that originated in policy debate.
World Schools Debating Championship debates use a special format known as 'World Schools Style Debating'. This is a combination of the Asian Parliamentary and Australian formats, designed to meet the needs of the tournament. Each debate comprises a total of eight speeches delivered by two three-member teams (the Proposition and the Opposition).
WUDC is held in the British Parliamentary format (involving four teams of two people in each debate). [1] Each year, the event is hosted by an institution selected by the World Universities Debating Council. The current 2024 world champions are Mark Rothery and Aniket Chakravorty from the University of Oxford.
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In an English-speaking country, Standard English (SE) is the variety of English that has undergone codification to the point of being socially perceived as the standard language, associated with formal schooling, language assessment, and official print publications, such as public service announcements and newspapers of record, etc. [1] All linguistic features are subject to the effects of ...