Debate Preparation Template: Affirmative

Debate Preparation Template: Affirmative

Affirmative Constructive Speech Template

Good morning judges, audience, members of the negative team. My name is _____and I would like to deliver the affirmative constructive speech. We on the affirmative side believe thatJapan should significantly relax its immigration policies.

Plan:Our plan is to significantly relax Japan’s immigration policies. We see two advantages to this proposal.

AD1:The first advantage of this proposal is…
Present Situation:
Effect:
Importance:
AD2: The second advantage of this proposal is…
Present Situation:
Effect:
Importance:

For these reasons, we believe that Japan should significantly relax its immigration policies. Thank you.

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Advice:

• Your affirmativeconstructive speech should be around 300 words.
• You will have three minutes to give your affirmativeconstructive speech.
• You should provide evidence to support your arguments.

Debate Preparation Template: Negative

Negative Constructive Speech Template

Good morning judges, audience, members of the affirmative team. My name is ______and I would like to deliver the negative constructive speech. We on the negative side do NOT believe that Japan should significantly relax its immigration policies.

Plan:Our plan is not to significantly relax Japan’s immigration policies. We see two disadvantages with this proposal.

DA1: The first disadvantage of this proposal is…
Present Situation:
Effect:
Importance:
DA2: The second disadvantage of this proposal is…
Present Situation:
Effect:
Importance:

For these reasons, we believe that the Japanese government should NOTsignificantly relax its immigration policies. Thank you.

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Advice:

• Your negativeconstructive speech should be around 300 words.
• You will have three minutes to give your negativeconstructive speech.
• You should provide evidence to support your arguments.

Debate Preparation Template: NegativeAttackSpeech

Thank you.We on the negative side do not believe that the government of Japan should significantly relax its immigration policies.

In terms of their AD1, that ______,

we attack them on 2 points.

Number 1: They said ______
However, this is not true because
However, this is not important / relevant because
However, the evidence they gave is questionable because
However, they gave no source for
However, they have provided no explanation for why
However, AD1 is not an advantage because
However, the plan is not needed because
Number 2: They also said that______
However,
Therefore, their AD1 is not relevant / is not important / does not stand.
In terms of their AD2, that ______,
we also attack them on 2 points.
Number 1: They said ______
However, this is not true because
However, this is not important / relevant because
However, the evidence they gave is questionable because
However, they gave no source for
However, they have provided no explanation for why
However, AD2 is not an advantage because
However, the plan is not needed because
Number 2: They also said that______
However,
Therefore, their AD2 is not relevant / is not important / does not stand.

Debate Preparation Template: Affirmative AttackSpeech

Thank you.We on the affirmative side believe that the government of Japan should significantly relax its immigration policies.

In terms of their DA1, that ______,

we attack them on 2 points.

Number 1: They said ______
However, this is not true because
However, this is not important / relevant because
However, the evidence they gave is questionable because
However, they gave no source for
However, they have provided no explanation for why
However, DA1 is not a disadvantage because
However, the plan is not needed because
Number 2: They also said that______
However,
Therefore, their DA1 is not relevant / is not important / does not stand.
In terms of their DA2, that ______,
we also attack them on 2 points.
Number 1: They said ______
However, this is not true because
However, this is not important / relevant because
However, the evidence they gave is questionable because
However, they gave no source for
However, they have provided no explanation for why
However, DA2 is not adisadvantage because
However, the plan is not needed because
Number 2: They also said that______
However,
Therefore, their DA2 is not relevant / is not important / does not stand.

Debate Preparation Template: Defense-Summary

We have argued that our plan will bring some important disadvantages. [Outline of DA 1 and 2.]

The affirmative team has argued that… [Briefly summarize their Attacks.]

However, … [Briefly point out weaknesses of their Attacks.]

We have attacked the affirmative team’s advantages by arguing… [Summarize your Attack points.]

We think the main points of this debate are… [Summarize the clash points or the points in DA 1 and 2 or your attacks that you want to emphasize.]

Therefore, in conclusion, as we have argued, our disadvantage overweighs the affirmative team’s advantage.

We hope you will vote for the negative team!

Thank you.

Debate Preparation Template: Defense-Summary

We have argued that our plan will bring some important advantages. [Outline of AD1 and 2.]

The negative team has argued that… [Briefly summarize their Attacks.]

However, … [Briefly point out weaknesses of their Attacks.]

We have attacked the negative team’s disadvantages by arguing… [Summarize your Attack points.]

We think the main points of this debate are… [Summarize the clash points or the points in AD 1 and 2 or your attacks that you want to emphasize.]

Therefore, in conclusion, as we have argued, our advantage overweighs the negative team’s disadvantage.

We hope you will vote for the affirmative team!

Thank you.