Debate Videos

When Puan Rozita mentioned about the proposed idea of a World Debate in Bahasa Malaysia, I couldn't help but assumed that the idea must have rooted from the Worlds, otherwise known as the World Universities Debating Championship. I have doubts that many are aware of what the Worlds is about (the history, past participants, style, format, etc.). Rather than to blame, I have searched upon the sites where UMT debaters will be able to learn more.

First, let's have an understanding on the format of the Worlds. As the leading international event of debating championship, the Worlds attract students from all countries and with attendance of prestigious universities. The history can be quite complicated to understand at first, but later you get the idea why it was only between a few countries (yeah like there was internet back in 1976 among Asian universities). Just to make the story short, the Worlds first started back in 1981. The format of the tournament follows the British Parliamentary sytle debating, which in the debate there would be the government and the opposition, where each side consists of opening and closing teams, and each team will have 2 speakers. Therefore, in the debate, there will be 8 speakers in total (please refer to my previous post, Introduction to British Parliamentary Style Debating).

In addition to the Debate Video Blog that I provided previously, here are more sites that you may want to find out more about British Parliamentary style debating:

1. IDEA Youtube page
2. Qatar Debate videos
3. Flashpoint Television, debate tv program by Lawrence Debate Union from University of Vermont (UVM)
4. Debate Central, learning portal about debating from UVM
5. Raw archives of debate videos from UVM
6. Global Debate, blog for all debating events throughout the world.

Just in case you may want to download the video, Just go over to Real Player website, and download the Basic Player (unless you're willing to pay and afford the SuperPass version). ;)

I hope the videos will help all of debaters whether they are in BM or english, or even non-UMT debaters, and that the knowledge ought to be shared with others.