As already announced in class, this is to put on record the best performing speakers and the best performing teams during our Face Off: The International Marketing Debate.
First, here are the best speakers and what the jury said in picking them as such:
In choosing the best speaker, we based it on the following criteria: first is the content of the speaker’s topic, how comprehensive and concise it is in describing the said issues. Next is how the speaker delivered his topic and accepts the questions and arguments that the opposing team conveyed. And last one is by how the orator works with his team.
As a result, the best speaker/interrogator is Sarah Tabaniag from the negative team because she handled her questions confidently together with her partner. She was straight forward with her interrogation and see to it that everything goes with their plan.
Louie Erickson Pascual from the negative team is chosen as the best speaker in Topic 2. Although his team didn’t win as the best team, Pascual had shown an amazing effort and quality for bringing his team through his words and counter arguments as the opposing team bombarded them with intimidating interrogations.
The first debating team were all good and they all had the potential to be the best speaker, but there was one who stood out from them all. He is Adam Rafael Senica from the Affirmative team. We chose him because we saw in him most of the qualities included in the criteria. He is the closing speaker in the said team but you will definitely notice him, because he showed his awareness and knowledge about both the Affirmative and Negative side. You will see the confidence he has and the informative response he gave to the rebuttals of the negative team. Mostly, he showed the right manners in the debate: loud and clear voice, no unnecessary movements and eye contact to each other.
For the second topic, we decided to choose Arjelyn Armenta to be the best speaker. Ms.Armenta for us is the most efficient in both Affirmative and Negative. You will see, that she attentively listens to the questions thrown by the Negative team and she is good in giving her response. In her speech, you will definitely understand what she wants to deliver and clarify to the Negative side (sic). She spoke well and clearly.
The best speaker is RuzelleAlcantara who spoke well in her arguments and used the documents available to their team. She also delivered a good closing speech.
The best speaker is Charlene Salazar who delivered her argument well and used the documents in her argument. Teamwork was also visible, most especially because arguments were not repeated and the group organized their arguments.The best performing teams were chosen based on Evidence (substance of facts and arguments), Delivery (debating skills and organization), Interpellation (quality of questions and answers), and the quality of Rebuttal Speech.
The best performing teams in the order of class assignments are the following:
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Again, congratulations to all groups for giving a good fight. I also commend all Special Teams for dutifully exercising their role as moderator and jury during the debate.
From my previous post, may I remind everyone what the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) tells us about the importance of debate.
The process of debate offers profound and lasting benefits for individuals, for societies and for the global community as a whole. With its emphasis on critical thinking, effective communication, independent research and teamwork, debate teaches skills that serve individuals well in school, in the workplace, in political life and in fulfilling their responsibilities as citizens of democratic societies. Once students have learned how to debate, they are better able to critically examine the pronouncements of their political representatives and to make informed judgments about crucial issues. - International Debate Education Association
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