SPEAKING

BY ;
I WAYAN JUNIARSANA, SST, M.Fis

ENGLISH DEBATE
There are some English Debate system used

in Indonesia such as : AUSTRALIAN

PARLIAMENTARRY SYSTEM (APS), WORLD
SCHOOL FORMAT, ect
The concept of English Debate : clash of

argument and idea delivered in English

Each speaker will have different task in

delivering the speech/idea

One team consists of 3 speakers :

First speaker
Second speaker
Third speaker
Reply Speaker (1 st or 2nd speaker)
Affirmative (Government) VS Negative

(opposition)

IMPORTANT TERMS
Motion : topic being discussed in the debate
Members of

this house : members of parliament

Adjudicator : judge (honorable adjudicators)
Rebutal : opinion used to attack
Theme line : statement to prove a teams stand on
the motion
Team split : argument to support theme line
Case building : time to prepare the argument (30
minutes)
Verbal adjudication: resume from the adjudicators to decide
the winner
Margin : the score difference between your team
your opponent

with

ROLES OF THE SPEAKER

1

st

Affirmative :

- mendifinisikan motion
- memberikan team line
- menyampaikan team split
- menyampaikan split/argumen
- menyimpulkan atau memberikan ringkasan
dari apa
yang telah disampaikan

1
-

st

Negative

memberikan respon dari definisi motion

memberikan theme line
menyampaikan team split
memberikan bantahan/rebutal dari 1 st (+)
menyampaikan argument/split

nd

Affirmative

Memberikan bantahan /rebutal kepada 1 st (-)

Secara singkat memberikan penguatan

/klarifikasi dari pernyataan argument 1 st (+)

Menyampaikan argument /split
Menyimpulkan atau memberikan ringkasan
dari apa yang telah disampaikan

2nd Negative :
Memberikan bantahan / rebutal kepada 2 nd

(+)
Secara singkat memberikan penguatan /
klarifikasi dari argument 1st (-)
Menyampaikan split
Menyimpulkan atau memberikan ringkasan
dari apa yang telah disampaikan

3rd Affirmative
Memberikan bantahan kepada 2nd & 1st (-)
Pembicara 3rd juga bisa memberikan

penguatan /penekanan /contoh dari

bantahan/argumen yang disampaikan oleh
pembicara sebelumnya 1st & 2nd (+)
Membangun kembali kasusnya (rebuild
teams case)
Menyimpulkan case

3rd Negative
Memberikan bantahan kepada ketiga

pembicara affirmative
Pembicara 3rd bisa membawakan bantahan
yang mungkin belum disampaikan oleh
pembicara sebelumnya. Selain itu juga bisa
memberikan penguatan/penekanan/contoh
dari argument/bantahan pembicara
sebelumnya
Membangun kembali kasusnya (rebuild
teams case)
Menyimpulkan case

EXPRESSION
Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable adjudicators,

and members of this house

Now I am standing here as the 1st , 2nd , 3rd speaker of
(+) (-)
First of all let me define the motion..
Let me rebut the 1st speaker of affirmative team
Let me give you the rebuttal.
Their argument is very weak
Our argument still stands strong
I rest my case and I beg you to propose (to finish the
speech)

MOTIONS
That cigarette advertisement must be banned

from the sport events

This house believe that the education should
be free
This house would go vegetarian
This house believe that advertising is harmpul
This house would introduce labels on food to
encourage people to eat better

Penilaian speaking dilakukan secara individual

dengan aspek-aspek penilaian:

*. Intonasi (intonation)
*. Pengucapan (pronounciation)
*. Tata bahasa (grammer)
*. Kelancaran bicara (fluency), dan
*. Gaya bicara (diction).