Australia-Asia debating

Debate

Australia-Asia debating is a particular style of debating, used across Australia and in many regions of Asia. This resource will take you through the basics of the Australia-Asia debating style, and is suitable for school, university and adult debaters.

Note that the primary creator of this resource is most familiar with the Debaters Association of Victoria (DAV) conventions, but this resource can be used for any form of Australia-Asia debating.

Explanatory pages

• Debate structure
• Teams
• Preparation
• Structuring speeches
• The three Ms: matter, manner, method
• Speech delivery
• Topics
• Rebuttal
• Glossary

For educators

• Teaching debating

See also

Completion status: this resource is ~20% complete.

• Public speaking
• Wikidebate
• Wikipedia:Australia–Asia debating