Judging and scoring a debate
I can judge and score a debate.
Judging and scoring a debate
I can judge and score a debate.
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Key learning points
- A debate usually has a winning team.
- The winning team in a debate can be decided by an audience vote, or a judge, or a panel of judges.
- The judges award a score out of ten in four different areas: content, style, delivery and points of information.
Keywords
Judging - Judging means evaluating and deciding something.
Delivery - Delivery is how a person presents something.
Style - Style refers to the way that a person presents something.
Content - Content is the substance, material and information that something is made of.
Common misconception
Children might think that judging a debate needs to be done by adults.
Children can most definitely judge a debate themselves once they know what they're looking for.
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