LITAGE FAIRE
DEBATTLE
‘Challenging Ideas Respectfully’
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Event Specifications
Event : Debattle
Day and Date of Event : Saturday, 20 July 2024
Eligibility : Classes 9 to 12
Type of Event : Individual
Number of Participants per School : 2
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Event Description
Preliminary Round – ‘Emoconte’
The event ‘Emoconte’ serves as a preliminary round, designed to foster participants' creativity, dramatisation and literary prowess. Each group will comprise of four participants who need to weave a story continually and successively, according to the instructions at the venue.
Rules and Procedures
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The order of speaking by the participants and the groups they belong to will be randomly formed by the host school.
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The participants will be judged individually.
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10 finalists will be shortlisted for the Final round ‘Debate’.
Final Round – Debate
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Statement of the Debate:
Advancements in AI will herald a new dark age, limiting the advancement of human potential .
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Rules and Procedures
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Selected students will speak ‘For’/ ‘Against’ the motion as per draw of lots by the host school.
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Each participant will speak for 2 minutes and have 1 minute for rebuttal to voice their opinions on the other speakers.
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Participant-1 will speak for 2 minutes and 1 minute for rebuttal will be given after the last speaker.
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One question for each participant will be asked by the panel of judges.
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Appropriate language and decorum should be maintained at all times.
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Refrain from looking into the paper or cue cards at all points of time. They will be disqualified if they do the same.
Judgment Criteria
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Emoconte: Content, Creativity, Dramatisation, Innovativeness and Language
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Debate- Content, Persuasiveness, Confidence, Language and Question Round by the Judges.
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For further information, kindly contact –
Teacher in-charge – Ms Sudha Mayya
Phone Number – 9632313569
Time – 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm