Takeshi Suzuki, David Zarefsky

Learning to Debate (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction to Analysis and Advocacy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Written in an accessible style, this textbook introduces undergraduate students to the theoretical and practical aspects of debate and outlines the fundamental skills of analysis and advocacy. It is an ideal textbook for undergraduate Argumentation and Debate and Speech Communication courses.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040324622
• Artikelnr.: 73573482

Autorenporträt

Takeshi Suzuki is a Professor in the School of Information and Communication at Meiji University, Japan. He is a former president of the Japan Debate Association (JDA) and a Life Member of Clair Hall at the University of Cambridge, UK.

David Zarefsky is Owen L. Coon Professor Emeritus of Argumentation and Debate and Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies in the School of Communication at Northwestern University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Introduction: The Basic Vocabulary of Debate 1. What is Debate? 2.
Benefits of Debate Education 3. Basic Structure of Formal Debate 4. How to
Analyze the Topic 5. Argument Structures and the Toulmin Model of Argument
6. How to Propose an Affirmative Case 7. How to Propose a Negative Case 8.
How to Attack and Defend Arguments 9. How to Identify Fallacies 10. How to
Conduct Research 11. Cross-Examination 12. Judging Debates Part II
Practical Skill 1 "School uniforms should be adopted" Practical Skill 2
"Capital punishment should be banned" Practical Skill 3 "Nuclear Power
Plants should be banned" Practical Skill 4 "The Veto Power in the United
Nations Security Council should be abolished" Appendix: For Further Reading